| The Winds of Power: Score & Parts Contributor(s): Hess, Nigel (Composer) |
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ISBN: 0571561608 ISBN-13: 9780571561605 Publisher: Faber & Faber OUR PRICE: $94.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Musical Instruments - Woodwinds - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Music | Printed Music - Band & Orchestra |
| Physical Information: (0.01 lbs) 999 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Unlike Nigel Hess's other works for wind band, The Winds of Power is not a programmatic work. After a dark and menacing opening a solo trumpet introduces a theme which will eventually become the center of a piece and is soon heard tutti in a lyrical form. This is interrupted by a return to the opening mood, with only a brief respite in the form of a chorale for clarinet choir and harp. The theme tries to return once more in a rousing, somewhat cinematic version, but again the sense of foreboding overtakes it. An unsettling march-like section follows before the theme returns in its most lyrical and gentle guise, introduced by solos in the woodwind section. Eventually, a maestoso statement which erupts into a presto coda, ends the journey in a triumphant, more optimistic blaze of sound. |
