…and the winter moon rises

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…and the winter moon rises is a slow, descriptive musical postcard of a winter journey as recorded by the Virtuosi GUS Band on their CD ‘80 Years in the Making

Andrew Baker’s portrayal of winter over the Yorkshire moors is evocatively brought to life – Malcolm Wood, 4barsrest.com

A PDF download version of this work is available.

Description

…and the winter moon rises was inspired by a winter’s evening car journey across the Pennines from Manchester to Huddersfield, through the brass band heartland of Saddleworth. There was recent snow on the ground, and the sun had just set. A bright clear moon was rising into a sky coloured with orange from the setting sun, and the moonlight made all the snow and ice sparkle.

The work is the fourth movement of a larger 5 movement suite entitled “North!”, but can be (and has been) performed in isolation. This work was a finalist in the 2012 Ohio Brass Arts Festival composition competition.

Performance Notes

The percussion parts should be playable by three players; the “arco” parts of the vibraphone parts should be played by drawing a cello or double bass bow up the side of the bar. Motors should be left off throughout.

Three of the brass players are asked to double on triangles for the first part of the piece; ideally these should be of different sizes giving clearly different sounds. The easiest solution is to tie a triangle to the music stand, rather than try to hold it and then swap instruments later in the piece.

Click below to watch a playback preview of the score!

Additional information

Weight 0.50 kg
Dimensions 32 × 22.5 × 1.5 cm
Format

Printed & Bound, PDF Download

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