HAFABRA Music Summer Dances - Gorb - Concert Band - Gr. 5

Author/Composer:

GORB, ADAM

Instrumentation:

CONCERT BAND

Grade/Level:

5.0

Model #:

HFB2001

Composer: Adam Gorb
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Level: 5

Summer Dances is a joyful work in three short movements celebrating my favourite season where people are happiest outdoors. Each movement is a celebration -- the first movement Summer Day celebrates the open air, with a bold and arrogant melody in 10/8 time, whose rhythm dominates the movement. The next movement Summer Night could be described as a 'Beach Habanera' led by a sensuous trumpet melody. The movement ends with an ambiguous harmonic build-up, which is resolved at the start of the finale Summer Party with a folk like theme that is passed round the ensemble, building up, (with suggestions of the first movement theme) to a riotous and festive ending. Summer Dances was commissioned by HAFABRA Music, Louis Martinus in collaboration with Biblioservice Gelderland/Music department MUI, Arhnhem, the Netherlands.
Duration: 9:00

Movements:

I. Summer Day

II. Summer Night

III. Summer Party