The Swirl

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Composers: Klaas Coulembier
Product Code: YDME2016016
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KLAAS COULEMBIER | GR4 | HA |

The Swirl is a short work for concert band that is almost entirely composed of one element. A motif of six notes forms the basis for a rigid structure of eight measures. This is presented in the clarinet and gradually the entire orchestra enters a whirlwind of repetitive structures.

The motif is made up of a series of 5 pitches (sol-la-sib-do-re for instruments in Bb). The first two notes are a rising second, the next two notes are the highest and lowest notes of this series and form a falling fifth, and the last two notes make a falling second. After four bars, there is a slight variation when the last two notes also form a rising second. These intervals (fifth and second) also form the basis for transpositions of this motif.

The individual parts of this work are predominantly simple; the challenge is to bring all these individual voices together.

A great deal of attention for instrumentation and dynamics results in a composition that is repetitive but not boring. It is as if the lighting is constantly changing and new patterns gradually emerge from the constantly repeated basic motif. The orchestra gets the chance to play intimately, but also exuberantly (even briefly in the style of a Big Band).

An ideal composition at the start of a concert or, why not, as a surprising encore!

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Specifications of the work

Orchestration: concert band
Genre: concert work
Difficulty: grade 4
Playing time: 00:03:45
Publication: 2016

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