Composer: Nigel Clarke, Jesús Santandreu, Kit Turnbull
Performer: David Loucky, Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble
Conductor: Reed Thomas
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573184
Release: 2014
Size: 334 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Clarke: Earthrise
Turnbull: Griot
02. I. The Orator
03. II. The Songsmith
04. III. Dancers and Drummers
Clarke: Heritage Suite, “What Hope Saw”
05. I. Bric-à-Brac Market
06. II. Prayers and Plagues
07. III. Cornucopia
08. IV. Hop Pickers’ Round
09. V. Warm Beer and Cricket
10. VI. Wyatt’s Rebllion and Hope
11. Santandreu: Sortes Diabolorum
12. Clarke: Their Finest Hour
This program presents exciting new works by three composers whose backgrounds range from military bands to rock and jazz music. Nigel Clarke’s Earthrise represents the drama of the entire NASA Apollo 8 flight. This contrasts with the Heritage Suite, a representation of the day-to-day life of the historic market town of West Malling in Kent, England. Celebrating the Battle of Britain in 1940, Their Finest Hour uses the actual alarm bell which called the RAF fighter pilots to their planes. In Kit Turnbull’s striking evocation the trombone assumes the rôle of the Griot, a poet, storyteller and musician who chronicles West African tribal stories through words, mime and movement. Jesús Santandreu’s Sortes Diabolorum evokes the violence of The Inquisition and the ultimate triumph of common sense over superstition.