Concert Band Brass Band
SKU:
AP.12-0571569900
Composed by Kenneth
Hesketh. 5 or More; Brass
Band; Masterworks;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Solo Small
Ensembles. Faber Edition:
Faber Brass Band Series.
20th Century; Masterwork.
Score and Part(s). Faber
Music #12-0571569900.
Published by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571569900).
ISBN 9780571569908.
English.
Tripartite
in form, Infernal Ride is
mercurial and virtuosic,
yet with a more static
middle section. The work
reflects the mad-cap
chase of Ichabod Crane's
final ride on his horse,
Gunpowder, in the story
by Washington Irving,
namely The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow. Often an
atmosphere of driven fear
pushes the music forward
only briefly stopping for
breath. The work closes
with flourishes in rapid
succession, perhaps with
the hapless Ichabod
meeting his unfortunate
end!
