Amy G. - Symphonie 5 Cuivres - Conducteur

Autumn’s Elegy is a consortium commission in celebration of the 75th birthday of the distinguished wind band conductor Timothy Reynish. The music derives from a youthful symphony written when Hesketh was 16 the same source as his popular Masque. Full of big tunes and bitter-sweet harmonies Autumn’s Elegy is a heartfelt thank you to a conductor who has done more than most to widen the vision of the wind orchestra movement. Brass Band Grade 5: 1st Section Duration: 7 minutes. Autumn's Elegy has been recorded by the Leyland Band conducted by Jason Katsikaris and is available on the CDPenlee.

In the most literal sense: a piece for an occasion. The actual occasion was Jan de Haan?s twentieth anniversary as a conductor of the top Dutch brass band ?Soli Deo Gloria? (Leeuwarden). To mark the occasion the band commissioned the Belgian comopser Jan Van der Roost to create a surprise piece: without knowledge of the person being celebrated a suitable source of inspiration was sought for. After some thought the chorale-theme from Camille Saint-Saëns organ symphony was chosen a piece with which Jan de Haan has a special bond.Apart from this chorale Homage is also based on the names of notes taken from ?Jan de Haan? and ?Soli Deo Gloria? resulting in the tonerow: DEGAH. Both elements are combined together and form a grand climax towards the end of the piece when the whole band unites in the Saint Saëns? theme.