The music focusses on the brass section, with lots of rhythmic polyphony and syncopation.
Sometimes I want to write quiet little chamber pieces and sometimes I like to 'raise the roof'.
This one is an example of the latter.
Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn in F, E-Flat Clarinet, 2 B-Flat Clarinets, B-Flat Bass Clarinet, 3 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 4 French Horns in F, 3 B-Flat Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani(4),Suspended Cymbals, Orchestral Crash Cymbals, Bass Drum, Gong, Tam Tam, Xylophone, Harp, Piano, Violin I, Violin II, Violas, Violoncello I, Violoncello II, Double Basses
