Meyer, Millennium [Alf:00-18293]

Millennium.

Music by Richard Meyer.
For: Full Orchestra.

Millennium, recorded this year by Alfred for the first time, was first released in 1998. Winner of the 1998 N.S.O.A. composition contest, this contemporary-sounding overture is extremely powerful and full of emotion from beginning to end. After a foreboding introduction, the heroic main theme is introduced by the brass section in unison, accompanied by the entire orchestra in a percussive, marcato style. A lyrical subordinate theme of extreme beauty follows, first stated by unison cellos, then picked up by the entire orchestra. The third and final section is a wild and energetic march, pitting brass against woodwinds and strings, leading into a final, majestic restatement of the main theme. Richard Meyer's colorful and imaginative scoring features every section of the symphony orchestra, resulting in a wonderfully mature-sounding, yet playable, 'tour de force' for the student orchestra.

Difficulty 1 - 5: 3.


Series: Full Orchestra.

Publisher's Category: Full Orchestra.
Format: Conductor Score & Parts.
206 pages.
Alf:00-18293.
Distributed by Alfred Music Publishing.
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