F.E.S.T for New Music Ensemble and Orchestra
Kamran Ince
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Published by European American Music Corporation.
A Consortium Commission made possible by a grant from the Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest Commissioning Fund, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fund for the Milwaukee Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, and Albany Symphony. Premiered by Present Music with the Milwaukee Symphony conducted by Andreas Delfs, June
1998.
Additional Instrumentation Notes:
This piece contains two groups: The New Music Ensemble and the Orchestra. Alto sax plays an air-raid siren at end of piece. Tenor sax doubles on Bb clarinet. Violin and cello in the NME are both amplified. Percussion battery: Bass drum, crotales (2 A's), mini splash cymbal, glockenspiel, marimba, timpani, tam-tam. Synthesizer settings: 01) Rich, loud string sound with a strong edge (containing two simultaneous octaves). 02) Piano sound. 03) Soft string sound (AM synthesis) with a touch of piano noticeable on attacks. 04) Soft strings with stronger piano, pick bass, and synthesized-like bass. 05) Combination of two simultaneous pianos and a touch of pick bass (for the low register). 2nd flute doubles on piccolo. 1st clarinet doubles on Eb clarinet; 2nd clarinet doubles on bass clarinet.
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Year composed: 1998
Duration: 00:28:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra:Standard Orchestra
Instrumentation: 2 Flute, 2 Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 2 Bassoon, 1 Alto Saxophone, 1 Tenor Saxophone, 4 Horn in F, 2 Trumpet, 2 Trombone, 1 Percussion (General), 1 Strings (General), 1 Violin, 1 Cello, 1 Electric Bass, 1 Electric Guitar, 1 Synthesizer
Instrumentation notes: Ensemble: asx, tsx, cl, perc, synth, egtr, ebs, vn, vc. Orchestra: 2202, 4220, str