Matthew Brown
Arrival of Spring
Duration: 8'
Instrumentation details:
trumpet in Bb
trombone
alto saxophone in Eb
tenor saxophone in Bb
baritone saxophone in Eb
drum set
piano
double bass
Arrival of Spring
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Matthew Brown
Arrival of Spring
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Orchestration: for jazz collective
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Matthew Brown
Baritonsaxophon in Es (Arrival of Spring)
Available digitally
Type: Stimme
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Work introduction
David Hockney created a series of fifty-one iPad drawings between January and June 2011, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in Twenty Eleven (2011).
Staring in 2018, I began writing a cycle of short works based on my impressions of each drawing. In stylistic contrast to most of these works, which were written for viola ensemble, wind ensemble, string orchestra - among other combinations - I wrote this for Workshop Jazz Collective to perform at the Fruitworks performing arts venue in Canterbury. It was at this performance that I was asked to write an expanded version for big band.
Just as David Hockney's cycle depicts impressions of the same area over a period of change, my composition for jazz collective - Arrival of Spring - covers the cycle more broadly as it depicts a cold start that gradually warms up and increases energy.