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Performance by Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Cottis from the CD Gallipoli symphony |
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Gallipoli symphony / Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Cottis, conductor.
Library shelf no. CD 2749 [Not for loan]
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Work Overview
August Offensive is a fast and powerful short work for orchestra. It was commissioned as the penultimate movement in the Gallipoli Symphony project funded by the Australian Government's Veteran Affairs Department. The overall project includes movements composed by selected Australian, Turkish and New Zealand composers in commemoration of the World War One events at Gallipoli in 1915.
August Offensive exists in versions for a small-size orchestra and for large orchestra.
Work Details
Year: 2012
Instrumentation: 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 B flat clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 French horns in F, trumpet in E flat, 2 trumpets in C, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players: 1: ride cymbal, snare drum ; 2: whistle, tom toms (2), sizzle cymbals (2, different sizes), bongos, tenor or field drum (with snares) ; 3: tam tam, bass drum, suspended cymbals (2, different sizes) , harp, strings.
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, Australian Government, for the Centenary of Gallipoli Commemorations, 2015
First performance: by Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Cottis — 4 Aug 15. Hagia Arena, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
This is the version for larger orchestra of August Offensive, opus 92. This version was rescored in early 2015 for the Gallipoli Symphony performances in Istanbul in August 2015. Apart from using a larger orchestra the work is the same as the smaller orchestral version.
Videos
August offensive Op. 92 by Andrew SchultzSource: Provided to YouTube by Awal Digital Ltd |
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Commemoration of war
Performances of this work
28 Apr 2019: at Adelaide Concert Collective - A Simple Soldier (Elder Hall). Featuring Adelaide Concert Collective, Nicholas Braithwaite.
24 Nov 2015: at The Gallipoli Symphony (QPAC Concert Hall). Featuring Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Cottis.
4 Aug 15: Hagia Arena, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey. Featuring Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Cottis.
27 Mar 2015: at Essentially Elgar (Federation Concert Hall, Hobart). Featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
25 Apr 13: Performed by the Gallipoli Symphony Orchestra, at ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey. Featuring Chris Latham.
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