Work
Eight Instruments Walk Into a Bar... (octets: brass, keyboard, string, wind)
by Ronan Apcar (2021)
Score
Eight Instruments Walk Into a Bar... / Ronan Apcar.
Library shelf no. 785.2218/APC 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Eight Instruments Walk Into a Bar... is an exciting and fun medley of genres for a mixed octet. Traversing through bebop, Harlem stride, tango, gypsy, and klezmer, this piece goes on musical journey that might feel like a group of punters from all over the world having a great night out at a bar, telling stories and drinking the night away. A theme heard at the start functions as a reprise that ties together the whole work, while each instrument gets a chance to solo in the episodes featuring all the different styles - performers should be encouraged to do their own solos if they feel like it!
Work Details
Year: 2021
Instrumentation: Flute, clarinet in B flat, alto saxophone, trumpet in B flat or C, violin, piano, acoustic guitar, double bass.
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by The Women's College, University of Sydney for the 2021 Palladian Cup
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