By David Marlatt
Item:
81-CB10172
UPC:
685462015146
ISBN 10:
1554735130
ISBN 13:
9781554735136
PRICE:
$55.00
Series:
Eighth Note Publications
Category:
Concert Band
Format:
Conductor Score & Parts
Instrument:
Concert Band
Level:
Grade 2.5
Windscape is in four sections. It opens with "The Winds from the North." The driving bass line combined with the punctuated shots, represent the bitter winds that blow. This moves into "The Winds of Change." This has a shifty but steady pulse that features melody in the trumpet at first and then a countermelody added by the flutes and saxophones. Crystal glasses and a lone alto saxophone are the featured sonorities in "The Winds of Mystery." "The Winds of Change" reappears and, with several sidebar introductions of new rhythmic and melodic material, the piece ends as it should---driving and enthusiastic.