Besetzung
1. Trompete in C
2. Trompete in B
3. Trompete in B
1. Horn in F
2. Horn in F
3. Horn in F
1. Posaune
2. Posaune
Tuba
Sonata for Brass Choir (1999) was written for and is dedicated to Michael Stewart and theChicago Brass Choir with funding from the Broeker Fund for New Music. The work is inthree movements.The first movement, Fanfare and Tuckets, contains elements of a traditional fanfare as well asa few harmonic surprises.The second movement, Arioso, is pervaded throughout by a descending ostinato figuration inthe horns and occasionally in the trombones. Melodies and melodic fragments emerge in theother instruments deriving themselves from the ostinato pattern.The third movement, Dance, contains elements of the dance form known as the "furiant"(distinguished by its metrical pattern consisting of alternating bars of 3/4 and 3/8 time). Adriving pulse is explored throughout as the work presses on to its conclusion.