Hilary Tann

Sarsen

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Forces or Category: Full orchestra

Orchestration: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc, str

Sarsen

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Hilary Tann

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Programme Notes:

Sarsen is in three movements, each inspired by a particular 'standing stone' or 'sarsen.' The first movement, 'Adirondack,' suggests the powerful presence of a wind-swept erratic in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The Bat Rock in the Garden of the Master of the Nets in Suzhou, China, inspired the second movement. The standing stone of the last movement, 'Avebury,' is part of an avenue of such stones leading to the largest stone circle in Europe. It is a ritual stone set in a ceremonial landscape, quite different from the natural wilderness setting of the first movement and the stylized, formal garden of the second movement. Each of the movements may be performed separately, although there are echoes of the first in the second and third; in particular, the brass fanfare which opens 'Adirondack' returns at the conclusion of 'Avebury.' © Hilary Tann

Sarsen

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Hilary Tann

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Sarsen

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Hilary Tann

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