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Over the Moon

$425.00

Frank Ticheli


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Much as in the epic tales of Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" and Georges Melies iconic 1902 film, "A Trip to the Moon", I sought to take the listener on a brief musical voyage Over The Moon. At the start, the listener rides down a steep slide to the surface of the moon. At once a tango-like dance, glittery and light as silk, swims through the air. Instrumental solos appear and isappear like the characters of a story.

Suddenly the dance takes on a forbidding quality - plunger-muted growls appear a sthe work propels itself foward. Perhaps this is the dark side of the moon. Lines intermingle, the work lifts itself" Over the Moon, in joyful exuberance.

At the halfway mark, there is a brief respite, as if looking homeward toward the peaceful blue planet. A hymn to life, to the Earth, the Moon, and towards the boundless energy of the Universe. A lone clarinet connects us to the return of the dance, reaching ever higher and brighter. A triumphant climax is suddenly quashed by a steep slide, back down to life on Earth.

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Category: Concert Band
Level: 6


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