Ring Flourish Blaze | Augusta Read Thomas

Orchestration
3pic, 3Bbpictpt, 3Ctpt, 4hn, 2tbn, btbn
Duration2 min

CategoryMixed Brass Ensemble
Topic
- Young audience
- Concert openers

Composer
Augusta Read Thomas

Performances
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Programme Note

Composer's Note:

RING
circle, crown, brotherhood, sisterhood, alliance, chime, peal, echo, reverberate, resound...

FLOURISH
grow vigorously, prosper, thrive, blossom, develop, embellish, decorate, fanfare, ornament...

BLAZE
brightness, flame, dazzle, sparkle, shimmer, flash, mark out a path, to be the first to do, invent, or study something, pioneer, spread news, blow, shine...

Ring, Flourish, Blaze! was commissioned by Dr. Bernard Dobroski, Dean of the School of Music, for the sesquicentennial of Northwestern University. The work has a duration of about 100 seconds and contains about 1500 notes!

— Augusta Read Thomas

Media

Ring Flourish Blaze a Fanfare for Piccolos & Brass

Scores

Discography

Augusta Read Thomas: Chamber & Piano Works

Label
Nimbus
Catalogue Number
6261
Conductor
Jack Delaney
Ensemble
Southern Methodist University Wind Ensemble
Soloist
Amy Briggs, Janet Sung, Yuan-qing Yu, Robert Walters, Walden Chamber Players
Released
8th July 2014

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Catalogue Number
ARTCD20002007
Conductor
Jack Delaney
Ensemble
The Meadows Wind Ensemble
Soloist
Gregory Hustis, horn; Carol Leone and Regan Smith, piano; Amy Briggs Dissanayake, piano