Washington's Landing
composer: Nancy Galbraith (2006)
genre: wind symphony or brass band
length: 1 movement, 8:00 minutes
orchestration: wind symphony:
3 fl(pic), 2 ob, 3 cl*, bs-cl, bn, cbn;
2 a-sax, t-sax, b-sax;
4 hn, 4 tpt, 3 tbn(bs>, euph, tba;
4 perc (* = at least 2 per part)
  brass band:
Eb tpt, 4 solo cnt, rep cnt, 1st cnt(2),
2nd cnt(2), flug, solo hn, 1st hn, 2nd hn,
1st bar, 2nd bar, 1st tbn, 2nd tbn, b tbn,
euph(2), Eb bass, Bb bass, perc(3), pno
 
wind premiere: 28 March 2007
Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble
Denis Colwell, conductor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
brass premiere: 2 November 2006
River City Brass Band
Denis Colwell, conductor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
audio samples: Winds    Brass
program notes: With a delightful urban air, "Washington's Landing" switches gears smoothly through diverse city moods in a cosmopolitan landscape painted with warmth, humor, and excitement. Composed in 2006 for Pittsburgh's River City Brass Band in honor of its 25th Anniversary season, "Washington's Landing" reappeared as a wind symphony in 2007. Denis Colwell directed both premieres.
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