Cortege in memory of Stravinsky


Date of Composition: 2014

Duration: 6'

Category: Large Ensemble (6 or more players)

Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba


In this short piece the cortege, played by the Trumpet, English Horn, Bassoon, Trombone and Tuba is interrupted by "shoutouts", some of them fragments by Stravinsky from Petrouchka, Valse pour les enfants, The Rake's Progress and Requiem Canticles. The piece concludes with a flute solo.

Score and parts available from Theodore Front Sheet Music/ Website: www.tfront.com.