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Aegean Festival Overture
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Concert band
SKU: EC.1-2697
Composed by Andreas Makris. Bestseller. Complete set. Galaxy Music Corporation #1.2697. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation (EC.1-2697).ISBN 600313126970. UPC: 600313126970.
Aegean Festival Overture was originally scored for orchestra in 1967, and was premiered by the NSO under the direction of Howard Mitchell. The immediate success of the work caught the attention of Major Albert Bader of the United States Air Force Band, who undertook the transcription in collaboration with the composer. The work has been a staple in the band repertoire ever since, and like Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, is best known in its version for concert band. Although Makris did not use any actual folk tunes, the melodies and rhythms throughout Aegean Festival Overture are unmistakably Greek in origin.
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Greg G.
May 17, 2024
Aegean Festival Overture
An outstanding piece. Fun, exciting, dancing mixed meters and challenging for all players. Be sure you have a wonderful clarinet soloist for the cadenza a third of the way through. My students loved it. Many opportunities for expression and musical shaping.
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