Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel'

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Philip Sparke

Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel'

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Philip Sparke

Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel'

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  • Language: English German French Dutch
  • Release: 01.01.2017
  • Term: 05:00
  • Genre: Opening Piece
  • ISMN: 9790708145523
Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' was commissioned by the AD Concert Band, from Solihull in the UK, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary in 2016. The title, Ad Excel, is a play on words: it is Latin for 'to excel' but also celebrates the band's anniversary as XL is 40 in Roman numerals. The work opens with a bright fanfare with frequent changes of meter. This leads to a playful main subject, played first by woodwinds, followed by full band. A bridge passage leads to a legato second subject, played twice. The bridge passage returns to introduce the both main melodies in new keys and instrumentations before a coda, derived from the opening fanfare, brings the work to a close.