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BRUCE CLAUSEN
A native of San Francisco, Bruce Clausen holds a Master's degree in composition and Doctorate in musicology from the University of Southern California. Quindecilogues for three brass quintets is his second work commissioned by the Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis.
Bruce Clausen's first work for the Annapolis Brass Quintet, Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra, was premiered by the ABQ and Wichita Symphony Orchestra in Wichita, Kansas on February 22, 1981.
Bruce Clausen's first work for the Annapolis Brass Quintet, Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra, was premiered by the ABQ and Wichita Symphony Orchestra in Wichita, Kansas on February 22, 1981.
THE BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ANNAPOLIS
April 29, 1984
ABQ ARITISTS SERIES CONCERT
featuring
ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET
BRASS MENAGERIE
TOWER BRASS QUINTET
World Premiere
of
BRUCE CLAUSEN'S
QUINDECILOGUES
'Dialogues with 15'
1. Introduction
2. Thoughts and Echoes
3. Scherzo and Finale
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THE MUSIC
Comments by the composer
Comments by the composer
Quindecilogues (Dialogues with 15) has offered many challenges unique to the ensemble involved. Writing for a virtuoso ensemble is always a pleasure because one’s imagination is never limited by mere technical considerations; indeed the imagination comes alive with a plethora of possibilities. More than any other work I have written Quindecilogues is a biographical work, but biographical in a special way in that it is a metaphor in tones for the manner in which I compose.
1. Introduction begins with an inchoate, chaotic mass of sound that pricks one’s interest, and when it is heard closely certain figures begin to assert themselves. Out of this mass of possibilities the on-stage brass quintet imposes itself and brings order to the composition by selecting a figure from the sound mass and turning it into a spirited fugue subject that appears in its entrances from high to low.
2. Thoughts and Echoes is an attempt to depict that twilight period right before sleep, when the communication between the subconscious and conscious minds is most easily discerned.
3. Scherzo and Finale is a jocular scherzo and uses as a counter-subject to its main theme the head-motive of the first movement’s fugue, with the important exception of a metrical readjustment that allows the figure to be played at a very rapid tempo.
1. Introduction begins with an inchoate, chaotic mass of sound that pricks one’s interest, and when it is heard closely certain figures begin to assert themselves. Out of this mass of possibilities the on-stage brass quintet imposes itself and brings order to the composition by selecting a figure from the sound mass and turning it into a spirited fugue subject that appears in its entrances from high to low.
2. Thoughts and Echoes is an attempt to depict that twilight period right before sleep, when the communication between the subconscious and conscious minds is most easily discerned.
3. Scherzo and Finale is a jocular scherzo and uses as a counter-subject to its main theme the head-motive of the first movement’s fugue, with the important exception of a metrical readjustment that allows the figure to be played at a very rapid tempo.
THE ARTISTS
THE BRASS MENAGERIE
The Brass Menagerie was formed in October 1980 when the members met through an affiliation with the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Edward Hoffman, Trumpet Ted Jones, Trumpet
Sharon Tiebert Porter, Horn Kay D. Nichols, Trombone
David Zerkel, Tuba
THE TOWER BRASS QUINTET
The Tower Brass Quintet was formed in 1979 when the members were graduate students of the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Martin Porter, Trumpet Brian Bushong, Trumpet
Bernice Schwartz, Horn Ben Smar, Trombone
David Saygers, Tuba
THE ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET
The Annapolis Brass Quintet was formed in 1971 as America's first full-time performing brass ensemble.
Robert Suggs, Trumpet David Cran, Trumpet
Arthur Brooks, Horn Wayne Wells, Trombone
Robert Posten, Bass Trombone
FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
The score and parts for Bruce Clausen's Quindecilogues, 'Dialogues for 15' along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
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The score and parts for Bruce Clausen's Quindecilogues, 'Dialogues for 15' along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection at Oberlin
Tap Here