2 Invitation to the Sideshow (1981)
Douglas Allanbrook (1922 - 2003)
This work was inspired by the painting of the same name by the French pointillist Georges Seurat. Many of the musical ideas in this short, spirited work are abstracted from various forms of popular music. Opening with a gesture of articulated trumpets and bombastic circus trombones, this sassy sardonic piece beckons one to the sights, sounds
and sensations of the sideshow.
"Vince, I know you were taken by Douglas Allanbrook and by his music - also, that his 'in-your-face' sassy and bombastic "Invitation to the Sideshow" was one of your favorite pieces on the 1993 farewell concert.
So, Here it is again my friend as an encore just for you."
Love forever, David
Douglas Allanbrook (1922 - 2003)
This work was inspired by the painting of the same name by the French pointillist Georges Seurat. Many of the musical ideas in this short, spirited work are abstracted from various forms of popular music. Opening with a gesture of articulated trumpets and bombastic circus trombones, this sassy sardonic piece beckons one to the sights, sounds
and sensations of the sideshow.
"Vince, I know you were taken by Douglas Allanbrook and by his music - also, that his 'in-your-face' sassy and bombastic "Invitation to the Sideshow" was one of your favorite pieces on the 1993 farewell concert.
So, Here it is again my friend as an encore just for you."
Love forever, David