CITY OF DREAMS
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CITY OF DREAMS (Symphonic Suite for Wind Orchestra) is a three-movement work commissioned by the Band Directors' Association (Singapore) for their 20th Anniversary Celebration Concert 2016.
I. Fanfare 'Awakening of Dawn'
II. Intermezzo 'Remembrance'
III. March 'Riding That Rainbow'
Note:
Movements II and III may be sold separately.
Movement I is not sold separately and will only be included in the full set (Movements I, II & III).
Price:
Full Set (Movements I, II & III): $320
Movement II: $160
Movement III: $160
I. Fanfare 'Awakening of Dawn'
II. Intermezzo 'Remembrance'
III. March 'Riding That Rainbow'
Note:
Movements II and III may be sold separately.
Movement I is not sold separately and will only be included in the full set (Movements I, II & III).
Price:
Full Set (Movements I, II & III): $320
Movement II: $160
Movement III: $160
Only Movement III. March 'Riding that Rainbow' (Score-Play Edition):
CITY OF DREAMS (A Symphonic Suite for Wind Orchestra) was commissioned by the Band Director’s Association (Singapore) for its 20th Anniversary celebration concert. This three-movement work aims to symbolise and celebrate our on-going vibrant band scene while remembering our past and our history.
I. Fanfare ‘Awakening of Dawn’
The fanfare begins with the motivic idea from the opening of the late Mr Leong Yoon Pin’s ‘Daybreak and Sunrise’, Singapore’s first commissioned SYF Indoor Band Central Judging 1992 set piece that is no doubt an important milestone work in Singapore’s band history. Its motif is used as the main melodic material for this opening movement and signifies the start of our Singaporean dreams.
II. Intermezzo ‘Remembrance’
The Intermezzo is written in remembrance of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who initiated the ‘Band Project’ in 1966 for both Primary and Secondary Schools.
This movement opens with percussive sounds that recall the rain when Singapore had its first National Day Parade in 1966. The familiar opening phrase of our National Anthem ‘Majulah Singapura’ is then heard in chorale-style before a solo trumpet introduces the main theme of the movement using the first four notes of the anthem. An off-stage bugler (trumpeter) plays a fragment of the ‘Last Post’, paying tribute to the life of the late Mr Lee. The composition then develops further with a lyrical ballad by a solo euphonium, an instrument played by our Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong when he was in the Catholic High School band. This musical gesture symbolises our recognition of Mr Lee's role in leading our nation forward.
As the movement progresses to the end, a motif from the Malaysia’s National Anthem is heard and is immediately followed by the familiar ‘Majulah Singapura’ fanfare, reminding us of our separation from Malaysia in 1965. The ‘Majulah’ chorale returns and is followed by 5 strikes on the tubular bells representing our 50 years of independence. The off-stage bugler then plays the opening of the ‘Rouse’, an important symbolic ‘call back to duties’ usually played in military funeral and remembrance services after the ‘Last Post’. The sounds of the rain return, this time reminding us of the day the nation sent the late Mr Lee off on his final journey. The movement closes with a final musical gesture - the three notes 'B-D-A' on the tubular bells representing the signing off of this tribute by the Band Directors’ Association (BDA).
III. March ‘Riding That Rainbow’
From the closure of the previous movement emerges a distant drumbeat - it is the onward march of our nation. Snippets of familiar motives are heard throughout the march and highlight parts of our Singapore band story. This march aims to show our thriving and energetic band scene as we look towards a promising future!
I. Fanfare ‘Awakening of Dawn’
The fanfare begins with the motivic idea from the opening of the late Mr Leong Yoon Pin’s ‘Daybreak and Sunrise’, Singapore’s first commissioned SYF Indoor Band Central Judging 1992 set piece that is no doubt an important milestone work in Singapore’s band history. Its motif is used as the main melodic material for this opening movement and signifies the start of our Singaporean dreams.
II. Intermezzo ‘Remembrance’
The Intermezzo is written in remembrance of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who initiated the ‘Band Project’ in 1966 for both Primary and Secondary Schools.
This movement opens with percussive sounds that recall the rain when Singapore had its first National Day Parade in 1966. The familiar opening phrase of our National Anthem ‘Majulah Singapura’ is then heard in chorale-style before a solo trumpet introduces the main theme of the movement using the first four notes of the anthem. An off-stage bugler (trumpeter) plays a fragment of the ‘Last Post’, paying tribute to the life of the late Mr Lee. The composition then develops further with a lyrical ballad by a solo euphonium, an instrument played by our Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong when he was in the Catholic High School band. This musical gesture symbolises our recognition of Mr Lee's role in leading our nation forward.
As the movement progresses to the end, a motif from the Malaysia’s National Anthem is heard and is immediately followed by the familiar ‘Majulah Singapura’ fanfare, reminding us of our separation from Malaysia in 1965. The ‘Majulah’ chorale returns and is followed by 5 strikes on the tubular bells representing our 50 years of independence. The off-stage bugler then plays the opening of the ‘Rouse’, an important symbolic ‘call back to duties’ usually played in military funeral and remembrance services after the ‘Last Post’. The sounds of the rain return, this time reminding us of the day the nation sent the late Mr Lee off on his final journey. The movement closes with a final musical gesture - the three notes 'B-D-A' on the tubular bells representing the signing off of this tribute by the Band Directors’ Association (BDA).
III. March ‘Riding That Rainbow’
From the closure of the previous movement emerges a distant drumbeat - it is the onward march of our nation. Snippets of familiar motives are heard throughout the march and highlight parts of our Singapore band story. This march aims to show our thriving and energetic band scene as we look towards a promising future!