Symphonic Rhapsody

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Gregson builds Symphonic Rhapsody from the gospel song “So We’ll Roll the Old Chariot Along,” but the tune is structural material rather than a decorative quotation. Its intervals and gestures permeate the faster writing, giving the piece more unity than the title “rhapsody” might suggest.

The solo part alternates broad, vocal statements with technical writing that feels native to the British brass-band euphonium. The player has to maintain that large musical span: isolated brilliance is less convincing than making each episode sound like another view of the same argument.

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Symphonic Rhapsody