MANHATTAN BEACH MUSIC
Raising the Standards of the American Concert Band and BANDS all Over the WORLD
Exclusive Australian Distribution by Future Music
All movements highlight different soloists or solo groupings: in Wind, 3 soli clarinets; in Earth, a solo euphonium (cued appropriately 8va in alto sax); in Water, a solo saxophone in a Q&A with a trumpet and the ensemble; in Fire, a middle-Eastern-inflected percussion spars with the band. Each movement is tightly wound, springing forward a sonority and style otherwise unseen in band music. If you have become tired of the tutti, this is remedy.