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Circus Overture

Instrumentation: Band
Other Versions: Orchestra
Composer: Bolcom, William
Composer Dates: 1938
Duration: 3:30
Year: 2015
Availability: Sale, Rental
Products: Score and Parts
Catalog Number: 80603140 (score), 80603141 (parts)
Selling Agent: Subito Music Corporation
Rental Agent: Theodore Presser Company
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University of Michigan (Haithcock): Circus Overture

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Bolcom’s curtain raiser, Circus Overture, was written in honor of Slatkin’s 70th and premiered by the conductor and Boston Symphony, which commissioned it. It’s a 5-minute riot, full of marching evocations of the midway — or perhaps the parade of life? — along with lickety-split wind lines, exaggerated tempo changes and a snippet of Ellingtonian talking brass, including a muted trombone growling out a reference to Chopin’s ‘Funeral March.’ That’s vintage Bolcom wit: Slatkin, who has championed the Ann Arbor composer for decades, specifically asked him not to quote ‘Happy Birthday.’

The Detroit Free Press, Oct. 10, 2014


Orchestral version may be rented from the Theodore Presser Company.

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