For brass band
Duration: 5:00
Commissioned by Grimethorpe Colliery Band for their seaside tour, August 2023. Performed at Paignton, Lyme Regis, Weymouth, Shanklin and Herne Bay.
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Seaside Odyssey is a celebration of the British seaside! The music represents a juxtaposition between natural and manmade elements; there are two main musical themes – the reflective sea (a wordless setting of John Masefield’s Sea Fever) and a more lively ‘seaside’ theme, heard separately in different ways and later together. From childhood memories, sand, beach and cliffs to cafes, ice creams, fish and chips, buckets ands pades, boating trips, beach huts, bandstands, piers, theatres, gardens, minigolf, arcades and more, Seaside Odyssey is a journey from dawn to dusk with the sea at the heart of the music.
Liz Lane, August 2023
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Includes optional poems and words specially curated from poets associated with the seaside towns, which can be read before a performance.
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Instrumentation
Eb Soprano Cornet
Bb Solo Cornet
Bb Repiano Cornet
Bb Cornet 2
Bb Cornet 3
Bb Flugelhorn
Eb Solo Tenor Horn
Eb Tenor Horn 1
Eb Tenor Horn 2
Bb Baritone 1
Bb Baritone 2
Bb Trombone 1
Bb Trombone 2
Bass Trombone
Bb Euphonium
Eb Bass
Bb Bass
Percussion 1: timpani, triangle and optional ‘arcade jackpot’ effect(see score/part)
Percussion 2: 3 suspended cymbals (2 ride, 1 crash) and hi-hat
Percussion 3: snare, tom-toms and bass drum
Percussion 4: glockenspiel