UW Symphony An American in Paris Shinkansen

Shinkansen (1919, orchestrated 2021) Jesse Ayers
(b. 1951, Knoxville, Tennessee)
The composer has graciously allowed us to quote his program notes. “The title suggests a speeding train racing through successive landscapes of differing musical styles, from a John Adams-ish minimalism, to a pop idiom melody/accompaniment, to jazz elements featuring a (written out) improvisation over a ‘boogie’ bass, to the syncopated triadic juxtapositions of symphonic band music, to contrapuntal canon. The compositional challenge was to maintain musical unity while flowing through these disparate styles. Dedicated to my sister, Linda Ayers Crumpton, who filled the home in which we were raised with the sounds of Chopin polonaises and Beethoven sonatas.”

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Sensational!!!I'm Very proud of my son , wonderful timpanist!!!
Bravi condutor and orchestra!!!

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Bravo. Vovó from Brazil