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Original

Conquest. Grade 3.

Translation

Conquest. Grade 3.

Original

Conquest composed by Tim Fisher. For concert band. Brolga Music Concert Band Series. Grade 3. Score and set of parts. Duration 3. 55. Published by Brolga Music Publishing Company. BL.BMC074. ISBN M720077086. After a majestic opening, this piece is propelled forward by a pulsing, rhythmic soundscape. The clarinets present a simple melody which is answered by short fanfare figures played by muted trumpets and then by a counter-melody in the upper winds. Another upwards fanfare in the brass leads to a change in mood. Now the music has a more aggressive, tribal feel, building eventually to an intense exchange between the percussion and winds, culminating in a sustained fff chord from the ensemble. A reflective quieter section follows utilizing smaller instrument grouping within the band. However, this section begins to slowly building with an accelerating tempo and an increase in dynamics. Once again, a climax is reached with a loud sustained chord from the ensemble. There is a brief moment of repose before the piece takes off with a return to the opening clarinet melody. Now the upper brass answer almost continuously with fanfare figures and the counter-melody is once again heard in the upper winds. For a third and final time the dynamics build and the tempo accelerates to a final unison statement by the whole ensemble.

Translation

Conquest composed by Tim Fisher. For concert band. Brolga Music Concert Band Series. Grade 3. Score and set of parts. Duration 3. 55. Published by Brolga Music Publishing Company. BL.BMC074. ISBN M720077086. After a majestic opening, this piece is propelled forward by a pulsing, rhythmic soundscape. The clarinets present a simple melody which is answered by short fanfare figures played by muted trumpets and then by a counter-melody in the upper winds. Another upwards fanfare in the brass leads to a change in mood. Now the music has a more aggressive, tribal feel, building eventually to an intense exchange between the percussion and winds, culminating in a sustained fff chord from the ensemble. A reflective quieter section follows utilizing smaller instrument grouping within the band. However, this section begins to slowly building with an accelerating tempo and an increase in dynamics. Once again, a climax is reached with a loud sustained chord from the ensemble. There is a brief moment of repose before the piece takes off with a return to the opening clarinet melody. Now the upper brass answer almost continuously with fanfare figures and the counter-melody is once again heard in the upper winds. For a third and final time the dynamics build and the tempo accelerates to a final unison statement by the whole ensemble.