Soundshock, by (Eilbhlís Farrell) evokes the spirit of the late 16th century polychoral antiphonal style where sonority and the exploration of instrumental colour contrast became a vital structural element. It highlights the unique sound of the different sections of the Concert Band and the use of Timpani and unpitched percussion throughout forms an important structural, unifying function. The Bass Drum ostinato patterns are reminiscent of the force and power of the lambeg drum, a sound very strongly etched into my early soundworld. Soundshock is a work of affirmation and a coalescing of elements of old and new. It is an overture celebrating the new Dublin Institute of Technology. (Notes by the composer, Eilbhlís Farrell)

Grade 5

$70 + P&P

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