SAND AND STARS - Parts & Score, NEW & RECENT Publications, TEST PIECES (Major Works)
Availability Available Published 12th May 2023
Cat No.JM106096 Price
£134.00 Composer: Thierry Deleruyelle Categories: NEW & RECENT Publications, TEST PIECES (Major Works)
Grade 6.0 Duration 17.40
Sand and Stars illustrates the journey of the aviator-writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry when he attempted to break the record for a Paris-Saigon flight. Having started as planned, the journey ended prematurely in the heart of the Sahara with a broken plane and the rescue, just in time, of the pilot and his navigator. Written in six parts, this highly colourful piece varies between a mysterious atmosphere, the deafening noise of a plane hitting the ground and the vivacity of an Arabic dance, punctuated with cornet and euphonium solos, before concluding with spectacular musical fireworks.