Cat No. JM30917
Price £74.00
Composer: Stephen Bulla
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works)

Duration 12.00

Previously used as a Third Section Testpiece.

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The music intends to parallel the impressions, sights and sounds of a modem city to what a painter might convey with a landscape portrait.

1. MORNING SCENE — AWAKENING: The quiet solitude of a sunrise, birds singing, and empty streets can betray the crowded jungle of city life. These are the last moments of sleep before the alarm goes off and the coffee goes on.

2. FACES IN MOTION: The sidewalks come alive, streets fill with cars, office buildings open, the rush hour is on — and everyone is late.

3. MUSEUM VISIT: To step into a museum is to visit another world. Looking at what we’ve been and where we’ve been, there’s always a sense of awe at how much has gone on before; and the realisation of how much there is yet to come.

4. NIGHTLIFE: After hours is not the time to slow down, for the city never really sleeps. Nightclubs open, and the jazz circuit is alive with swinging sounds. This is the soul of the city.

Stephen Bulla
Duration: 12 minutes
Published for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 5th October, 1985.