Duration 4.00

 

First Light was written for Kirsty Abbotts and Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band.  

 

A slow lilting melody is presented in the cornet solo and passed between the band and the soloist to create images of the tranquil night before the piece reaches a climactic moment which is meant to represent the beams of light emerging as the sun rises.  The theme is then presented in a tutti forte section before arriving at a tranquil finish.

 

First Light is featured on the Kirsty Abbotts and Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Bands CD, A Search for Peace.

 

Ben Hollings, January 2016