Grade 6.0 = difficult

 

Ocean of Storms or Oceanus Procellarum is one of only a few lunar maria or ‘seas’ on the moon’s surface to be called an ocean due to its immense size.  

 

This evocative work by Dan Price takes draws inspiration from not only the idea of a lunar impact but also from the name the crater has been given.  The work opens atmospherically with a sense of weightlessness and introduces the main thematic idea. As the work develops the turbulent ebb and flow of the storm increases in its ferocity with solo spots for solo cornet, solo euphonium, flugel horn and baritone.