Dirk Brossé

Philadelphia Overture

for Chamber Orchestra

2010

7’

DESCRIPTION  

In summer 2010 Dirk Brossé was appointed music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. During his inauguration concert that same year, he gave a musical surprise to the city in which he was to work for the next decade: the Philadelphia Overture. This work is dedicated to the city – America’s first capital – and to its people. In it we hear the energy, the power, the freedom and the vitality of multi ethnic Philadelphia: the City of Brotherly Love….

INSTRUMENTATION

2222 / 2210 / timp + 1 perc* / strings

*percussion instruments

  glockenspiel – suspended cymbal – tubular bells – bar chimes – triangle

PREMIERE

World premiere by The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, conducted by Dirk Brossé on September 26, 2010 at the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia.

PUBLISHER

Dirk Brossé  

AVAILABLE SCORES & ORCHESTRAL MATERIALS

Available on a rental base from the composer

RELATED RECORDINGS

Live recording by The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia available 

CATEGORIES 

Works for Orchestra / Chamber Orchestra