Oliver Searle

Scottish Music Centre

Oliver Searle - Catalogue

Catalogue


Jungle High Street (2004)
 Programme Note available
Oliver Searle
Commissioned by West Lothian Council for the West Lothian Schools Wind Ensemble.
First performance:
West Lothian Schools Wind Ensemble / Russell Cowieson, St. Margaret's Academy, Livingstone, 20 Mar 2004

Work Details

Category: Band ensemble wind
Duration: 5'
Instrumentation: Wind Ensemble [2 Fl 2 Ob 3 Cl B-Cl 2 A-Sax T-Sax Bar-Sax 2 Bsn 3 Tpt 2 Hn 2 Trb b-Trb Euph Tu Tp Perc]

SMC Holdings

   Score : unpublished / Location: archive collection   [enquire]
   Score : unpublished / Location: ref library   [enquire]
   Recording Composer / location: sound archive - YELLOW [enquire]
   Part(s) : unpublished / Location: hard disk (sibelius file)   [enquire]
Programme Note

This work was inspired by a statement ( which included the title phrase) on a documentary about elephants. It instantly made a reference to dance music (for me) and I got thinking about the contrast of environments and the idea of a distorted view of the slow section from a jungle track.

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