Title: Élan: Sesquie for Canada's 150th
Year Completed: 2016
Duration: 2 mins
Instrumentation: 2222/4221/timp+2/str
Credits: Commissioned for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere: May 13, 2017 Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Saskatoon / September 19, 2017 Toronto Symphony Orchestra


Purchase/Rent: Canadian Music Centre


Élan is a short fanfare composed in a post-minimalist style.

http://canadamosaic.tso.ca/partner/saskatoon-symphony-orchestra/

Instrumentation:

2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in A
2 Bassoons

4 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in C
2 Tenor Trombones
1 Bass Trombone
1 Tuba

1 Timpani
2 Percussion*

Strings

* Percussion: Snare Drum, Crash Cymbals, Marimba

Derek Charke Elan

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