Blasorchester
Time to Take Back the Knights!
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TIME TO TAKE BACK THE KNIGHTS!... or as titled by Conductor Maurice Hamers: THE CHOSEN! appears on the STORMWORKS... Chapter THREE CD and the STORMWORKS Chapter 1 Prime CD. What makes this piece challenging is not necessarily the notes employed, but rather, the interplay of component forces, and the need to move seamlessly between, and sometimes merge differing styles of Music. The piece begins with a bluesy, airy sax solo, reminiscent of a "Harlem Nocturne". But when the brass come in, we are in a world of Tchaikowsky-like military calls. The varied ghost-like voices of Knights distant and past call to us in these brass figures. Contrasting sections depict a blending of Americana with Middle Eastern, with serenity and triumphal nobility.