BEACONS by Peter van Zandt Lane (USA, 1985)
Markus Mauderer2022-03-07T03:41:09+02:00#137– March 07, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zzs-nsA98E Beacons, by American composer Peter van Zandt Lane is our Composition of the Week. Beacons was composed for Cynthia Johnston Turner (to whom the piece is dedicated) and the Hodgson Wind Ensemble at the University of Georgia, and premiered at the for the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 16, 2017. Beacons has a duration of around 15 minutes and it is cast in four movements: Daybeacon, II. Relays, III.Orbital Lights and IV.Polaris. Its instrumentation calls for a standard wind ensemble setting, with the addition of amplified steel [...]