Music of the Pearl
Jerome SorcsekMusic of the Pearl (2020) Date: rev. 2020Difficulty: Grade 5, Medium-AdvancedDuration: 35:00 In 1980, I made a list of allegorical […]
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Golden Gate Fantasy (1981)
During my visit to Switzerland in 1981, I met (the late) John Golland who encouraged me to compose a piece for him and his band in Dukinfield.
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Symphony No. 4
Jerome SorcsekSymphony No. 4 (2021) ⏰ 50 min5️⃣ Medium-Advanced🎺 Wind Band Symphony No. 4 is, in part, the beneficiary of unused material
Symphony No. 7 (2021)
The single purpose behind writing the Seventh Symphony was to render a piece made entirely of patrician music – nothing surprising or edgy.
Symphony No. 2 (1980)
The opening three notes of the Symphony No. 2 not only comprise the beginning of the fugue subject of the first movement, but they also reappear in the other movements as an idée fixe.
Symphony No. 1 (1979)
Symphony No. 1 has no exact, underlying program. It goes beyond the realm of the absolute and presents music to the listener as moments and images.
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Etude Symphonique
Jerome SorcsekEtude Symphonique (2020) Date: 1992, transcribed for band 2020Instrumentation: Concert BandDifficulty: level 4+, mediumDuration: 6:30 Chamber music can often be
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Dance Etudes
Jerome SorcsekDance Etudes (2020) Date: 1979, revised 2020Instrumentation: Wind BandDifficulty: level 5, medium advancedDuration: 25:00 Dance Etudes, composed in 1979, was