Steve Martland

A virtuoso work for an increasingly popular instrumental combination, the title (after Van Gogh's visionary painting The Starry Night) gives a sense of the intensity of this music. Personal memories o...

A virtuoso work for an increasingly popular instrumental combination, the title (after Van Gogh's visionary painting The Starry Night) gives a sense of the intensity of this music. Personal memories o...

Flöte (Piccolo), 3 Saxophone (Alt, Tenor, Bariton), 3 Trompeten in C, 2 Posaunen, Bass Posaune, Horn in F, Klavier (oder Syntesizer), Bass Gitarre

3 Saxophone (ATB), Trompete (B), Posaune, Klavier, Marimbaphon, Schlagzeug, Violine, E-Gitarre, Bass-Gitarre.

3 Saxophone (STB), Flügelhorn, Posaune, Klavier, Schlagzeug, Violine, E-Gitarre, Bass-Gitarre

3 Saxophone (STBar), Trompete, Posaune, Klavier, Marimba, Schlagzeug, Violine, E-Gitarre und Bass-Gitarre).

3 Saxophone (ATB), Flügelhorn, Posaune, Klavier, Schlagzeug, Violine, E-Gitarre und Bass-Gitarre.

This is dancing music. The use of a ground bass suggests formal Baroque models but the shifted beats and polyrhythms also evoke Latin American, and near the end, 'techno' dance music.