Firecracker by Michael Daugherty Clarinet - Sheet Music
By Michael Daugherty
5128265
Firecracker
5128265
5128265
5128265
Details
Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe Solo, Percussion, Piano, Violin
SKU: PR.620863260
Composed by Michael Daugherty. Sws. Score. With Standard notation. Duration 13 minutes. Peermusic Classical #62086-326. Published by Peermusic Classical (PR.620863260).UPC: 680160432349.
In the 1940's and 50's, the calling card of every Las Vegas casino, hotel, and restaurant on the "strip" was a colorful souvenir matchbook: an icon of a Las Vegas long vanished, when the "Rat Pack" and neon signs ruled. These matchbooks could be used to light a candle, a cigarette, or perhaps a fiery composition for oboe and small chamber ensemble. The music of Firecracker evokes the vintage exotic decor of the Aladdin, the Sahara, and the Desert Inn. The oboe spins out a virtuosic musical motive in the perpetual motion of a roulette wheel. The small chamber ensemble provides a rhythmic, colorful counterpoint, like flickering and flashing neon signs. The musical fireworks are briefly interrupted by a tango floorshow. After a return to the fireworks, the oboe's firecracker fuse burns out into the Las Vegas night.
