Jeff Hamburg

(1982)
Duration: Approx. 15 minutes
Dedicated to Gert Schuil and the Netherlands Student Chamber Orchestra (NESKO)

Scoring

2 Flutes (1rst doubles piccolo)
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in Bb
2 Alto saxophones in Eb (ad libitum)
2 Bassoons

2 French horns in F
Trumpet
Trombone

Timpani (ossis Tom-toms)
Glockenspiel

String Orchestra

Score in C

First performance was on April 15, 1982 in the "Grote Kerk" (Large Church) in Hattem, performed by the Netherlands Student Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gert Schuil.

Recorded by the North-Holland Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Porcelijn, Composers’ Voice CV 67.

From the original program book:

"It is an American piece in a German key. It is not a symphony, rather more a prelude and fugue, written for this student orchestra. The style is reminiscent of American symphonic orchestra and band repertoire, works by composers such as Aaron Copland and Paul Creston, music that was influenced by the "American" pieces of Stravinsky in the 40s and 50s (Symphony in C and the Symphony in Three Movements): neo-neo classicism. This Symphony in Es is what one may call neo-neo-neo-classical."