Barnstorming Season
Barnstorming Season, Matt Browne (2014)
for orchestra
“Barnstorming” was a bizarre fad of the 1920s, where skilled pilots would use old WWI biplanes to travel around the Midwest, landing on random farms. There they would charge the locals for airplane rides, and perform thrilling airshows called “flying circuses”. Much like traveling circuses, these barnstormers stayed in one given place for only a short while, and their arrivals were tremendously exciting for the culturally and technologically reclusive farmer audiences. These airshows were tremendously gripping, but were also excessively dangerous. Some of the stunts they performed were: barrel rolls, flips, dives, wing walking (walking on the wings of a moving plane), midair plane transfers, and even playing tennis on the wings of a moving plane. Quite often these barnstormers were injured or killed performing these stunts. The strange and ridiculous juxtaposition of the exciting thrills and tremendous danger is the main impetus for this piece.
Orchestral instrumentation: 3(picc).2.3(bcl).3(cbn) 4.3.3(btn).1 hp.pno timp+3perc str
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$25.50Barnstorming Season
Barnstorming Season, Matt Browne (2014)
for orchestra
“Barnstorming” was a bizarre fad of the 1920s, where skilled pilots would use old WWI biplanes to travel around the Midwest, landing on random farms. There they would charge the locals for airplane rides, and perform thrilling airshows called “flying circuses”. Much like traveling circuses, these barnstormers stayed in one given place for only a short while, and their arrivals were tremendously exciting for the culturally and technologically reclusive farmer audiences. These airshows were tremendously gripping, but were also excessively dangerous. Some of the stunts they performed were: barrel rolls, flips, dives, wing walking (walking on the wings of a moving plane), midair plane transfers, and even playing tennis on the wings of a moving plane. Quite often these barnstormers were injured or killed performing these stunts. The strange and ridiculous juxtaposition of the exciting thrills and tremendous danger is the main impetus for this piece.
Orchestral instrumentation: 3(picc).2.3(bcl).3(cbn) 4.3.3(btn).1 hp.pno timp+3perc str
Orchestral performance parts are available via rental.
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Barnstorming Season, Matt Browne (2014)
for orchestra
“Barnstorming” was a bizarre fad of the 1920s, where skilled pilots would use old WWI biplanes to travel around the Midwest, landing on random farms. There they would charge the locals for airplane rides, and perform thrilling airshows called “flying circuses”. Much like traveling circuses, these barnstormers stayed in one given place for only a short while, and their arrivals were tremendously exciting for the culturally and technologically reclusive farmer audiences. These airshows were tremendously gripping, but were also excessively dangerous. Some of the stunts they performed were: barrel rolls, flips, dives, wing walking (walking on the wings of a moving plane), midair plane transfers, and even playing tennis on the wings of a moving plane. Quite often these barnstormers were injured or killed performing these stunts. The strange and ridiculous juxtaposition of the exciting thrills and tremendous danger is the main impetus for this piece.
Orchestral instrumentation: 3(picc).2.3(bcl).3(cbn) 4.3.3(btn).1 hp.pno timp+3perc str
Orchestral performance parts are available via rental.
Click here for a rental quote.
