Partition Steve Martland ensemble

Van Gogh's visionary painting The Starry Night provides the title, if not the stimulus, for this music. Rather, personal memories of Africa are recalled and in particular the sound of music and dancin...

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...

Van Gogh's visionary painting The Starry Night provides the title, if not the stimulus, for this music. Rather, personal memories of Africa are recalled and in particular the sound of music and dancin...

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.