An overture for orchestra and recorded construction sounds
Written in 1995 for Jerry Kracht and the Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra
Duration: 4.5min.
NOTES
The Construction of the House was composed in 1995 in celebration
of the first season of the new Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma,
Washington. A short, frothy overture for orchestra, it intermingles the recorded sounds of
building construction- engines, saws, hammers, brooms, voices and a popped acoustical-test
balloon - with orchestral gestures derived from those sounds. In the manner of a concerto,
the tape and the orchestra dialogue with each other until the final, good-natured and noisy ending.
Orchestration
Flutes 1,2
Oboes 1,2
Bb Clarinets 1,2
Bassoons 1,2
Horns 1,2,3,4
C Trumpets 1,2
Trombones 1,2
Tuba
Percussion 1:
marimba
Percussion 2:
snare, four toms (low, med. low, med. high, high), bass drum
Percussion 3:
crash cymbal, suspended cymbal, triangle, 2 temple blocks (lower, higher)
Strings
Recording:
(five types of construction sounds: engines, electric saws, hammering, sweeping, vocal sounds)
These are notated in the score as much as necessary for reference purposes.)
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