Millennium Daze

for trumpet and chamber orchestra


by Ari Benjamin Meyers


WP new version 2002, 7. Euroregieo-Musikfestival, (soloist: Sean Jones) // WP 2000, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Ensemble "Colours of Music", (soloist: Leo Siberski)

Duration:

20' //

Orchestration:

Fl/Pic, S/A/T Sax, Cl, Trb, 2 Vln., Vla., Vc., E-Bass, E-Guit, Drum Set, Perc, Klav, Tpt Solo

Score and parts:

available from Immediate Response Music



...In this Staatsoper commission the young composer utilizes a stunningly rich sound-world comprising the last centuries and those to come and puts it all in a classical form wherein the solo trumpet begins with a simple motive which is then picked up by the orchestra and then fragmented, defined anew, spun into a new tapestry of sound.
Isabell Herzfeld, Tagesspiegel

...The heart of the program: Ari Benjamin Meyers' Millennium Daze, really a very clever and entertaining piece of the crossover type: a masterfully arranged kaleidoscope of classically through composed ensemble writing, noisy soundscapes, and jazz-like improvisation, all of it supported and propelled by rock rhythms and wild ostinatos.
Anselm Cybinsk, Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung

Millennium Daze- excerpt 2

Millennium Daze- excerpt 3