Peachtree

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Peachtree Street fromCityscape a concerto
for orchestra by Jennifer Higdon
(born Brooklyn, NY, 1962)
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2005 GRAMMY Award Winner for Best Engineered
Album, Classical
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I listen to all sorts of stuff. Almost never
traditional Classical works. Sometimes
contemporary Classical (Ive got about 3,000
CDs of this type) but lots of other things which
provide a contrasting soundtrack to what I
might be composing during the day. Ive been
listening to the Dixie Chicks a lot lately,
Allison Krauss (a real favorite), the new Beatles
Love remix, Roxanne Panufniks choral music,
Eminems various rap discs, Time For Threes
latest stuff, John Adams Dharma at Big Sur,
Fleetwood Mac, James Blunt, general music from
the 60s, soundtrack to Road to Perdition,
Peter, Paul Mary, and Chanticleers discs.
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Lets listen to Peachtree Street as we follow
Peachtree Street from a helicopter.
http//www.gpb.org/programs/peachtree/footage.htm
- clip1
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Peachtree Street is in Rondo Form
ABACADAEAFA
Can you find the pattern?
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Rondo Form
ABACADAEAFA
A keeps coming back!
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THEME Loud, Busy, Calm, Quiet Instruments
Theme A
Theme B
Theme A
Theme C
Theme A
Theme D
Theme A
Theme E
Theme A
Theme F
Theme A
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THEME Loud, Busy, Calm, Quiet Instruments
Theme A Loud and busy Full orchestra
Theme B
Theme A
Theme C
Theme A
Theme D
Theme A
Theme E
Theme A
Theme F
Theme A
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THEME Loud, Busy, Calm, Quiet Instruments
Theme A Loud and busy Full orchestra
Theme B Busy and quiet strings
Theme A
Theme C
Theme A
Theme D
Theme A
Theme E
Theme A
Theme F
Theme A
You do the rest!
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Lets get in 6 groups, one for each theme. Turn
your paper over and write the letter of your
theme at the top. Illustrate what you might see
on your part of Peachtree Street as you listen
again. You do not have to draw the same thing
that others in your group are drawing. What might
your see? (here are some ideas) A busy
intersection with lots of cars beeping their
horns? A café where people are sitting outside
sipping iced tea and having lunch? Lots of tall
buildings with many people walking on the
sidewalks? People sitting in a park enjoying the
birds and trees? People out shopping at little
shops, stopping to look in the windows? A nice
house with a beautiful flower garden and trees?
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Now, lets listen again. This time, come up and
show what you drew when you hear your theme.
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Here are some sites from around Peachtree Street
to see while you listen. Do you think the
picture matches the music well? Wait until the
music is over to say what you think.
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Full orchestra, loud with trumpet in the
background
A
000-049
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B
Strings, playfully play
050-119
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Full orchestra, loud with trumpet in the
background
A
120-139
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C
Woodwinds play then strings join at the end
140-212
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A
Full orchestra
213-230
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D
Percussion plays
231-305
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Full orchestra, starts soft, gets loud, then
gets soft at the end
A
306-340
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E
Brass instruments play
341-412
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A
Full orchestra, then gets soft at the end
413-443
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F
Strings, then woodwinds added, then percussion
added.
444-528
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A
Full orchestra
529-end
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What pictures do YOU think matched the music well?