Mothership (For Band)
For band & laptop
A fast-paced opener that imagines the orchestra as a mothership ‘docked’ by virtuosic soloists. Premiered by the YouTube Symphony at the Sydney Opera House before an online audience of millions, the piece showcases the orchestra’s top individual players in its brief solo passages.
Commissioned by the YouTube Symphony. Michael Tilson Thomas, music director premiered March 21, 2011 by the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.
Category: Band + Electronica, Featured
Duration 10
Instrumentation
4 Flutes – 3rd and 4th doubling Piccolo 2 Oboes
English Horn
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
Eb Clarinet
4 Bb Clarinets 2 Bass Clarinets
Soprano Sax Alto Sax
Tenor Sax Baritone Sax
4 Trumpets in C 4 Horns
2 Trombones Bass Trombone Euphonium Tuba
Harp
Piano
4 Percussion Timpani
Contrabass