''Cloudcatcher Fells'' is a work for
brass band
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by the British composer
John McCabe John McCabe may refer to:
*John McCabe (composer) (1939–2015), British composer and classical pianist
*John McCabe (writer) (1920–2005), Shakespearean scholar and biographer
*Christopher John McCabe
Christopher John McCabe (born 20 Oc ...
. It was commissioned by Boosey & Hawkes Band Festivals as the test piece for the 1985
National Brass Band Championships finals.
The title of the piece comes from the poem "Cockermouth" by
David Wright
David Allen Wright (born December 20, 1982) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who spent his entire 14-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Mets. Chosen by the Mets in the 2001 Major League Baseball dr ...
.
The work comprises four movements, played continuously. Each movement consists of sections associated with mountainous places, mostly in the area of
Patterdale
Patterdale (Saint Patrick's Dale) is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is in the eastern part of the Lake District, and the name is also used for the long valley in which the villa ...
in the English Lake District:
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Great Gable
Great Gable is a mountain in the Lake District, United Kingdom. It is named after its appearance as a pyramid from Wasdale, though it is dome-shaped from most other directions. It is one of the most popular of the Lakeland fells, and there ar ...
;
Grasmoor
Grasmoor is a mountain in the north-western part of the Lake District, northern England. It is the highest peak in a group of hills between the villages of Lorton, Cumbria, Lorton, Braithwaite and Buttermere, and overlooks Crummock Water.
Grasm ...
;
Grisedale Tarn
Grisedale Tarn is a Tarn (lake), tarn in the Lake District of England between Fairfield (Lake District), Fairfield and Dollywagon Pike.
It is the legendary resting place of the crown of the kingdom of Cumbria, after the crown was conveyed there ...
- slow
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Haystacks;
Catchedicam (Catstye Cam) - quick
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Angle Tarn Angle Tarn may refer to:
* Angle Tarn (Langstrath), small lake in Cumbria, England
* Angle Tarn (Patterdale), small lake in Cumbria, England
See also
*Angletarn Pikes
Angletarn Pikes is a fell in the England, English Lake District near the villa ...
- slow
#Grisedale Brow;
Striding Edge
Helvellyn (; possible meaning: ''pale yellow moorland'') is a mountain in the English Lake District, the highest point of the Helvellyn range, a north–south line of mountains to the north of Ambleside, between the lakes of Thirlmere and Ull ...
;
Helvellyn
Helvellyn (; possible #Names, meaning: ''pale yellow moorland'') is a mountain in the English Lake District, the highest point of the Helvellyn range, a north–south line of mountains to the north of Ambleside, between the lakes of Thirlmere a ...
- quick
The piece is tonal and broadly forms a set of free variations on the opening melody.
The work is dedicated to the composer's father.
The composition of John McCabe's Cloudcatcher Fells
Retrieved 27 January 2012
References
External links
BrassBandResults.com - ''Cloudcatcher Fells''
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Compositions by John McCabe
1985 compositions
Compositions for brass band