''Cloudcatcher Fells'' is a work for
brass band 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 played his entire 14-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the New York Mets. He was drafted by the Mets in 2001 MLB draft and made ...
.
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 eastern part of the English Lake District in the Eden District of Cumbria, in the traditional county of Westmorland, and the long valley in which they are found, also ...
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 are ...
;
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, Braithwaite and Buttermere, and overlooks Crummock Water.
Grasmoor is distingui ...
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Grisedale Tarn
Grisedale Tarn is a tarn in the Lake District of England between Fairfield and Dollywagon Pike.
It is the legendary resting place of the crown of the kingdom of Cumbria, after the crown was conveyed there in 945 by soldiers of the last king, ...
- slow
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Haystacks;
Catchedicam (Catstye Cam) - quick
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Angle Tarn - 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 Ulls ...
;
Helvellyn
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 Ulls ...
- 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