Spiral

1 Full Score - 1 Soprano - 4 Solo Cornet - 1 Repiano - 1 Flugelhorn Solo - 4 Cornet II - 4 Cornet III - 1 Solo Horn - 1 Horn I Eb - 1 Horn II Eb - 1 Trombone I Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone II Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone III C - 1 Baritone Bb (TC) - 1 Baritone II Bb (TC) - 2 Euphonium Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Eb (TC) - 2 Percussion - 1 Drums - 1 Mallets - 1 Timpani

Marc Jeanbourquin composed 'Spiral' during a music camp, for himself and 9 other fellow musicians. Due to the success of this piece, some years later, he has taken the main theme and developed it, with a kind of tribute to Camille Saint-Saens, one of his favourite composers. The constant changes between the minor and major keys, and between the often changing 2 and 3 feeling, with the occasional 2/4 bar thrown in, do not disrupt the flow of the piece in the slightest; in fact it is what has inspired the title. A percussion interlude, which is broken up by the unregularly occurring meter, brings the piece to a restatement of the original theme, which then ends in a large crescendo. Spiral is perfectly suited to either the opening or the close of any concert.