Old World Overture is written as a musical gift from the Old World to the New World and is dedicated to Mauricio Solano and the musicians and organisers of the Corazon Verde Festival (Green Heart) in Paraiso, Costa Rica. I have based this piece on traditional Balkan folk music heard while holidaying on the banks of Lake Ohrid in Macedonia in the Summer of 2013. Old World Overture is energetic and dance-like in style, with contrasting moments of eccentricity and humour.
Nigel Clarke
Duration: 5:34. Grade 5. Recorded on Polyphonic CD QPRM161D Roman Trilogy
