Seachanges (with Danse Macabre)

Seachanges is a contemporary piece of music written by Raymond Deane in 1993.

It is part of the Leaving Certificate's Music syllabus along with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, The Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four", "She's Leaving Home", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique"

The piece is scored for Flute and Piccolo in G, Piano, Violin, Violoncello, and Percussion. The percussion includes Gong, maracas, rainstick, Crotales, Marimba, Cymbals, Guiro and Bass Drum.[1]

Typical of 20th Century contemporary music, it features many experimental techniques:

Instrumental Techniques

Notes

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