for unaccompanied bass trombone

4 minutes

Excerpt from I. Grayscale sound
  Excerpt from II. Combination Concrete  sound
              Performed by Douglas Yeo, bass trombone

Cityscape was inspired by two paintings by the American artist Stuart Davis.  The first movement, “Grayscale”, is based upon Davis’ “Landscape”, in which the artist uses large geometric shapes and shades of gray to capture the heaviness and isolation of a city street at dusk.  The second painting, “Combination Concrete”, is a reworking of “Landscape”, done by Davis later in his career - after he had become enamored with jazz.  “Combination Concrete” adds vibrant splashes of primary colors to the original structure of the first painting, creating a feisty, energetic vision of the same city street.