River City

River City is a slow lyrical work in the tradition of well-known compositions by Jacob de Haan such as Yellow Mountains and Ammerland. Jacob de Haan: “The great thing about composing is that sometimes a melody is created that radiates an incredible amount of emotion. It arose spontaneously while I improvised it at the piano. It is the magic of creation.”

Sacramento, in the American state of California, is also known as River City – which is also the name of the concert band that commissioned Jacob de Haan to write this sonorous, lyrical work on the occasion of the 37th Annual ACB National Convention, which took place in 2015 in Rancho Cordova. All of the fun that the musicians will have with the rich melodic material provided for all instrument groups will immediately radiate into the audience! Jacob de Haan: “When I conducted the work for the first time in California, I immediately noticed the emotion it evoked in musicians and audience”.