SKU: UM.47401

ISBN 9790224401165.

SKU: LM.JJ07036

ISBN 9790230807036.

SKU: PR.UE033303

ISBN 9783702431556. UPC: 803452061571.

SKU: BT.YKM570369270

A Hymn to the Thames was commissioned by James Turnbull and the Music Director of the St Paul’s Sinfonia, Andrew Morley. It was begun in 2019 and completed early in 2020. There are four movements played without a break, which follow the Thames from its Cotswold source to the North Sea. As the first performance took place in St ALfege’s Church, Greenwich, this seemed appropriate. The solo oboe represents both a wanderer along the river path and the spirit of the river. The pitch centres of the movements spell out the musical letters of the river (tHAmES—B natural, A, E and E flat) so that the river’s name is projected across the whole work. In addition, the musical letters found in James Turnbull, Andrew Morley and my wife, Teresa Cahill ( who was born in Maidenhead and brought up by the river in Rotherhithe) are entwined in various guises. The first movement grows from the depths, the soloist entering with fanfare-like gestures, followed by lyrical music and breaks into a dance as the river gathers momentum. The third movement is slow and sustained and geographically the Thames flows through Oxford. The music is based on the well-known In Nomine ‘head motif’ from the Gloria tibi Trinitas Mass by the early Tudor composer, John Taverner, who was the first Director of Music at Christ Church, Oxford. The orchestra provides a screen or veil above which the solo oboe dreams and ruminates. This leads directly into the fourth and final movement which begins in the depths once more, interrupting the oboe’s held note from the end of the third movement. The waters’ increasing intensity and power are represented throughout by a moto perpetuo of quick, steady semiquavers. Near the close, the woodwind play O Nata Lux by Thomas Tallis, the great Tudor composer who, with his wife Joan, is buried in St Alfege’s. Beneath this, the lower strings continue the fast semiquaver movement of the river and, above, the violins are heard as a halo of harmonics. At the close, the oboe rises, opening out to the future, and celebrating its voyage, while the orchestra fades as the river meets the sea. A Hymn to the Thames lasts approximately 17 minutes.

SKU: BT.DHP-1053861-120

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

As the title suggests, this opening work consists of a fanfare and a hymn. This work was written for the opening ceremony of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf (Allgäu, Germany) and can be played in four different versions depending on your needs or the players available. You can use a complete version, a short fanfare played just by trumpets (cornets), trombones and timpani, a double fanfare (extended with tutti-band) or a fanfare version followed by the hymn. Nordic Fanfare and Hymn is an extremely practical and versatile ceremonial opening piece.

Zoals de titel aangeeft, bestaat dit openingswerk uit een fanfare en een hymne. Het werd geschreven voor de openingsceremonie van de FIS Nordische wereldkampioenschappen skiën in Oberstdorf (Allgäu, Duitsland). Het werk kan in vierverschillende versies worden gespeeld. Er is een volledige versie. Een korte fanfare door trompetten (of cornetten), trombones en pauken, een dubbele fanfare (uitgebreid met tutti-orkest), en een fanfareversie gevolgd door een deelvan de hymne.

Dieses Werk wurde für die Eröffnungszeremonie der FIS Nordische Skimeisterschaften in Oberstdorf im Allgäu geschrieben. Es kann in vier verschiedenen Versionen gespielt werden, da viele Blasorchester in der täglichen Praxis unterschiedliche zeremonielle Varianten benötigen. Der Komponist stellte hierfür eine vollständige Version zusammen, eine kurze Fanfare für Trompeten, Posaunen und Pauken, eine Doppelfanfare (erweitert durch ein Tutti) sowie eine Fanfareversion, gefolgt von einem Teil der Hymne.

Comme le suggère le titre, cette pièce se compose d’une fanfare et d’une hymne. Nordic Fanfare and Hymn a été écrit pour la cérémonie d’ouverture des Championnats du Monde FIS de Ski Nordique d’Oberstdorf en Allemagne. Pour pouvoir être utilisée dans le cadre de diverses cérémonies, cette composition peut être interprétée dans quatre versions différentes. Une version intégrale ; une version constituée d’une courte fanfare jouée par les trompettes (cornets), trombones et timbales ; une version en double fanfare (suivi d’un tutti orchestral) et une version composée d’une fanfare suivi d’un extrait de l’hymne.

Come suggerisce il titolo, questo brano si compone di una fanfara e di un inno. Noridc Fanfare & Hymn è stato scritto per la cerimonia di apertura dei Campionati del Mondo di Sci Nordico di Obersdtorf in Germania. Per renderne possibile l’utilizzo in diverse cerimonie, questa composizione può essere interpretata in quattro versioni diverse. Una versione integrale; una versione costituita da una breve fanfara suonata dalle trombe (cornette), dai tromboni e dai timpani; una versione in fanfara doppia (seguita da un tutti orchestrale) e una versione composta da una fanfara seguita da un estratto dell’inno.