SKU: SU.94010764
Dedicated to Bryan Young, Principal Bassoon, Baltimore Chamber OrchestraBassoon Duration: 5'3 Composed: 2020 Published by: Subito Music Publishing PROGRAM NOTE: The year 2020 has definitely been a very challenging year with many upheavals. During this time of the COVID-19 health crisis, wearing masks, and high racial tensions, I decided to compose four short solo woodwind works for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, which represent the core woodwind section in an orchestra. I was inspired to compose these short pieces after I first heard Igor Stravinsky's three short pieces for clarinet, which totals a little more than four minutes in duration. I thought that it would be nice to highlight and honor my African-American male colleagues in the orchestral music world. I wanted to celebrate the fact that they are the principal player in the section of their respective orchestras. The short pieces are as follows: Principal Brother No. 1 for flute solo for Demarre McGill, Principal Flute of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Principal Brother No. 2 for oboe solo for Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Principal Brother No. 3 for clarinet solo for Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, and Principal Brother No. 4 for bassoon solo for Bryan Young, Principal Bassoon of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. These works all begin with notes that are representative of their name; D for Demarre, B for Titus (ti in solfège starting on C), A for Anthony, and Bb for Bryan. There is also a rhythmic figure in the opening measures of each piece, which represent the utterance of their names. All four of these works are rhapsodic in nature with elements of improvisation. - James Lee III.
SKU: HF.FH-7072
ISBN 9790203470724. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
Pjotr I. Tschaikowski: 1. Sinfonie Nr. 1, op. 13; 2. Sinfonie Nr. 2, op. 17; 3. Sinfonie Nr. 3, op. 29; 4. Sinfonie Nr. 4, op. 36; 5. Sinfonie Nr. 5, op. 64; 6. Sinfonie Nr. 6, op. 74; 7. Manfred, op. 58; 8. Suite Nr. 1, op. 43; 9. Suite Nr. 2, op. 53; 10. Suite Nr. 3, op. 55; 11. Francesca da Rimini, op. 32; 12. Capriccio Italien; op. 45; 13; Schwanensee, op. 20; 14. Dornroschen, op. 66; 15. Nussknacker-Suite, op. 71 a; 16. Eugen Onegin, op. 24; 17. Pique Dame, op. 68; Antonin Dvorak: 1. Slawische Rhapsodie, op. 45/III; 2. Slawische Rhapsodie, op. 45/I; 3. Slawische Tanze, op.72; 4. Symphonie Nr. 8, op. 88; 5. Symphonie Nr. 9, op. 95; 6. Konzert fur Violoncello und Orchester, op. 104; 7. Konzert fur Klavier und Orchester, op. 33; 8. Die Teufelskrahe, op. 112; Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow: 1. Scheherazade, op. 35; 2. Capriccio espagnol, op. 34.
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