Concert Band
SKU:
PE.EP68748
Score. Composed by
Shawn E. Okpebholo.
Edition Peters.
Contemporary. Score. 36
pages. Edition Peters
#98-EP68748. Published by
Edition Peters
(PE.EP68748).
ISBN
9790300762289.
S
hawn Okpebholo's
Heritage, in the
Edition Peters Concert
Band Series, evokes
moods, events and sounds
(including West African
drumming and indigenous
melodies) from an
ethnomusicological
research visit the
composer undertook to
Nigeria. One of the
primary musical themes of
the work is an adaptation
of a song that comes from
the Esan people, a small
ethnic group in the
southern part of Nigeria
and the tribe to which
the composer has deep
historical and family
ties.
The Esan
language is poetic in
nature and, at various
moments in the work, the
musicians chant the text
from an Esan
song:
Ekine leleyea
do obhimen la doeki
nalo.
(My
investment in you is paid
off. Because of your hard
work, your future is
bright)
Heritage<
/em> is a revised version
of a work previously
entitled This is
Africa, which was
commissioned by Professor
Marcellus Brown and the
Boise State University
Symphonic Winds for the
2011 National CBDNA
Convention and is
dedicated to the memory
of Dr Harry
Begian.
Orchestrati
on:
1 Piccolo, 2
Flute 1, 2 Flute 2, 1
Oboe 1, 1 Oboe 2, 1
Clarinet in E-flat, 3
Clarinet 1 in B-flat, 3
Clarinet 2 in B-flat, 3
Clarinet 3 in B-flat, 2
Bass Clarinet 1 and 2, 1
Bassoon 1, 1 Bassoon 2, 1
Alto Saxophone 1, 1 Alto
Saxophone 2, 1 Tenor
Saxophone, 1 Baritone
Saxophone, 1 Trumpet 1 in
B-flat, 1 Trumpet 2 in
B-flat, 1 Trumpet 3 in
B-flat, 1 Trumpet 4 in
B-flat, 1 Horn 1 in F, 1
Horn 2 in F, 1 Horn 3 in
F, 1 Horn 4 in F, 1
Trombone 1, 1 Trombone 2,
1 Bass Trombone, 1
Euphonium 1, 1 Euphonium
2, 2 Tuba 1 and 2, 1
String Bass, 1 Percussion
1, 1 Percussion 2, 1 Drum
Kit, 1 Bongos, 1 Congas,
1 Horn 1 in E-flat, 1
Horn 2 in E-flat, 1 Horn
3 in E-flat, 1 Horn 4 in
E-flat, 1 Trombone 1
(B-flat treble clef), 1
Trombone 2 (B-flat treble
clef), 1 Bass Trombone
(B-flat treble clef), 1
Euphonium 1 (B-flat
treble clef), 1 Euphonium
2 (B-flat treble clef), 2
Tuba 1 and 2 (B-flat
treble clef), 2 Tuba 1
and 2 (E-flat treb.