Score and Parts Concert
Band (Score & Parts) -
Level 2.5
SKU:
HL.4008548
Concert
Band, Grade 2.4 6:00
Score and Parts.
Composed by Andreas
Ziegelbä and ck.
Symphonic Dimensions.
Concert. Softcover. 107
pages. Duration 360
seconds. Hal Leonard
#SDP1972302. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.4008548).
ISBN 9798350110371.
UPC:
196288179177.
Bleak
Forest is a piece for
smaller concert bands and
offers the musicians
above all space to
improve their sound and
their effect playing. The
technical requirements
are therefore
deliberately kept low.
With this piece, the
composer won the VLAMO
International Composition
Contest 2022.
Thematically, the work is
influenced by the
composer's childhood
memories. In his hometown
there was a dark and
mysterious forest, that
seemed to the children in
the small village to be
magical. Without a
reasonable explanation,
every trip into the woods
was exciting and somewhat
terrifying. There were
tales of dangerous
animals, which can be
heard at the beginning of
the piece, as well as
magical beasts. The magic
of the forest is depicted
musically from bar 70 in
the andante section. The
snapping of the fingers
represents single
raindrops. From bar 99
onwards, we hear the trek
home, with the occasional
moments of trepidation as
the children spook each
other with their fanciful
tales. In the end,
though, we arrive safely
at home because after
all, magical beasts only
exist in fairy tales
donÂ’t they? Andreas
Ziegelbäck studied
music education at the
Mozarteum University in
Salzburg, and history at
the Paris Lodron
Universität, Salzburg.
In addition to his
studies, he trained in
ensemble conducting for
wind orchestra with
conductor and composer
Thomas Doss. It was Doss
who sparked
Ziegelbäck's interest
in composing. In 2021,
Andreas Ziegelbäck
completed his composition
studies with Johannes
Maria Staud. In 2020, he
took part in a brass band
composition masterclass
in Bern with Oliver
Waespi, followed by a
premiere by the Swiss
Army Brass Band.
Magical Forest
