| Caribbean Cocktail Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare Band - Grade 2.5 SKU: BT.DHP-1135398-215 Co...(+)
Concert
Band/Harmonie/Fanfare
Band - Grade 2.5 SKU:
BT.DHP-1135398-215
Composed by Roland
Kernen. De Haske Easy
Band Series. Original
Light Music. Score Only.
Composed 2012. 44 pages.
De Haske Publications
#DHP 1135398-215.
Published by De Haske
Publications
(BT.DHP-1135398-215).
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. The hot
tropical climate of the
Caribbean makes these
islands a wonderful place
to be. The population is
of largely African
ancestry, together with
people of European and
Amerindian origin. The
community is proud of the
local Creole culture that
gave rise to a musical
style characteristic of
these wonderful
islands.This small
Caribbean Cocktail
includes three different
dances:- A traditional
calypso with vibrant
rhythms driving a
typically Caribbean
melody;- A quieter
beguine, featuring warmer
and tranquil sounds;- A
merengue with a strong
sense of exuberance and
joie de vivre is easy to
hear.This popular
composition captures in
music the feelings of a
communitywhere
life’s joys are
all-important.
Caribbean Cocktail
is a light-hearted piece
that is ideally suited to
youth bancs and ensembles
with an incomplete or
imbalanced
instrumentation.
Op de eilanden in
het Caribisch gebied
heerst een aangenaam
warm, tropisch klimaat.
De meeste bewoners zijn
er van Afrikaanse
afkomst, maar er wonen
ook mensen van Europese
en indiaanse origine. De
gemeenschap is trots op
haar creoolse cultuur,
waaruit een muziekstijl
is voortgekomen die
typerend is voor deze
prachtige
eilanden.Caribbean
Cocktail omvat drie
verschillende dansen:-
een traditionele calypso
met levendige ritmes en
een typisch Caribische
melodie;- een rustige
beguine waarin warmere en
serenere klanken naar
voren komen;- een
merengue in een
uitbundige sfeer en met
een grote joi de
vivre.Deze
temperamentvolle
compositie weerspiegelt
het muzikale gevoelvan
een gemeenschap waarin
men veel belang hecht aan
een vreugdevol,
ongecompliceerd leven.
Caribbean Cocktail
is een luchthartig werk
dat ideaal is voor
jeugdorkesten en
-ensembles met een
onvolledige of
onevenwichtige bezetting.
Die Karibik ist
eine vom heißen
Tropenklima verwöhnte
Inselkette. Die Einwohner
sind schwarzafrikanischer
Herkunft, mehr oder
weniger gemischt mit
Europäern und
amerikanischen
Ureinwohnern. Diese
Gemeinschaft ist stolz
auf ihre kreolische
Kultur, aus der ein
charakteristischer und
auf diesen wunderbaren
Inseln einzigartiger
Musikstil entstanden
ist.Dieser kleine
Karibische
Cocktail“ umfasst
drei unterschiedliche
Tänze:- einen
traditionellen Calypso
mit pulsierenden
Rhythmen, die eine
typisch karibische
Melodie vorantreiben;-
eine ruhigere Beguine mit
wärmeren, ruhigeren
Klängen;- ein
Merengue, in dem eine
überschwängliche
Atmosphäre und
Lebensfreude
vorherrschen.Dieseunterha
ltsame Komposition bringt
musikalisch die
Gefühle einer
Gemeinschaft zum
Ausdruck, in der
Lebensfreude und
Gelassenheit ganz hoch
angesiedelt sind.
Caribbean Cocktail
ist ein unbeschwertes
Stück, das sich ideal
für
Jugendblasorchester und
Ensembles mit
unvollständiger oder
unausgewogener Besetzung
eignet.
Les Cara
bes sont un ensemble
d’îles où le
chaud climat tropical est
agréable. La
population est
d’origine noire
africaine plus ou moins
métissée
d’Européens et
d’Améridiens.
Cette communauté se
revendique d’une
culture créole qui met
en évidence une
musique propre cette
magnifique région.Ce
petit Caribbean
Cocktail se compose
de 3 danses distinctes :-
Un Calypso traditionnel
dont les rythmes
chaleureux soutiennent
une mélodie
typiquement antillaise.-
Une Beguine plus calme
aux sonorités plus
chaudes et sereines.- Un
Merengue où
l’enthousiasme et
la joie de vivre sont les
éléments mis en
évidence.Cette
composition populaire
exprime les sentiments
musicaux d’une
population où lajoie
de vivre dans la
sérénité est
primordiale. Caribbean
Cocktail est une
pièce lumineuse
parfaitement adaptée
aux formations de jeunes
instrumentistes et aux
formations confrontées
un déséquilibre des
pupitres. $25.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Caribbean Cocktail Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare Band - Grade 2.5 SKU: BT.DHP-1135398-015 Co...(+)
Concert
Band/Harmonie/Fanfare
Band - Grade 2.5 SKU:
BT.DHP-1135398-015
Composed by Roland
Kernen. De Haske Easy
Band Series. Original
Light Music. Set (Score &
Parts). Composed 2012. De
Haske Publications #DHP
1135398-015. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1135398-015).
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. The hot
tropical climate of the
Caribbean makes these
islands a wonderful place
to be. The population is
of largely African
ancestry, together with
people of European and
Amerindian origin. The
community is proud of the
local Creole culture that
gave rise to a musical
style characteristic of
these wonderful
islands.This small
Caribbean Cocktail
includes three different
dances:- A traditional
calypso with vibrant
rhythms driving a
typically Caribbean
melody;- A quieter
beguine, featuring warmer
and tranquil sounds;- A
merengue with a strong
sense of exuberance and
joie de vivre is easy to
hear.This popular
composition captures in
music the feelings of a
communitywhere
life’s joys are
all-important.
Caribbean Cocktail
is a light-hearted piece
that is ideally suited to
youth bancs and ensembles
with an incomplete or
imbalanced
instrumentation.
Op de eilanden in
het Caribisch gebied
heerst een aangenaam
warm, tropisch klimaat.
De meeste bewoners zijn
er van Afrikaanse
afkomst, maar er wonen
ook mensen van Europese
en indiaanse origine. De
gemeenschap is trots op
haar creoolse cultuur,
waaruit een muziekstijl
is voortgekomen die
typerend is voor deze
prachtige
eilanden.Caribbean
Cocktail omvat drie
verschillende dansen:-
een traditionele calypso
met levendige ritmes en
een typisch Caribische
melodie;- een rustige
beguine waarin warmere en
serenere klanken naar
voren komen;- een
merengue in een
uitbundige sfeer en met
een grote joi de
vivre.Deze
temperamentvolle
compositie weerspiegelt
het muzikale gevoelvan
een gemeenschap waarin
men veel belang hecht aan
een vreugdevol,
ongecompliceerd leven.
Caribbean Cocktail
is een luchthartig werk
dat ideaal is voor
jeugdorkesten en
-ensembles met een
onvolledige of
onevenwichtige bezetting.
Die Karibik ist
eine vom heißen
Tropenklima verwöhnte
Inselkette. Die Einwohner
sind schwarzafrikanischer
Herkunft, mehr oder
weniger gemischt mit
Europäern und
amerikanischen
Ureinwohnern. Diese
Gemeinschaft ist stolz
auf ihre kreolische
Kultur, aus der ein
charakteristischer und
auf diesen wunderbaren
Inseln einzigartiger
Musikstil entstanden
ist.Dieser kleine
Karibische
Cocktail“ umfasst
drei unterschiedliche
Tänze:- einen
traditionellen Calypso
mit pulsierenden
Rhythmen, die eine
typisch karibische
Melodie vorantreiben;-
eine ruhigere Beguine mit
wärmeren, ruhigeren
Klängen;- ein
Merengue, in dem eine
überschwängliche
Atmosphäre und
Lebensfreude
vorherrschen.Dieseunterha
ltsame Komposition bringt
musikalisch die
Gefühle einer
Gemeinschaft zum
Ausdruck, in der
Lebensfreude und
Gelassenheit ganz hoch
angesiedelt sind.
Caribbean Cocktail
ist ein unbeschwertes
Stück, das sich ideal
für
Jugendblasorchester und
Ensembles mit
unvollständiger oder
unausgewogener Besetzung
eignet.
Les Cara
bes sont un ensemble
d’îles où le
chaud climat tropical est
agréable. La
population est
d’origine noire
africaine plus ou moins
métissée
d’Européens et
d’Améridiens.
Cette communauté se
revendique d’une
culture créole qui met
en évidence une
musique propre cette
magnifique région.Ce
petit Caribbean
Cocktail se compose
de 3 danses distinctes :-
Un Calypso traditionnel
dont les rythmes
chaleureux soutiennent
une mélodie
typiquement antillaise.-
Une Beguine plus calme
aux sonorités plus
chaudes et sereines.- Un
Merengue où
l’enthousiasme et
la joie de vivre sont les
éléments mis en
évidence.Cette
composition populaire
exprime les sentiments
musicaux d’une
population où lajoie
de vivre dans la
sérénité est
primordiale. Caribbean
Cocktail est une
pièce lumineuse
parfaitement adaptée
aux formations de jeunes
instrumentistes et aux
formations confrontées
un déséquilibre des
pupitres. $98.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| All Time Klezmers - Piano Accompaniment - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Piano Accompaniment - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1186027-401 For flute/a...(+)
Piano Accompaniment -
intermediate SKU:
BT.DHP-1186027-401
For flute/alto
sax. Composed by
Joachim Johow. Book Only.
Composed 2019. 48 pages.
De Haske Publications
#DHP 1186027-401.
Published by De Haske
Publications
(BT.DHP-1186027-401).
ISBN 9789043155687.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. All Time
Klezmers is a
wonderful collection of
klezmer music, inspired
by the Jewish dances and
songs of the klezmorim
from Eastern Europe -
from the lyrical
Hora to the fast,
compelling
Freilach. Some of
the pieces have a second
part ad libitum - for
playing together or for
variation in a repeat.
This book contains the
piano accompaniment parts
that fit to the flute and
alto sax editions of
All Time Klezmers.
All Time
Klezmers is een
prachtige verzameling
klezmermuziek, ge
nspireerd op de joodse
dansen en liederen van de
klezmorim uit
Oost-Europa: van de
lyrische Hora tot
de snelle, meeslepende
Freilach. Ook de
invloed van de nieuwere
Israëlische
volksmuziek la Giora
Feidman is hoorbaar. Deze
uitgave bevat de
pianobegeleidingen bij
All Time Klezmers
voor fluit of
altsaxofoon.
All Time
Klezmers ist eine
wundervolle Sammlung von
Klezmermusik, inspiriert
von den jüdischen
Tänzen und Liedern der
Klezmorim aus Osteuropa:
vom lyrischen Hora
bis hin zum schnellen,
unwiderstehlichen
Freilach. Einige
Stücke haben eine
optionale zweite Stimme
für das Zusammenspiel
oder eine Variation in
einer Wiederholung. Diese
Ausgabe enthält die
Klavierbegleitungen
passend zu All Time
Klezmers für
Flöte und für
Altsaxophon.
Le
recueil All Time
Klezmers s´inspire
des danses et des chants
juifs joués par les
klezmorim : de la
beauté lyrique de la
Hora
l'exubérance du
Freilach.
Certaines pièces
possèdent une
deuxième voix
optionnelle qui peut
être utilisée pour
jouer en duo ou pour
varier le contexte
thématique dans le cas
d'un passage avec
reprise. Ce recueil
contient uniquement les
parties d'accompagnement
de piano de l'ensemble
des pièces
presentées dans All
Time Klezmers pour fl
te ou saxophone alto. $19.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| All Time Klezmers - Piano Accompaniment - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Piano Accompaniment - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1135503-401 For violin/...(+)
Piano Accompaniment -
intermediate SKU:
BT.DHP-1135503-401
For violin/cello.
Composed by Joachim
Johow. Folk Klezmer. Book
Only. Composed 2013. 48
pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1135503-401. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1135503-401).
ISBN 9789043139335.
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. All Time
Klezmers is a
wonderful collection of
klezmer music, inspired
by the Jewish dances and
songs of the klezmorim
from Eastern Europe -
from the lyrical
Hora to the fast,
compelling
Freilach. Some of
the pieces have a second
part ad libitum - for
playing together or for
variation in a repeat.
This book contains the
piano accompaniment parts
that fit to the violin
and cello editions of
All Time Klezmers.
All Time
Klezmers is een
prachtige verzameling
klezmermuziek, ge
nspireerd op de joodse
dansen en liederen van de
klezmorim uit
Oost-Europa: van de
lyrische Hora tot
de snelle, meeslepende
Freilach. Ook de
invloed van de nieuwere
Israëlische
volksmuziek la Giora
Feidman is hoorbaar. Deze
uitgave bevat de
pianobegeleidingen bij
All Time Klezmers
voor viool of cello.
All Time
Klezmers ist eine
wundervolle Sammlung von
Klezmermusik, inspiriert
von den jüdischen
Tänzen und Liedern der
Klezmorim aus Osteuropa:
vom lyrischen Hora
bis hin zum schnellen,
unwiderstehlichen
Freilach. Einige
Stücke haben eine
optionale zweite Stimme
für das Zusammenspiel
oder eine Variation in
einer Wiederholung. Diese
Ausgabe enthält die
Klavierbegleitungen
passend zu All Time
Klezmers für
Violine und für
Violoncello.
Le
recueil All Time
Klezmers s´inspire
des danses et des chants
juifs joués par les
klezmorim : de la
beauté lyrique de la
Hora
l'exubérance du
Freilach.
Certaines pièces
possèdent une
deuxième voix
optionnelle qui peut
être utilisée pour
jouer en duo ou pour
varier le contexte
thématique dans le cas
d'un passage avec
reprise. Ce recueil
contient uniquement les
parties d'accompagnement
de piano de l'ensemble
des pièces
presentées dans All
Time Klezmers pour
violon ou
violoncelle. $19.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| All Time Klezmers - Piano Accompaniment - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Piano Accompaniment - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1186028-401 For clarine...(+)
Piano Accompaniment -
intermediate SKU:
BT.DHP-1186028-401
For clarinet.
Composed by Joachim
Johow. Book Only.
Composed 2019. 48 pages.
De Haske Publications
#DHP 1186028-401.
Published by De Haske
Publications
(BT.DHP-1186028-401).
ISBN 9789043155694.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. All Time
Klezmers is a
wonderful collection of
klezmer music, inspired
by the Jewish dances and
songs of the klezmorim
from Eastern Europe -
from the lyrical
Hora to the fast,
compelling
Freilach. Some of
the pieces have a second
part ad libitum - for
playing together or for
variation in a repeat.
This book contains the
piano accompaniment parts
that fit to the clarinet
edition of All Time
Klezmers.
All Time
Klezmers is een
prachtige verzameling
klezmermuziek, ge
nspireerd op de joodse
dansen en liederen van de
klezmorim uit
Oost-Europa: van de
lyrische Hora tot
de snelle, meeslepende
Freilach. Ook de
invloed van de nieuwere
Israëlische
volksmuziek la Giora
Feidman is hoorbaar. Deze
uitgave bevat de
pianobegeleidingen bij
All Time Klezmers
voor klarinet.
All Time
Klezmers ist eine
wundervolle Sammlung von
Klezmermusik, inspiriert
von den jüdischen
Tänzen und Liedern der
Klezmorim aus Osteuropa:
vom lyrischen Hora
bis hin zum schnellen,
unwiderstehlichen
Freilach. Einige
Stücke haben eine
optionale zweite Stimme
für das Zusammenspiel
oder eine Variation in
einer Wiederholung. Diese
Ausgabe enthält die
Klavierbegleitungen
passend zu All Time
Klezmers für
Klarinette.
Le
recueil All Time
Klezmers s´inspire
des danses et des chants
juifs joués par les
klezmorim : de la
beauté lyrique de la
Hora
l'exubérance du
Freilach.
Certaines pièces
possèdent une
deuxième voix
optionnelle qui peut
être utilisée pour
jouer en duo ou pour
varier le contexte
thématique dans le cas
d'un passage avec
reprise. Ce recueil
contient uniquement les
parties d'accompagnement
de piano de l'ensemble
des pièces
presentées dans All
Time Klezmers pour
clarinette. $19.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Christmas Prophecy Deutscher Verlag für Musik
Violin 2 SKU: BR.DV-9515A-16 The people that walked in darkness. C...(+)
Violin 2 SKU:
BR.DV-9515A-16 The
people that walked in
darkness. Composed by
Johann Georg Reichard.
Voice; stapled. Deutscher
Verlag. Baroque period.
Part. 4 pages. Deutscher
Verlag fur Musik #DV
9515a-16. Published by
Deutscher Verlag fur
Musik (BR.DV-9515A-16).
ISBN 9790200490619. 9
x 12 inches.
German. In the
latter half of the 18th
and in the 19th century
the Old Preface Testament
Christmas prophecy
(Isaiah 9, 1-6) formed
the basis for numerous
motetto- and cantata-like
compositions originating
from the Erzgebirge and
the Vogtland of Saxony.
From very early times,
this text was included in
Matins for Christmas day,
hut until the period
specified it was usually
intoned on a reciting
note. The present cantata
is one of the few
surviving testimonies to
musical activity in the
small Thuringian town of
Schleiz. The prophecy Das
Volk, so im Finstern
wandelt was written -
probably for performance
at court services - in
all likelihood by Johann
Georg Reichard, a
magistrate in the
Grafschaft (County) of
Reuss who later held
higher judicial
appointments. Reichard
was born at Oels
(Olefoica) in Silesia in
1710 and studied law at
Leipzig from 1732. He
then went to Schleiz and
rose from the position of
archivist to high legal
office, at the same time
succeeding Gottfried
Siegmund Liebich (d.
1736) as director of the
court chapel. He died in
Schleiz on 2 June 1782. A
few of his church
cantatas and other pieces
(serenades etc) written
for the court at Schleiz
once belonged to the
Fursten- and Landesschule
of St Augustine at Grimma
whose music holdings are
now preserved in Dresden.
Some of Reichard's
compositions are
autograph, some in copies
made by his son Heinrich
Gottfried Reichard
(1742-1801) who pursued
an active career at
Grimma both in music and
ancient philology, first
as cantor, finally as
co-rector. The 'Prophecy'
cantata survives
anonymously in a score
copied by Heinrich
Gottfried Reichard who
may well have sung it
himself when he was
fourteen, before bis
voice broke - as the date
Anno 17 56 suggests. He
probably prepared the
score in bis later years
from the original parts,
now no langer existent,
as he did in the case of
other works of his
father's. Whether he
revised the musical text,
and to what extent,
cannot now be
established. This short
and attractive work has
all the lightness and
exuberance of the rococo
as well as genuine
emotional depth. In
addition, it is easy to
perform and should prove
very popular.
Liturgically, it still
occupies a place in
Christmas matins or
vespers. Permission for
this publication was
kindly given by Dr.
Wolfgang Reich of the
Sachsische
Landesbibliothek Dresden,
Musikabteilung. Wolfram
Steude, Dresden, January
1972. $6.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| All Time Klezmers Violoncelle [Partition + CD] - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Cello - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1135502-400 Composed by Joachim Johow. F...(+)
Cello - intermediate
SKU:
BT.DHP-1135502-400
Composed by Joachim
Johow. Folk Klezmer. Book
with CD. Composed 2013.
28 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1135502-400. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1135502-400).
ISBN 9789043137683.
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. This is a
wonderful collection of
klezmer music, inspired
by the Jewish dances and
songs of the klezmorim
from Eastern Europe -
from the lyrical HORA to
the fast, compelling
FREILACH. Some of the
pieces have a second part
ad libitum - for
playingtogether or for
variation in a repeat.
For the accompaniment,
chord symbols have been
added and on the included
CD there are complete
versions as well as
play-along versions of
all pieces, played live
by genuine klezmer
musicians.
Een
prachtige verzameling
klezmermuziek, ge
nspireerd op de joodse
dansen en liederen van de
klezmorim uit
Oost-Europa: van de
lyrische Hora tot
de snelle, meeslepende
Freilach. Ook de
invloed van de nieuwere
Israëlische
volksmuziek la Giora
Feidman is hoorbaar.
Sommige stukken hebben
een tweede stem ad
libitum - voor samenspel
of ter afwisseling bij
herhaling. Voor de
begeleiding zijn
akkoordsymbolen
toegevoegd - en op de
bijgevoegde cd staan van
alle stukken mooie demo-
én play-along-versies,
die live zijn ingespeeld
door rasechte
klezmermuzikanten.
ALL TIME KLEZMERS ist
eine wundervolle Sammlung
von Klezmermusik,
inspiriert von den
jüdischen Tänzen
und Liedern der Klezmorim
aus Osteuropa: vom
lyrischen Hora bis hin
zum schnellen,
unwiderstehlichen
Freilach. Einige
Stücke haben eine
optionalezweite Stimme
für das Zusammenspiel
oder eine Variation in
einer Wiederholung.
Für die Begleitung
wurden Akkordsymbole
hinzugefügt. Auf der
beiliegenden CD gibt es
vollständige Aufnahmen
sowie Mitspielversionen
aller Stücke, live
eingespielt vonechten
Klezmermusikern.
L
e recueil All Time
Klezmers sâ??inspire
des danses et des chants
juifs joués par les
klezmorim : de la
beauté lyrique de la
Hora
lâ??exubérance du
Freilach.
Lâ??accompagnement a
été confié
dâ??authentiques
klezmorim
évoluant dans la plus
pure tradition de la
musique klezmer.
La raccolta
All Time Klezmers
si ispira alle danze e ai
balli: dalla bellezza
lirica della Hora
allâ??esuberanza di
Freilach. Ci si ritrova
ugualmente lâ??influenza
della musica tradizionale
israeliana nello spirito
di Giora Feidman.
Lâ??accompagnamento è
affidato ad un vero
gruppo klezmorim
che vi trasciner
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SKU: PR.16500103F
Mvt. 3 from Symphony
No. 6 (Three Places in
the East). Composed
by Dan Welcher. Full
score. 60 pages. Theodore
Presser Company
#165-00103F. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16500103F). ISBN
9781491131763. UPC:
680160680290. Ever
since the success of my
series of wind ensemble
works Places in the West,
I've been wanting to
write a companion piece
for national parks on the
other side of the north
American continent. The
earlier work, consisting
of GLACIER, THE
YELLOWSTONE FIRES,
ARCHES, and ZION, spanned
some twenty years of my
composing life, and since
the pieces called for
differing groups of
instruments, and were in
slightly different styles
from each other, I never
considered them to be
connected except in their
subject matter. In their
depiction of both the
scenery and the human
history within these
wondrous places, they had
a common goal: awaking
the listener to the
fragile beauty that is in
them; and calling
attention to the ever
more crucial need for
preservation and
protection of these wild
places, unique in all the
world. With this new
work, commissioned by a
consortium of college and
conservatory wind
ensembles led by the
University of Georgia, I
decided to build upon
that same model---but to
solidify the process. The
result, consisting of
three movements (each
named for a different
national park in the
eastern US), is a
bona-fide symphony. While
the three pieces could be
performed separately,
they share a musical
theme---and also a common
style and
instrumentation. It is a
true symphony, in that
the first movement is
long and expository, the
second is a rather
tightly structured
scherzo-with-trio, and
the finale is a true
culmination of the whole.
The first movement,
Everglades, was the
original inspiration for
the entire symphony.
Conceived over the course
of two trips to that
astonishing place (which
the native Americans
called River of Grass,
the subtitle of this
movement), this movement
not only conveys a sense
of the humid, lush, and
even frightening scenery
there---but also an
overview of the entire
settling-of- Florida
experience. It contains
not one, but two native
American chants, and also
presents a view of the
staggering influence of
modern man on this
fragile part of the
world. Beginning with a
slow unfolding marked
Heavy, humid, the music
soon presents a gentle,
lyrical theme in the solo
alto saxophone. This
theme, which goes through
three expansive phrases
with breaks in between,
will appear in all three
movements of the
symphony. After the mood
has been established, the
music opens up to a rich,
warm setting of a
Cherokee morning song,
with the simple happiness
that this part of Florida
must have had prior to
the nineteenth century.
This music, enveloping
and comforting, gradually
gives way to a more
frenetic, driven section
representative of the
intrusion of the white
man. Since Florida was
populated and developed
largely due to the
introduction of a train
system, there's a
suggestion of the
mechanized iron horse
driving straight into the
heartland. At that point,
the native Americans
become considerably less
gentle, and a second
chant seems to stand in
the way of the intruder;
a kind of warning song.
The second part of this
movement shows us the
great swampy center of
the peninsula, with its
wildlife both in and out
of the water. A new theme
appears, sad but noble,
suggesting that this land
is precious and must be
protected by all the
people who inhabit it. At
length, the morning song
reappears in all its
splendor, until the
sunset---with one last
iteration of the warning
song in the solo piccolo.
Functioning as a scherzo,
the second movement,
Great Smoky Mountains,
describes not just that
huge park itself, but one
brave soul's attempt to
climb a mountain there.
It begins with three
iterations of the
UR-theme (which began the
first movement as well),
but this time as up-tempo
brass fanfares in
octaves. Each time it
begins again, the theme
is a little slower and
less confident than the
previous time---almost as
though the hiker were
becoming aware of the
daunting mountain before
him. But then, a steady,
quick-pulsed ostinato
appears, in a constantly
shifting meter system of
2/4- 3/4 in alteration,
and the hike has begun.
Over this, a slower new
melody appears, as the
trek up the mountain
progresses. It's a big
mountain, and the ascent
seems to take quite
awhile, with little
breaks in the hiker's
stride, until at length
he simply must stop and
rest. An oboe solo, over
several free cadenza-like
measures, allows us (and
our friend the hiker) to
catch our breath, and
also to view in the
distance the rocky peak
before us. The goal is
somehow even more
daunting than at first,
being closer and thus
more frighteningly steep.
When we do push off
again, it's at a slower
pace, and with more
careful attention to our
footholds as we trek over
broken rocks. Tantalizing
little views of the
valley at every
switchback make our
determination even
stronger. Finally, we
burst through a stand of
pines and----we're at the
summit! The immensity of
the view is overwhelming,
and ultimately humbling.
A brief coda, while we
sit dazed on the rocks,
ends the movement in a
feeling of triumph. The
final movement, Acadia,
is also about a trip. In
the summer of 2014, I
took a sailing trip with
a dear friend from North
Haven, Maine, to the
southern coast of Mt.
Desert Island in Acadia
National Park. The
experience left me both
exuberant and exhausted,
with an appreciation for
the ocean that I hadn't
had previously. The
approach to Acadia
National Park by water,
too, was thrilling: like
the difference between
climbing a mountain on
foot with riding up on a
ski-lift, I felt I'd
earned the right to be
there. The music for this
movement is entirely
based on the opening
UR-theme. There's a sense
of the water and the
mysterious, quiet deep
from the very beginning,
with seagulls and bell
buoys setting the scene.
As we leave the harbor,
the theme (in a canon
between solo euphonium
and tuba) almost seems as
if large subaquatic
animals are observing our
departure. There are
three themes (call them
A, B and C) in this
seafaring journey---but
they are all based on the
UR theme, in its original
form with octaves
displaced, in an
upside-down form, and in
a backwards version as
well. (The ocean, while
appearing to be
unchanging, is always
changing.) We move out
into the main channel
(A), passing several
islands (B), until we
reach the long draw that
parallels the coastline
called Eggemoggin Reach,
and a sudden burst of new
speed (C). Things
suddenly stop, as if the
wind had died, and we
have a vision: is that
really Mt. Desert Island
we can see off the port
bow, vaguely in the
distance? A chorale of
saxophones seems to
suggest that. We push off
anew as the chorale ends,
and go through all three
themes again---but in
different
instrumentations, and
different keys. At the
final tack-turn, there it
is, for real: Mt. Desert
Island, big as life.
We've made it. As we pull
into the harbor, where
we'll secure the boat for
the night, there's a
feeling of achievement.
Our whale and dolphin
friends return, and we
end our journey with
gratitude and
celebration. I am
profoundly grateful to
Jaclyn Hartenberger,
Professor of Conducting
at the University of
Georgia, for leading the
consortium which provided
the commissioning of this
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