Matériel : Partition + CD
SKU: MA.EMR-56803
Possible instrumentations:Oboe & CD Play Back / Play AlongOboe & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56805
Possible instrumentations:Bass Clarinet & CD Play Back / Play AlongBass Clarinet & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56821
Possible instrumentations:Bb Bass & CD Play Back / Play AlongBb Bass & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56812
Possible instrumentations:Horn & CD Play Back / Play AlongHorn & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56808
Possible instrumentations:Alto Saxophone & CD Play Back / Play AlongAlto Saxophone & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56811
Possible instrumentations:Cornet & CD Play Back / Play AlongCornet & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional)Trumpet & CD Play Back / Play AlongTrumpet & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56819
Possible instrumentations:Eb Cornet & CD Play Back / Play AlongEb Cornet & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56813
Possible instrumentations:Eb Horn & CD Play Back / Play AlongEb Horn & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56802
Possible instrumentations:Flute & CD Play Back / Play AlongFlute & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56815
Possible instrumentations:Trombone & CD Play Back / Play AlongTrombone & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional)Trombone & Piano or CD Play Back / Play Along.
SKU: MA.EMR-56810
Possible instrumentations:Baritone Saxophone & CD Play Back / Play AlongBaritone Saxophone & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56809
Possible instrumentations:Tenor Saxophone & CD Play Back / Play AlongTenor Saxophone & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56820
Possible instrumentations:Eb Bass & CD Play Back / Play AlongEb Bass & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56818
Possible instrumentations:Tuba & CD Play Back / Play AlongTuba & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56817
Possible instrumentations:Euphonium & CD Play Back / Play AlongEuphonium & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56806
Possible instrumentations:Bassoon & CD Play Back / Play AlongBassoon & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56804
Possible instrumentations:Clarinet & CD Play Back / Play AlongClarinet & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56823
Possible instrumentations:Viola & CD Play Back / Play AlongViola & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56816
Possible instrumentations:Bass Trombone & CD Play Back / Play AlongBass Trombone & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56814
Possible instrumentations:Alto Trombone & CD Play Back / Play AlongAlto Trombone & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56822
Possible instrumentations:Violin & CD Play Back / Play AlongViolin & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56824
Possible instrumentations:Violoncello & CD Play Back / Play AlongVioloncello & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56801
Possible instrumentations:Piccolo & CD Play Back / Play AlongPiccolo & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MA.EMR-56807
Possible instrumentations:Soprano Saxophone & CD Play Back / Play AlongSoprano Saxophone & Piano (+ CD Play Back / Play Along optional).
SKU: MH.0-931329-53-1
ISBN 9780931329531.
Jour ney back to ancient Greece and view a place of long-gone legend. Follow the trail to the Kingdom of Ithaca, from the heroic palace, to a place of tranquility, to a reckless dance of abandon, to the return of Odysseus. The melodic material used in 200 B.C. is from a two thousand year old Greek hymn to Apollo. The legendary adventures of Odysseus as described by Homer in the Odyssey (ca. 700 B.C.) provide the programmatic material. The music is freely based upon the First Delphic Hymn (or Paen to Apollo), composed ca. 200 B.C. The source is a transcription appearing on pages 363 - 367 of Ancient and Oriental Music, Edited by Egon Wellesz (Oxford University Press: London, 1957). Each movement of the work depicts a key event in the epic Homeric poem, as described below. Movement I: Intrada - The first four notes of this movement, C - Bb - G - Bb, are the melodic and harmonic foundation for the entire work. These pitches, introduced in a simple and direct manner, are subsequently developed in more complex fashions throughout the suite. Following this stately introduction is a militaristic fanfare that introduces the dotted-eighth and sixteenth-note figure later reprised in the second and fourth movements. Indeed, all the musical ideas which will be central to the remaining movements first appear in the Intrada. This movement depicts the grandeur of Odysseus and his kingdom in Ithaca, and establishes the heroic mood of the entire work. Movement II: Ballad - After a brief restatement of the opening dotted-eighth-and-sixteen th fanfare, the second movement extracts the falling third (Bb to G) from the C - Bb - G - Bb motif and extends it and expands it into a haunting solo for alto saxophone. The C - Bb - G - Bb motif appears again (see measures 23 - 33 in trumpets) as counterpoint to this melody, now pulsing through the thick texture of the band. Many performers have come to view the Ballad as the emotional epicenter of the entire suite; my conception of the Ballad is to achieve a union of pathos and strength. Programmatically, this movement depicts Odysseus's son, Telemachos, as he both longs for Odysseus's return and stoically defends his father's kingdom. Movement III: Dance - It will take Odysseus twenty years to return to Ithaca. During his absence, noblemen besiege his palace, violating the sanctity of the household and seeking the hand of his wife, Penelope. This movement depicts the wanton revelries that result. The original four-note motif is chromatically altered and the meter is made irregular. The rapid tempo, driving percussion, and angular meter and melodies combine in an explosion of reckless abandon. Movement IV: March Building from a delicate woodwind ensemble accompanied by finger cymbals to a fully orchestrated statement replete with thundering percussion, this is a resounding march of victory. Odysseus has returned in triumph to restore dignity to his household and to reclaim the throne of the Kingdom of Ithaca. Ensemble instrumentation: 1 Piccolo, 8 Flute 1 - 2, 2 Oboe 1 - 2, 4 Bb Clarinet 1, 4 Bb Clarinet 2, 4 Bb Clarinet 3, 1 Eb Alto Clarinet, 3 Bb Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoon 1 - 2, 3 Eb Alto Saxophone 1, 3 Eb Alto Saxophone 2, 2 Bb Tenor Saxophone, 1 Eb Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb Trumpet 1, 3 Bb Trumpet 2, 3 Bb Trumpet 3, 2 F Horn 1-2, 2 F Horn 3-4, 2 Trombone 1, 2 Trombone 2, 2 Trombone 3, 3 Euphonium (B.C.), 2 Euphonium T.C., 4 Tuba, 1 Timpani, 2 Mallet Percussion: Bells, Xylophone, 2 Percussion 1: Snare Drum, Tambourine, 2 Percussion 2: Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Tom-Tom, Finger Cymbals, 1 Percussion 3: Bass Drum.