Agincourt Hymn
General Info
Year: 1987
Duration: c. 17:41
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts - $150.00 | Score Only - $35.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III (III doubling piccolo)
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
Contra Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV-V-VI
B-flat Flugelhorn I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Field Drum
- Finger Cymbals
- Marimba
- Stamping Tubes
- Suspended Cymbals (2)
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Tenor Drums (6)
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Players singing
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The English victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 inspired John Dunstable to compose Agincourt Hymn on which Bukvich based his work of the same name. The entire work, with one exception, is based on the serialization of various elements of the hymn. The exception is the melody in the saxophone soli section, which is Danny Boy in inversion.
The work carries two dedications: The first, to the composer’s father, Dan Bukvich, Sr. (hence the “Danny Boy” inclusion) and to Robert Pascoe (a horn player), late son of the composer’s mentor, Jane Pascoe. Hence, the work contains no horn part. A large percussion section, segments of chant and creative staging that has the trumpet (9 part) and trombone sections playing the final portion at the front of the stage, contribute to making the Agincourt Hymn one of Bukvich’s most dramatic and difficult works.
- Program notes by Susan G. Weaver
Media
- Audio: https://wingertjones.com/product/3010001-agincourt-hymn-bukvich/ Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown]
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) Concert Band (Thomas Duffy, conductor) – 12 October 2018
- Whitman College (Walla Walla, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Gary Gemberling, conductor) – 12 November 2017
- Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Fla.) Wind Ensemble (Kyle Prescott, conductor) – 18 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southern Division Conference, Charleston, S.C.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 12873465 (2004)
- Agincourt Hymn (1987)
- Ballroom Portraits (2015)
- Before Thy Throne I Now Appear (as arranger) (1750/1993)
- Buffalo Jump Ritual (2002)
- Casco Bay
- Celebrate Celebration (1995)
- Changing Concepts
- A Child's Dream of a Star
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestral Winds (1992)
- Concerto for Trumpet and Winds (2009)
- Cowboys (1996)
- Dinosaurs (1991)
- The Dream of Abraham (1993/1994)
- Electricity (1997)
- Fanfare for 1990 Goodwill Games (1990)
- Fanfare for a Great Circle
- Fanfare in Song Form
- Four Phrases from Psalm 91
- The Haunted Mine (2010)
- Hymn of St. Francis (1993)
- In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945. See: Symphony No. 1, "In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945"
- Inferno (2010)
- Jack Teagarden Enters Heaven (1997)
- Maine Vigils
- March of the Children's Guard (1997)
- Meditations on the Writings of Vasily Kandinsky (1996)
- Music for Percussion and Band (1996)
- Night City - Music for the Imaginary Film (1983)
- Rhythm
- Scenes from Childhood (1983)
- Song Suite for Band (1988)
- Surprise, Pattern, Illusion: Prehistoric Cave Ceremonies (1985)
- Symphony No. 1, "In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945" (1993)
- Three Phrases from Yugoslav Folk Songs (2003)
- Threnos (2000)
- Time Travel (1997)
- Tower of the Winds (2010)
- Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums (1999)
- The Virgin and Child With St. Anne
- Voodoo (1984)
- Xylophone Concerto (1979)
Resources
- Daniel Bukvich website Accessed 19 September 2022
- Perusal score