And Tears No Bitterness

Ralph Hultgren

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 6:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Brolga
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - A$125.00 | Score Only (print) - A$12.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Chimes
Glockenspiel
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Bill Buchanan is one of the preeminent music teachers in Queensland; a nurturer and a developer of talent. When he left full-time work to pursue other projects his students, past and present, put together a concert to celebrate his teaching career. My contribution to the celebrations was this work. Bill would most often commence a concert, no matter where, with his band playing Abide With Me, the old hymn tune, EVENTIDE. We talked about why and we talked about what the hymn might mean to him, outside of its musical construction, and we talked about its use in military situations, especially Anzac Day.

I had concluded to compose a piece to honour Bill’s contributions to the development of young Queensland musicians and had written a simple melody to use – three versions of it, in fact. The work, …and tears no bitterness (words taken from the fourth verse of the hymn) is a setting of my original melody, and its variants, interspersed with Bill’s favourite hymn, Abide With Me.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project Houghton (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble (Timothy McGarvey, conductor) - 29 October 2021

Works for Winds by This Composer

And Enoch Walked With God
...and tears no bitterness (2019)
April 25th, 1915 (2000)
Arachnophobia (2014)
An Australian Rhapsody (1987)
Bright Sunlit Morning (2002/2005)
Bushdance (1991)
Beyond The Frontier
Celebration of Life (1995)
Concert Prelude (1995/2001)
Concertino for Wind Orchestra (2011/2018)
Eden's Coast and the Sea (1995)
Eminence
Grand March - The Australian Land
Immortal! Invisible!
Jessie's Well (2010)
Many Paths (Millen Kulgun)
Moto Perpetuo
Of Stories Told
Pacific Preamble (1988)
Pageant (Hultgren)
Pioneers
Rejoice! Be Glad! (2017)
Simple Song (2003)
That I May Love (2017)
Whirr, Whirr, Whirr!!! (2001)
White Noise (2009)

Resources

Ralph Hultgren website Accessed 30 October 2021