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Angel of the North
General Info
Year: 2004
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G and M Brand - British Music Publishers
Cost: Score & Parts - $70.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbal (crash and large suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Timpani
- Tubular Bells (2)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Angel of the North takes its title and inspiration from the large public sculpture next to the A1 road in Gateshead in Northeast England. Its wings are 54 metres wide, a larger span than a jumbo jet, and the statue stands higher than a five story building. The sculptor Antony Gormley says that the hill top site on which it sits conveys the feelings of being a megalithic mound.
I had heard about the sculpture, but when I drove past for the first time the size quite took my breath away. I turned round to view it again, imagining what the angel might see from that height, and ballet scenes came into my head.
This piece is based on the local folk song - "Dance to Your Daddy" - and comprises four of these scenes: A misty morning as a village awakes for a miners' holiday, the local (not very good) brass band marching past, a love duet and a dance. The full folk tune reappears and musical fragments of each scene compete for the Angel's attention.
-Program Note by Michael Brand
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Deck the Halls (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
- Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1907/2007)
- A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (as editor; arr. Wright) (1928/2021)
- O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as editor with Brion; arr. Grainger) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (as arranger) (1824/2000(?))
- Rule, Britannia! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1740/2001/2007)
- See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2007)
- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter) (1965/1980/2020)
- St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1873/1991/2007)
- Tannenbaum (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008?)
All Wind Works
- 1812 and a Half - Novelty Item
- Angel of the North
- Argincort Variations
- Avebury Circles
- Brandenbach
- Deck the Halls (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
- Don't Tell William
- Dreams and Fancies
- Fugue à la Gigue (as editor; tr. Holst)
- Flute Feature Chanson de Matin
- Four Temperaments for Tuba
- Glock Around the Clock
- Handel's Largo (as arranger) (1738/2007)
- Land of Hope and Glory (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1907/2007)
- Meditation (Brand)
- A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (as editor; arr. Wright) (1928/2021)
- New York Parade
- O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (Flex instrumentation) (as editor with Brion; arr. Grainger) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (as arranger) (1824/2000(?))
- Orpheus Can't Can Can
- Pioneer 10
- Portsmouth
- Prelude in the Dorian Mode (as editor with Brion; scored Grainger) (c. 1550/1937-1941)
- Rule, Britannia! (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1740/2001/2007)
- See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2007)
- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter) (1965/1980/2020)
- Sousa Confuser
- St. Anthony Chorale and Variation VI (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1873/1991/2007)
- Surprise Surprise
- Swingtime Rag
- Tannenbaum (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008?)
- Tapestry for Tuba
- Trocadero March
- Two Spirituals
- Windpower
Resources
None discovered thus far.