As the scent of spring rain
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 2003
Duration: c. 5:40
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: OK Feel Good Music
Cost: Parts (Rental) - $225.00 | Score Only (Purchase) - $24.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Trombone III (bass)
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Vibraphone
Errata
The following errors are in the PARTS:
- Flute II, m.66, part should read: B-flat half note, E-flat(4) half note (+ fermata) with a decrescendo
- Oboe, m. 66, part should be a B-flat whole note (essentially, Flute II and Oboe parts are flip-flopped)
- Alto Saxophone I, m.46: E-sharp and D-sharp
Program Notes
As the scent of spring rain... comes from a translation of the evocative first line of a love poem by Israeli poet Leah Goldberg. The poem itself was introduced to me by a good friend of mine a number of years ago, and I have a strong memory of how much the beauty of the original Hebrew and the imagery in her translation touched me. Because of that I deliberately did not work from the poem itself but only from my memory of it, which was so special to me that I didn't want to disturb it with a re-reading which would create a new and different experience. As a result, the harmonic language, structure, and orchestration all aim to conjure the intense juxtaposition of sweetness and sadness which I most remember from the poem.
The work was premiered on 8 October 2003 with the Emory University Wind Ensemble, Scott A. Stewart, conductor.
Program Notes by Jonathan Newman
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: TAD Wind Symphony (Tad Suzuki, conductor)
- Audio CD: University of New Mexico Wind Symphony (Eric Rombach-Kendall, conductor)
Audio Links
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
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- UCLA Wind Ensemble (Leo Sakomoto, conductor) - 14 May 2008
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Wind Ensemble (Carolyn Barber, conductor) - 01 May 2008
- Little Rock Wind Symphony (Karen Fannin, conductor) - 17 April 2008
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- 1861
- As the scent of spring rain
- Avenue X
- Climbing Parnassus
- Concertino (flute solo, chamber winds, and piano)
- Chunk
- Moon by Night
- OK Feel Good
- The Rivers of Bowery
- Symphony No. 1 ("My Hands Are a City")
- Uncle Sid
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