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Baron Piquant on Pointe
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General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Piquant Press
Cost: Score and Parts (Purchase) - $175.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra Alto Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I–II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Claves
- Cymbals (hi-hat and suspended)
- Egg Shakers (two pairs)
- Glockenspiel (Orchestra Bells)
- Guiro
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Pedal Bass Drum
- Tambourine
- Tam-tam
- Tubular Bells (Chimes)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Baron Piquant on Pointe is the fourth in a series of dance pieces based on characters drawn from voodoo lore; the previous three are Baron Cimetiere's Mambo, Baron Samedi’s Sarabande (and Soft Shoe), and Baron La Croix’s Shuffle. The four Barons (or one; some voodoo practitioners maintain that the different names all refer to the same person) are all members of the family Ghede (pronounced Gay-day) —the loas (spirits) in charge of the intersection between the living and the dead. Despite this grim association, the Barons have a lighter side. All four are notorious tricksters with a marked fondness for brandy and tobacco. All dress alike—in black tailcoats and tall black hats, dark glasses with one lens missing, and carry canes and smoke cigars. The music depicts both their dark and light sides. Textures are primarily transparent and ethereal, but the atmosphere of all four is a bit sinister, mordant, and menacing.
Baron Piquant on Pointe was commissioned in 2011 by a consortium organized by the Whitthorne Middle School band of Columbia, Tennessee; Joshua Kearney and Joshua Yohe, directors.
-Program Note by Donald Grantham.
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
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Works for Winds by this Composer
- Baron Cimetiere's Mambo (2004)
- Baron Piquant on Pointe (2011)
- Baron La Croix's Shuffle (2010)
- Baron Samedi's Sarabande and Soft-Shoe (2005)
- Bum's Rush (1994)
- Cloudless Day, Bitter Sky (2002)
- Come, Memory (2002)
- Concerto in One Movement for Bass Trombone (1979)
- Court Music (2005)
- Don't You See? (2001)
- Fantasy on "La Golondrina" (2003)
- Fantasy on Mr. Hyde's Song (1998)
- Farewell to the Gray (2001)
- Fayetteville Bop (2002)
- From an Alabama Songbook (2007)
- JS Dances (2003)
- J'ai été au bal ("I went to the dance") (1999)
- Kentucky Harmony (2000)
- Music for the Blanton (2006)
- Northern Celebration (2001)
- Phantasticke Spirits (2002)
- Southern Harmony (1998)
- Spangled Heavens (2010)
- Starry Crown (2007)
- Symphony for Winds and Percussion (2009)
- Trumpet Gloria (2006)
- Tuba Concerto (Grantham) (2012)
- Variations on an American Cavalry Song (2001)
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