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Blessed Are They (Barrett)
Contents
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00; (digital) - $72.00 | Score Only (print) - $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-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Cowbell
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tenor Drum
- Timbales
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This well-crafted selection is a theme and fantasy variations treatment of the traditional Christian church hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. The lyrics by the British pastor Robert Robinson (1735-1790) were set to an American folk tune known as Nettleton. The "dreamlike" opening episode begins with an unaccompanied percussion section soli that gradually introduces solo instruments. Several varied musical episodes develop hymn fragments and original material culminating in a stately chorale treatment initially played by the brass choir. A joyous coda closes the work.
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by this Composer
- All Through the Night (2013)
- American Salute
- Ancient Visions
- And in the End It Was Earth (2012)
- Arabian Dances (2008)
- Appalachian Dreams (2015)
- Autumn Sketches
- Blessed Are They (2019)
- Burn (2014)
- Capricorn Moon
- Centavo
- Chants Long Forgotten
- Cheyenne
- Children of a Different Sun (2017)
- Christmas Montage, A
- Cimarron Sketches
- Cimarron Sunset
- Clockwork
- Convergence
- Courtland Hills
- Desert Voices
- Dramatic Sessions
- Dreams And Proclamations
- Fanfare and Dance Segments
- Fanfare And Jubilation
- Festival Sinfonia
- Fiesta
- Fireburst Fanfare
- Firefall
- Fourth Angel, The
- Ghost Dances (2010)
- Ghost Riders (2007)
- Golden Eagle
- The Jaws of Fenris (2016)
- Legend of Killarny, The (2014)
- Lightning Spirit, The (2006)
- Ludlow (2014)
- Month of the Cold Moon (2008)
- New Dawn
- Ode to Joy (as arranger) (1824/1965/1995)
- Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (1995)
- Of Men and the Sea (2004)
- Of Wizards and Warriors
- On The Wings Of The Chosen
- Prelude and Firestorm (2014)
- Prelude and Passages (2018)
- Riders On The Southern Front
- Rituals
- Roswell, 1947 (2004)
- Sahara
- Scirocco (2013)
- Sentinels
- Seventh Resolution, The (2015)
- Silent Stands the Elm
- Soar The Untamed Spirit
- Song Of Freedom
- Structures
- Sunchasers
- Sunrise Song (2001)
- Symphonic Journey I
- Tangents Angulár (2009)
- They Stood At The Edge Of The Sky
- Third Vortex, The
- Variations On A March Tune
- Ventures
- Winter Memory, A
- Zydeco Cajun Crawdad Dance (2013)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist 74.3 (October 2019): 60. Print
- Perusal score