Bohemian Revelry: For Chamber Ensemble
General Info
Year: 2013 / 2021
Duration: c. 14:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maecenas Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - £60.00 | Score Only (print) - £25.00
Movements
1. Polka – 3:30
2. Furiant – 3:20
3. Susedská – 5:05
4. Skocná – 3:30
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute (doubling Piccolo)
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II (I double E-flat Soprano Clarinet)
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F (or B-flat Tenor Saxophone)
Trombone
Tuba
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Castanets
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Side Drum
- Tambourine
- Tom-toms (low and high)
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Bohemian Revelry is a tribute to the verve and vigour of the music of the people of the Czech Republic. It is also a celebration of the artistic and social freedom of a people without ties or responsibilities who always allow for a party whenever and wherever possible.
The four movements are based on popular Czech/Bohemian folk dances -- a Polka, a Furiant, a Susedska and a Skocna. Any reminiscences to a certain set of dances by another well-known Czech composer should be heard as an act of homage rather than parody!
Bohemian Revelry was originally conceived in 2013 as a work for wind orchestra. This version for chamber winds was written at the time of the Covid-19 crisis in early 2021 and allows for socially-distanced rehearsal and performance with a small group of players.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- A Little Tango Music (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
All Wind Works
- Adrenaline City (2006)
- African Samba (2006)
- Ascent (1996/2004)
- Awayday (1996)
- Awayday (arr. Wintringham) (1999/2015)
- Battle Symphony (1999)
- Bells Across the Atlantic (2013)
- Bermuda Triangle (1994)
- Bohemian Revelry (2013)
- Bohemian Revelry: For Chamber Ensemble (2013/2021)
- Bohemian Revelry (tr. Holland) (2013/2017)
- Bridgewater Breeze (1996)
- Candlelight Procession (2001)
- Concerto for Violin, Viola and Wind Ensemble (2022)
- Dances from Crete (2003)
- Downtown Diversions (2000)
- Eine Kleine Walzermusik (2009)
- Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik (2003)
- Elements (1998)
- Euphonium Concerto 1997
- Farewell (2008)
- French Dances Revisited (2004)
- A Little Salsa Music
- A Little Tango Music (2007)
- Metropolis (1992)
- Midnight in Buenos Aires (2007)
- Out of the Darkness (2023)
- Parade of the Wooden Warriors (1999)
- Pikes Peak (2017)
- Repercussions (2011)
- Scenes from an English Landscape
- Scenes from Bruegel (1994)
- Suite for Winds (1993)
- Summer Dances (2012)
- Sunrise and Safari (2006)
- Symphony No. 1 in C (2000)
- Three Way Suite
- Towards Nirvana (2002)
- Tranquility (2009)
- Viderunt Omnes (2014)
- Yiddish Dances (1997)
- Yiddish Dances (Chamber) (1997/2020)
Resources
- Adam Gorb website Accessed 19 April 2021
- Gorb, A. (2013). Bohemian Revelry: For Wind Orchestra [score]. Maecenas: Godstone.
- Perusal score