Chorale

Vaclav Nelhybel

General Info

Year: 1965
Duration: c. 5:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Tenor Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Chorale is based on a medieval Bohemian chant whose words are a desperate plea to St. Wenceslaus, the first king of Bohemia, not to forsake his people or to let them perish. This highly emotional chant, born out of fear of the plague, has been sung in Bohemia for centuries during times of war and danger.

At the beginning of the Chorale, a threatening atmosphere is evoked from which voices of despair emerge with the ancient chant emotionally pleading for help. However, the character of the composition gradually changes until the work closes within an ecstatic hymn of hope. In this composition, the composer combined the modern concept of symphonic sound with the voice-leading techniques of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance, in order to communicate the ancient theme to a contemporary audience.

- Program Note from Lee University Wind Ensemble concert program, 28 November 2017

Media

Sample download; ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Lee University (Cleveland, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble (David Holsinger, conductor) – 21 February 20232
Lee University (Cleveland, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble (David Holsinger, conductor) – 22 November 2022
United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Jason K. Fettig, conductor) – 21 July 2022 WASBE Conference (Prague, Czech Republic)
Lee University (Cleveland, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble (David Holsinger, conductor) – 16 November 2021
Ripon (Wisc.) College Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Kurt Dietrich, conductor) - 2 May 2018
Lee University (Cleveland, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble (David Holsinger, conductor) – 28 November 2017
Sacramento State Concert Band (Dr. Robert Halseth, conductor) - 28 November 2012
Binghamton High School Wind Ensemble (Joel Smales, conductor ) - 21 December 2009

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adagio and Allegro (1966)
Aegean Modes (1974/1977)
Agape
Agitato e Marcia
Agon (1984)
Alaska Scherzo (1972/2015)
Allegro con brio (/2017)
America Sings: New England
Amen (1979)
Amen for Everyman
Andante and Toccata (1966)
Antiphonale (1972)
Appassionato (1966)
Ballad (1976)
Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger) (1980)
Benny Havens
Born to Die (1983/2016)
Ca Ira (1976)
Cantata Pacis (1970)
Canticum
Cantus (1989)
Cantus et Ludus
Caucasian Passacaglia (1967)
Ceremonial Music (1967)
Ceremony for Band (/2017)
Chorale (1965)
Chorale and Allegro (ed. Richardson) (/2016)
Chorale and Allegro (/2017)
Chorale Variations
Christmas March (as arranger) (1988)
Christmas in Poland (1983/2010)
Chronos
Concert Piece (1973)
Concertante (1982)
Concertato for Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, and Wind Ensemble (1995)
Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band
Concerto for Clarinet and 23 Wind and Percussion Instruments (/2017)
Concerto for Euphonium and Band (1996/2015)
Concerto for Horn (or Tuba)
Concerto Grosso for Tubas and Band (1981)
Cornerstone for a New Moon
Corsican Litany (1976)
Crusaders (1976)
Czech Suite (1974/2005)
Dance of the Dead Souls (1975)
De Profundis
Dialogues (1976/2015)
Dialogues for Piano and Band (1976/2015)
Divertimento for Band
Dixie Parade (1974)
Drake Suite
Epitaph
Espressivo
Estampie (1966)
Evening Song (1976/2012)
Fanfares (as arranger) (1872/1976)
Fantasia (as arranger) (1982)
Festive Adorations (1988)
Festivo (1968)
Festivo (arr. Wagner) (1968/2008)
Finale (1976)
Five and a Half Songs
French Suite (1982)
Fugue to the Mountains (1975)
Great is Thy Faithfulness (as arranger) (1983)
Golden Concerto
Hallelujah (1974)
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (as arranger) (1981)
High Plains (1972)
Holiday in Germany (1982)
Hymn of Hope (1971)
Introit (1972/2015)
Jesu, Priceless Treasure (as arranger)
La Dance des Fauves
Lento for Band (/2000)
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Liturgy
Lyrical March (1977)
March in Counterpoint (1976)
March to Nowhere (1976)
Marcia Dorica (1969)
Monolith
Music for Six Trumpets (ed. Doughty) (1975/2006)
Musical Offering (as arranger)
Organum (1973)
Original Suite
Ostinato
Overture for Band (1985)
Parade (1976)
Pentecost Concerto
Praise to the Lord (1975)
Prayer and Thanksgiving (1996)
Prelude and Chorale (1996)
Prelude and Fugue
Prelude and Fugue (1966)
Procession to the End of Time (1992)
Processional (1976)
Religioso (1976)
Rhapsody in C
Ritual (1979)
Russian Chant and Dance (1974/2015)
Sand-Silence-Solitude
The Silence
Sine Nomine
Sinfonia Resurrectionis (1981)
Songs of Praise (1983/1996)
The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/1996)
Suite Concertante (1967)
Suite from Bohemia (1969)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (as arranger) (1981)
Symphonic Movement (1966)
Symphonic Requiem (1965)
Te Deum
Three Pieces for Saxophone Quartet (1968)
Three Revolutionary Marches (as arranger) (1848/1967)
Toccata (as arranger)
Toccata Feroce for Band and Piano (/2017)
Toccata in D
Toccata in D (flat)
Toccata in E
Trittico (1963/1965/1993)
Trittico: Movement I (arr. Story) (1963/2011)
Two Symphonic Movements (1970/2017)
Valse Nostalgique (1976)
Variants on a Czech Love Song
Variations on "Es ist Genug"
Yamaha Concerto (1971)
Yugoslav Dance (1977)

Resources

Nelhybel, V. (1965). Chorale : For Symphonic Band. Colombo: New York.