Chorale and Blaspheme
General Info
Year: 2009 / 2015
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: V-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: World Projects
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $110.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00
Movements
1. Chorale – 3:30
2. Blaspheme – 5:30
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (II doubling English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano/Celeste
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Chimes
- China Cymbals
- Crotales
- Flexatones (2)
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks
- Toms (4)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Chorale and Blaspheme was written during the summer of 2008 as a commission for the United States Naval Academy Band, LCDR Brian O. Walden, conductor.
The first movement consists of a chorale in which three-note melodic fragments are passed between a solo horn and saxophone before being developed by the entire ensemble. The second movement is an exploration of a violent and explosive motive that attempts to expand the conventionally accepted ranges and capabilities associated with the wind ensemble.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- United States Naval Academy Band (Brian O. Walden, conductor) – 26 February 2009 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by this Composer
- As the Wood Smoke Rises (2014)
- Chorale and Blaspheme (2009/2015)
- Daylight Passing (2016)
- Devil's Drive (2017)
- Down the Lonely Path (2014)
- Locrian Riffs (2020)
- Lux Contrapunctum (2016)
- Masque of the Red Death, The (2010)
- Miserere (2008)
- Sketches on Paintings No 2 (2009/2015)
- Soliloquy for Band (2007)
- Symphony No. 1 (2012)
- Symphony No. 2 (2015)
- Symphony No. 3 (2016)
Resources
- Abigaña, B. (2015). Chorale and Blaspheme: For Wind Band [score]. World Projects: [Benicia, Calif.].
- Brett Abigaña website – Accessed 31 August 2022