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Climbing Parnassus
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: OK Feel Good Music
Cost: Parts (Rental) - $250 | Score Only (Purchase) - $24.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Alto Flute
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Piccolo Trumpet
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Flugelhorn
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Contrabass
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Crotale (bowed)
- Handbells (2)
- Marimba (bowed)
- Vibraphone (bowed)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In Aeschulus, Creon speaks of "the double peaks of snow-clad Parnassus"—the ancient site of the Oracle of Delphi, and the mountain most sacred to Apollo. As the home of The Muses, Parnassus is the spiritual source of music, poetry, and art. Centuries ago, when Greek and Latin were an integral part of a Western education, the phrase "Climbing Parnassus" meant the pursuit of a career as a poet, writer, composer, or artist. Dreamlike and spacious, Climbing Parnassus presents an imagined chorale fragment, ascending and transforming through an expanse of sound.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: M3U file at Jonathan's Website
- Audio CD: 2008 Japan Wind Ensemble Conductors Conference Festival Ensemble (Atsuhisa KONDO, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Wind Symphony (Emily Threinen, conductor) – 27 April 2012
- Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare (Kurashiki, Japan) Heartful Winds – 26 February 2010 (CBDNA Southern Regional Conference, Oxford, MS)
- Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Bloomington IN (Stephen Pratt, conductor) – 23 April 2009
- Nagoya Wind Symphony, Aichi Arts Theatre Concert Hall, Nagoya, Japan (Mamoru NAKATA, conductor) – 5 May 2008
- Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare (Kurashiki, Japan) Heartful Winds (Toshiya IWATA, conductor) – 20 April 2008
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 3 O'Clock Mix (2012)
- 1861 (2004)
- As the scent of spring rain (2003)
- Avenue X (2005)
- Blow It Up, Start Again (2012)
- Climbing Parnassus (2008)
- Concertino (flute solo, chamber winds, and piano)
- Chunk
- De Profundis
- Moon by Night (2001)
- Novel Romance (2018)
- OK Feel Good
- Pi’ilani and Ko’olau (2019)
- The Rivers of Bowery (2005)
- Single (2013)
- Sowing Useful Truths
- Symphony No. 1 (2009)
- Tender Hearts (2019)
- Uncle Sid