Concerto No 3 for Piano and Wind Ensemble

David Maslanka

Subtitle: Do You Know My Name?

General Info

Year: 2016
Duration: c. 16:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: David Maslanka Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $159.00; (digital) - $109.00 | Score Only (print) - $89.00; (digital) - $59.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo piano
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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 (I doubles piccolo trumpet)
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Suspended Cymbals, small, medium and large
Tam-Tam
Tenor Drum
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Solo whistling
Players blowing air through instruments

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The opening of Concerto No. 3 is devoted to the exposition of a Bach Chorale melody, Als vierzig Tag' nach Ostern (Forty Days After Easter). Some years ago I used this melody as the basis for a movement of another piece, This is the World, for two pianos and two percussionists. The essence of the movement is solo piano with vibraphone. It is an extremely inward and beautiful movement. I gave it the title Do You Know My Name?, the implication being, "Do you truly know who I am; do you see my soul?" I used the end of this movement as the end of this new concerto.

The work is dedicated to the memory and legacy of Robert D. Jorgensen (1945 –2015), Director of Bands Emeritus, The University of Akron, who served the MACBDA with distinction, both as President and as a member of the Commissioning Committee.

- Program Note by composer

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Montana (Missoula) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (James Smart, conductor; Christopher Hahn, piano) – 23 March 2018 (CBDNA 2018 Western/Northwestern Conference, Rohnert Park, Calif.)
University of Massachusetts at Amherst Wind Ensemble (Matthew Westgate, conductor; Nadine Shank, piano) – 10 March 2018 (CBDNA 2018 Eastern Conference, New Haven, Conn.)
Northern Illinois University (Dekalb) Wind Symphony (Thomas Bough, conductor; JeongSoo Kim, piano) – 19 April 2017
Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Thomas Caneva, conductor; James Helton, piano) – 16 March 2017 (CBDNA 2017 National Conference, Kansas City, Mo.)
Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (John E. Williamson, conductor; Alexandra Mascolo-David, piano) – 21 February 2017 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Alex and the Phantom Band (2002/2015)
Angel of Mercy (2015)
California (2016)
A Child's Garden of Dreams (1981)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1999)
Concerto for Marimba and Band (1990)
Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2015)
Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1979)
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (2012)
Concerto No 2 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (2002)
Concerto No 3 for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2016)
Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2007)
Crown of Thorns (1991)
Desert Roads (2005)
Fanfare-Variations on the Chorale Melody "Durch Adams Fall" (Through Adam's Fall). See: Recitation Book
First Light (2016)
Four Pieces for Band (1980)
Give Us This Day (2005)
Golden Light (1990)
Heart Songs (2001)
Hell's Gate (1997)
Hohner (1999)
Hosannas (2015)
Husa (2016)
Hymn for World Peace (2014)
Illumination (2013)
In Memoriam (1990)
Laudamus Te (1995)
Letter to Martin (2015)
Liberation (2012)
Little Concerto (1990)
Mass (1995/2005)
Montana Music: Chorale Variations (1993)
Morning Star (1997)
Mother Earth (2008)
Mountain Roads (1997)
On This Bright Morning (2013)
Peace (2012)
Prelude on a Gregorian Tune (1981)
Procession of the Academics (2008)
Quintet for Winds Number 2
Recitation Book (2006)
- Fanfare-Variations on the Chorale Melody "Durch Adams Fall" (Through Adam's Fall) (2006)
Remember Me (2013)
Requiem (2013)
Rollo Takes a Walk (1980)
Saint Francis (2015)
Sea Dreams (1998)
The Seeker (2016)
Song at the End of Time
Songs for the Coming Day (2012)
Song Book (2001)
Symphony No. 2 (1987)
Symphony No. 3 (1991/2007)
Symphony No. 4 (1993)
Symphony No. 5 (2000)
Symphony No. 6 (2004)
Symphony No 7 (2004)
Symphony No 8 (2008)
Symphony No. 9 (2011)
Symphony No. 10 (2018)
Tears (1994)
Testament (2001)
Traveler (2003)
A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter (1995)
ufo dreams (1999)
Unending Stream of Life (2007)
Variants on a Hymn Tune (1995)

Resources

David Maslanka website Accessed 21 February 2017
Matthew Maslanka, personal correspondence, March 2017
Perusal score