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Concerto in One Movement
Subtitle: For Marimba and Wind Ensemble
General Info
Year: 1993 / 2006
Duration: c. 18:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Marimba and orchestra
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $160.00 | Score Only (print) - $50.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Marimba
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano/Celeste
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Concert Toms (3), graduated
- Finger Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Gong, small and medium
- Suspended Cymbal, graduated
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle, high and low
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes, metal
- Wood Block, medium
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Emma Lou Diemer’s Concerto in One Movement for marimba was premiered in its original version March 21, 1991, at Mills College, Oakland, California, by the Bay Area Women’s Philharmonic with JoAnn Falletta conducting and Deborah Schwartz soloist. It was repeated on March 23 in San Francisco. The concerto was commissioned for the 10th anniversary season of the orchestra.
In October, 2006, the composer made the wind ensemble version of the concerto, and this version was premiered March 1, 2007, in the Saint Vincent De Paul Church in Albany, New York, with Felicity Cashman as soloist and The College of Saint Rose Wind Ensemble conducted by Robert Hansbrough.
The instrumentation and general style of the concerto are imbued with the individuality of the tone color and technique of the marimba, reflected in the tremolos and glissandos as well as rhythms and melodic motives that echo or reinforce the ideas expressed by the solo instrument. There are two cadenzas and an extended solo passage for marimba in the slow middle section. In the last cadenza the soloist is joined by the percussion section of the orchestra. The spirit of the work is related somewhat to Vivaldi in its use of floating harmonic rhythms (slow-moving harmonies evolved through figuration), and bears some harmonic relation to another of the composer’s favorite writers of music, Ravel. The dynamic virtuoso Deborah Schwartz, for whom the work was written, offered excellent editorial suggestions in the writing of the marimba part. The concerto was written to be enjoyed by all concerned, including first and foremost the audience who will hear it for the first time.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Butler University (Indianapolis, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Michael Colburn, conductor; Alec Larner, marimba) – 23 February 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Aria (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Aria (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- The Brass Menagerie (1967)
- Concerto for Flute and Band (2001)
- Concerto in One Movement (1993/2006)
- Declamation for Brass and Percussion (1967)
- La Rag (1981)
Resources
- Emma Lou Diemer website Accessed 23 February 2019
- Emma Lou Diemer, Wikipedia Accessed 23 February 2019
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Emma Lou Diemer." Accessed 23 February 2019
- Perusal score