Dragon of Wyckham
This work bears the designation Opus 47.
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Keyboard Percussion Publications
Cost: Score and Parts – Rental.
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Marimba
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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 Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Tam-tam
- Tenor Drum
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Dragon of Wyckham puts the solo marimba in front of a concert band or wind ensemble. Unlike many of Helble's pieces, this piece is more atmospheric, featuring a portentous, ominous opening Adagio, and an Allegro that alternates dark drama with dazzling and climactic moments of triumph.
- Program Note from publisher
For Carol Helble.
- Program Note from score
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Antiphonal Fanfare and Fantasia
- Carpathian Rhapsody
- Christmas Oratotorio (Large Wind Ensemble)
- Christmas Oratotorio (Small Wind Ensemble)
- Concertare (2001)
- Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble
- Crucifixus
- Diabolic Variations (1986)
- Dragon of Wyckham (2006)
- Galop Brillant
- Heroic Fanfare
- Hypnos I
- Hypnos II
- Legend of Faust
- March from Symphonic Variations
- March Suite
- Memorare
- Multum in Parvis (2016)
- Night Music
- Passacaglia (1987)
- Prelude and Rondo alla marcia (2008)
- Sonare
- S.S. Ouran Medan
- Triptych: Three Poems of J.W. von Goethe
Resources
- Calabrese, Anthony Joseph. (2014) An Annotated Catalog of Marimba Concertos with Winds
- Helble, R. (2006). Dragon of Wyckham [score]. Keyboard Percussion Publications: Asbury Park, N.J.