Emmanuel (arr Scatterday)
Michel Colombier (trans. Mark Davis Scatterday)
General Info
Year: 1971 / 2015?
Duration: c. 2:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Mark Davis Scatterday
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $100.00
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo in C
Solo in B-flat
Flute I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Flugelhorn
Horn in F I-II
Trombone
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Glockenspiel
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
With the Tijuana Brass mostly on hold at the time, Herb Alpert commissioned what was immediately touted as a landmark recording project from French musical polymath Michel Colombier -- a pop symphony with the positively Mahlerian ambition to encompass the entire world in about 37 minutes. Alpert produced it, the gnomelike Paul Williams contributed lyrics, and Colombier composed the music and recorded it mostly in Paris, with additional big-band tracks and voices added at A&M Studios in Los Angeles.
In a nutshell, Wings is a journey from darkness to light, with the hellfire of opening song Freedom and Fear -- powered by the anguished voice of Bill Medley (of the Righteous Brothers) -- eventually giving way to the redemption of love (Colombier might disagree that there's any storyline, but the evolution seems quite clear). Emmanuel was like a classical intermezzo on this groundbreaking album.
- Program Note from Allmusic
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor; Christopher Woodruff, trumpet) – 17 December 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Emmanuel (arr. Perik) (1971/1995)
- Emmanuel (arr. Scatterday) (1971/2015?)
- Emmanuel (arr. Vertrommen) (1971/2009)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Michel Colombier." Accessed 14 September 2017
- "Michel Colombier." Allmusic. Web. Accessed 14 September 2017
- Michel Colombier website Accessed 14 September 2017