Evocation of the Spirit

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Jacques Arcadelt

Sergei Rachmaninoff and Jacques Arcadelt (trans. Kenneth Singleton)

Subtitle: Two Settings of the Ave Maria

General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00; (digital) - $50.00   |   Score Only (print) - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chimes
• Suspended Cymbal (large)
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Austere and beautiful, these two Ave Marias were written about 400 years apart for Masses in both the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches. The intensely spiritual nature of these two works makes for a fine musical set that can be played together in any order or separately. These lofty settings serve as valuable and important transcriptions to the band idiom.

- Program Note by publisher

For the Eaton (Colorado) High School Band, Logan Doddridge, Director, in memory of Ryan Pickett.

- Program Note from score

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media Links

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Sacramento (Calif.) State University Concert Band (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 25 November 2019
• Wind Symphony of Clovis (Calif.) (Gary Gilroy, conductor) - 19 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Andante Cantabile (arr. Custer)
• Chimes of Moscow
• Concerto for Piano No. 2, Theme 3rd Mvt. (arr. Lang)
• Evocation of the Spirit (trans. Singleton) (2017)
• Glory and Honor (arr. Houseknecht)
• Hymn (arr. Grauer) (1915/2005)
• Italian Polka (arr. Leidzen) (1941)
• Italian Polka (arr. Lucas) (1938/2006)
• Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor (tr. Oaks) (1901/2007)
• Piano Concerto No. 2, Themes from (arr. Williams)
• Prelude in C minor
• Prelude in G minor (arr. Lake) (1901/1922)
• Prelude, Opus 3, No. 2 (arr. Longfield)
• Rachmaninoff Prelude (arr Cichy)
• Rachmaninoff Prelude (arr McGinty)
• Russian Liturgy (arr. Singleton) (1910/1999)
• Russian Polka
• Suite from “All-Night Vigil” (Vespers) (arr. Juchniewicz) (1915)
• Symphonic Dance Op 45 No 3 (arr. Satoh) (1940/1984)
• Symphonic Dances, Op 45, No. 3 (arr. Lavender) (1940/2015)
• Symphony No. 1 - Finale (arr. Hanna)
• Symphony No. 2: Adagio (arr. Hanna) (1907/2013)
• Theme from "Piano Concerto No 2" (arr. Bennett) (1901/1947)
• Three Vespers from "All-Night Vigil" (arr. Salzman) (1915/2008)
• Vespers, Opus 37, for Symphonic Winds (arr. Johnson) (1915/2011)
  • Svete Tokhyi (arr. Johnson)
  • Blazhen Muzh (arr. Johnson)
  • Bogoroditse Devo (arr. Genervo)
  • Blagoslovi, Dushe Moya (arr. Johnson)
• Vocalise (arr. Hunsberger)
• Vocalise, Opus 34, No. 14 (arr Roszell)

Resources

• "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 73/3 (October 2018), p. 74.
• Perusal score