Four scenes for Juliet
The title of this work is intentionally written in lower case: four scenes for Juliet.
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 10:40
Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: K to Z Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - Free | Score Only (digital) - Free
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
C Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Piano/Celeste
Harp
Percussion, including:
- Marimba
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Written in the summer of 2016 during the time I was composing Lina and the Wolf (an opera based on the life story of Lina Prokofiev), four scenes for Juliet takes as inspiration the story of Romeo and Juliet. The piece’s four large sections allude to scenes of “anticipation,” “balcony,” “echo,” and “hush.” “Echo” and “hush” began as arias from the opera. “Balcony” treats an abstraction of the contour of one of the love themes from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet. In general, musical textures are juxtaposed, overlapped, and fused in a Mondrian-like manner, with the intention of allowing the listener to perceive simultaneous streams of music (as if looking through scrims on a stage).
The work was commissioned by David Martins and the Boston University Wind Ensemble, and premiered by these artists on February 16, 2017.
- Program Note by composer
For Marija and George.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
Forthcoming, February 2019
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Florida State University (Tallahassee) Wind Orchestra (Richard Clary, conductor) – 2 February 2019
- Boston University Wind Ensemble (David Martins, conductor) - 16 February 2017 *Premiere performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- four scenes for Juliet (2016)
- Take Time (2006)
- Thresholds (2011)
Resources
- Ketty Nez, personal correspondence, January 2019