Gloria (arr Noble)

From Wind Repertory Project
John Rutter

John Rutter (arr. Paul Noble)


General Info

Year: 1976 / 2015
Duration: c. 17:15
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bandmusicpdf.net
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $250.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Movements

1. allegro vivace – 5:35
2. andante – 6:55
3. vivace e ritmico – 5:40


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Crash Cymbals
  • Gockenspiel
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Vibraphone

Choir


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Gloria in excelsis Deo (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is a hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the "Minor Doxology" or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn. The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria.

The hymn begins with the words that the angels sang when the birth of Christ was announced to shepherds in Luke 2:14. Other verses were added very early, forming a doxology.

The Gloria has been and still is sung to a wide variety of melodies. Modern scholars have catalogued well over two hundred of them used in the medieval church. Almost all polyphonic settings of the Mass include the Gloria. In addition, there are a number of settings of the Gloria alone, including by John Rutter.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


Gloria was written as a concert work. It was commissioned by the Voices of Mel Olson, Omaha, Nebraska, and the composer directed the first performance on the occasion of his first visit to the United States in May 1974. The Latin text, drawn from the Ordinary of the Mass, is a centuries-old challenge to the composer: exalted, devotional and jubilant by turns. Rutter’s setting, which is based mainly on one of the Gregorian chants associated with the text, divides into three movements roughly corresponding to traditional symphonic structure. The accompaniment is for brass ensemble with timpani, percussion and organ -- a combination which in the outer movements makes quite a joyful noise unto the Lord, but which is used more softly and introspectively in the middle movement. The composer later made a version with full orchestra.

- Program Note by Louise Luegner


Gloria is one of John Rutter's most ambitious concert works. The composer sees this work as analogous to a symphony, with its three movements, allegro vivace, andante, vivace e ritmico -- i.e., fast, slow, fast -- in common with symphonic practice. The music is at times exalted, devotional and jubilant. Though arranged for combined chorus and concert band, it may be performed by concert band alone.

- Program Note from publisher


Media


State Ratings

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Performances

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  • Philadelphia (Penn.) Wind Symphony (Paul Bryan, conductor) – 9 December 2017


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Resources

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