Jacob’s Ladder
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Paul Richards - Official Website
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown | Score Only - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Bass Drum (large)
- Bongos
- Brake Drum
- Crotales
- Cymbals (3 suspended)
- Field Drum
- Glockenspeil
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Jawbone
- Piccolo Snare Drum
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine (2 - 1 mounted)
- Tom-Toms
- Triangle (large)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Vibraslap
- Wood Blocks (3)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Jacob’s Ladder portrays the vision or dream had by Jacob in the dessert of a ladder reaching from the earth to heaven, with a host of angels climbing in both directions. The work aims to capture some of the awe and ecstasy, fear and elation evoked by this image. Primary musical materials in the piece are ascending and descending scalar (stepwise) figures and symmetrical, cyclic (eternal) harmonic progressions.
Winner of the 2004 Truman State University/MACRO Analysis Composition Competition.
Program Note by Paul Richards
Commercial Discography
Audio Link
State Ratings
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Recent Performances
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Backwater Catfish
- Dig
- Fanatic Fanfare
- Medium Funk Prelude
- Passamezzo Antico
- Snake in the Garden
- Steps in Escher’s Castle, The
- Typhon's Brood
Additional Resources
None discovered thus far.
