Lauds (Praise High Day)
General Info
Year: 1992
Duration: c. 5:35
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: LudwigMasters Publications, through Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
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-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Synthesizer
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Bongos (4)
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tenor Drum
- Timbales
- Timbalitos
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Lauds (Praise High Day) is an exuberant, colorful work intended to express feelings of praise and glorification. Lauds is one of the seven canonical hours that were selected by St. Benedict as the times the monks would observe the daily offices. Three (terce, sext, and none) were the times of the changing of the Roman guards and four (matins, lauds, vespers, and compline) were tied to nature. Lauds, subtitled Praise High Day, honors the sunrise; it is filled with the glory and excitement of a new day.
- Program Note by composer
Lauds received its world premiere by the United States Air Force Band under the direction of Lt. Col. Alan L. Bonner at the College Band Directors National Association/National Band Association Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, on January 24, 1992.
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Carlton J. Kell High School Wind Symphony (David McGrath, conductor) - 2010
- Audio CD: Dallas Wind Symphony (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 1996
State Ratings
- Georgia: VI
- Iowa: IV
- Louisiana: IV
- Michigan: Senior High AA
- North Carolina: VI
- South Carolina: VI
- Virginia: V
Performances
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- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Ensemble (David Kehler, conductor) - 2 February 2024
- William Mason High School (Mason, Ohio) Wind Symphony (Edward F. Protzman, conductor) - 19 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
- River Valley Wind Ensemble (Kankakee County, Ill.) (David Conrad, conductor) – 18 December 2022
- University of North Texas (Denton) University Band (Joel Davidson, conductor) - 3 November 2021
- Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.) Wind Symphony (James Patrick Miller, conductor) - 21 March 2020 (scheduled, but concert canceled)
- Northwestern State University of Louisiana (Natchitoches) Wind Ensemble (Dan McDonald, conductor) – 21 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 Southern Division Conference, Natchitoches, La.)
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Ensemble (David T. Kehler, conductor) – 19 February 2020
- Tallahassee (Fla.) Winds (Patrick Dunnigan, conductor) – 11 February 2020
- Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Symphonic Band (Brian Youngblood, conductor) - 3 December 2019
- University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Wind Ensemble (Michael Ketner, conductor) – 23 November 2019
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Symphonic Band (Kirk Saville, conductor) – 1 November 2019
- Ohlone Wind Ensemble (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 20 October 2019
- Butler University (Indianapolis, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Michael Colburn, conductor) – 6 October 2019
- Arkansas Tech University (Russellville) Symphonic Band (Jim Daughters, conductor) – 29 September 2019
- Westchester Symphonic Winds (Tarrytown, N.Y.) (Curt Ebersole, conductor) – 11 May 2019
- Humboldt State University (Arcata, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Paul Cummings, conductor) – 9 March 2019
- University of Oregon (Eugene) Wind Symphony (Jason Silveira, conductor) – 7 February 2019
- Los Angeles (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Stephen Piazza, conductor) – 2 December 2018
- Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (John Campbell, conductor) – 29 November 2018
- Penn State University (University Park) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Dennis Glocke, conductor) – 8 October 2018
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Symphony Band (Michael E. Hancock, conductor) – 1 October 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Aspen Jubilee (1988)
- Brevard Fanfare (1986)
- Chaconne (In Memoriam...) (1994/1995)
- Concerto for Piano & Symphonic Band (1948)
- Courtly Airs and Dances (1995)
- Danza Capriccio (1991/2013)
- Epiphanies (1994)
- Fanfare for a Celebration (1982/1986)
- Fanfare for Kennedy Center (1995/2008)
- Fanfare for the Hour of Sunrise (1991)
- Fanfare for the New Millennium (1999)
- Lauds (Praise High Day) (1991)
- Mayflower Overture (1958/1997)
- Medieval Suite (1982-2019)
- Homage to Leonin (1983)
- Homage to Perotin (1982)
- Homage to Landini (2019)
- Homage to Machaut (1983)
- Morning Alleluias for the Winter Solstice (1989/1991)
- Night Song (1998)
- Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) (1993)
- Pastorale (2006)
- Pebble Beach Sojourn (1983/1994)
- Resonances I (1990)
- Rocky Point Holiday (1969)
- Savannah River Holiday (1953/1973)
- Sonoran Desert Holiday (1995)
- Te Deum Laudamus (1988/1990)
- To the Airborne (1992/1993)
Resources
- "Lauds (Praise High Day) by Ron Nelson." Wind Band Literature, 9 September 2012. Web. Accessed 3 August 2022
- Nelson, R. (1992). Lauds: Praise High Day [score]. Ludwig Music Publishing: Cleveland, Oh.
- Ron Nelson website