Leaf Metal

Adam Roberts

Subtitle: For Large Wind Ensemble

General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 15:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II-III
Oboe I-II-III
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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-IV
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Harp I-II
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos (2)
Chimes
Crotales
Maracas
Noise Makers, various
Opera Gong
Sizzle Cymbal
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tam-Tam, small and large
Tom-Tom (4)
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Leaf Metal was commissioned by and is dedicated with admiration to friend and conductor Eric Hewitt and the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble. I have long admired Eric, who champions composers with unparalleled energy, helping to create exciting new repertoire for wind ensemble (and other ensembles).

When I first began discussing the work with Eric, I knew immediately that I wanted to write something “oceanic,” that I would use the whole ensemble like a vast organism. Fleeting soloistic creatures emerge briefly, but are quickly subsumed by the overall sound-mass which flows through a variety of episodes. The title, meant as a poetic suggestion, brings together the natural and the industrial, the decorative and the solid. There are other associations in the work as well: amplified, microtonal harps help create detuned textures which live alongside brassy chords that evoke distorted “big band.” I don’t consider the work to be postmodern, though; rather, these fleeting associations are transient figures that arise from and return into the ocean of sound that carries the work.

- Program Note by composer

This work received its premiere 2 November 2012 by the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Eric Hewitt, conductor.

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Ensemble and conductor unknown

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Boston (Mass.) Conservatory Wind Ensemble (Eric Hewitt, conductor) – 16 September 2016
Boston (Mass.) Conservatory Wind Ensemble (Eric Hewitt, conductor) – 2 November 2012 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Resources

Adam Roberts website Accessed 16 September 2016
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