Loch Lomond
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 6:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00 | Score Only - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II (Flute I includes Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II
(Percussion equipment breakdown not available)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Ticheli’s setting of the famous folksong is simple yet charming, preserving faithfully the melody and adding interesting harmonic vocabulary. Loch Lomond tells the tale of two Scottish soldiers who were imprisoned at Carlisle Castle in England, following the Battle of Culloden Moor. One of the soldiers was to be executed, while the other was to be set free. According to Celtic legend, those who died in foreign lands had their spirits travel to their homelands through the “low road,” the route for the souls of the departed. The song is from the point of view of the soldier to be executed, who tells his friend “ye’ll tak’ the high road and I’ll tak’ the low road,” in effect saying that the freed soldier will return alive, while he himself would return in spirit. He remembers his past and the “bonnie lass” (pretty girl) he will never see again, and sadly accepts death. Loch Lomond was commissioned by the Stewarton Academy Senior Wind Ensemble of East Ayrshire, Scotland, Nigel Durno, conductor. It received its premiere on 18 June 2002 by the commissioning ensemble at Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.
Program Notes by Nikk Pilato
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State Ratings
Florida: IV
Recent Performances
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- William Fremd High School (Matthew Moore, conductor) - April 2006
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Abracadabra
- Amazing Grace
- An American Elegy
- Blue Shades
- Cajun Folk Songs, Part One
- Cajun Folk Songs, Part Two
- Fortress
- Gaian Visions
- Joy
- Joy Revisited
- Nitro
- Pacific Fanfare
- Portrait of a Clown
- Postcard
- Sanctuary
- Shaker Gift Song, A
- Shenandoah
- Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
- Sun Dance
- Symphony No. 2
- Vesuvius
- Wild Nights!
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