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Lullaby for Noah
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General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 4:50
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $2.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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-IV-V
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Lullaby for Noah was composed for Noah Donald Koffman-Adsit and commissioned by Glen Adsit and the Hartt School Wind Ensemble. When Glen asked me to compose a lullaby for his son Noah I was completely taken with the idea. I wanted to write a piece that was simple and eloquent. As I composed this piece, I thought of that wonderful main theme of Elmer Bernstein’s score for the film To Kill a Mockingbird -- how provocative and song-like -- beautifully shaped and filled with a quiet melancholy. There is also a touch of melancholy in this lullaby and perhaps a longing for the innocence that once was our basic nature.
“When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments: tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.”
- Louis Pasteur
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Greater Hartford (Conn.) Youth Wind Ensemble (Glen Adsit, conductor) – 12 May 2019
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Wind Ensemble (Rubén Gomez, conductor) – 6 December 2017,
- West Chester University (Penn.) Wind Symphony (M. Gregory Martin, conductor) – 26 April 2017
- Foothill Symphonic Winds (Palo Alto, Calif.) (David Bruce Adams, conductor) – 11 December 2016
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Concert Band (Courtney Snyder, conductor) - 9 February 2015
- The Hart School (Hartford, Conn.) Wind Ensemble (Glen Adsit, conductor) – 31 March 2007 (CBDNA 2007 National Conference, Ann Arbor, Mich.) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- and yet your touch upon them will not pass (2021)
- Arabesque (1990/2004)
- Celebration (2010)
- Ceremonial Prelude for Brass Choir (2010)
- Chronicles (2000)
- Concert Processional (2011)
- Concertino for 11 Instruments and Wind Ensemble (2011)
- Dedication for Band (2009)
- Equinox (2010)
- Fandango: For Solo Trumpet, Trombone and Wind Symphony (1999)
- Fanfare and Prelude (2008/2010)
- Hemispheres (2002)
- High Flight (2008)
- Hope Alive (2000)
- Illuminations (2004)
- Invocation (1992)
- Jazzalogue No 1 (1997/2002)
- Labyrinth (2011)
- Lullaby for Noah (2008)
- Masquerade (2012)
- Monologues (2010)
- Nessum Dorma (as arranger) (1926/2010)
- Quadrille (2002)
- Regiment of Heroes March (2016)
- Ritual. See: Soundings for Band (1997)
- Sandia Crest (2013)
- Scarecrow Overture (2009)
- Serenade Romantic (1982)
- The Sounding of the Call (2014)
- Soundings for Band (1997)
- Ritual (2011)
- Triptych for Trumpet and Trombone (2023)
- Two Sketches for Band (1998)
- Zarabanda (1998)
Resources
- Joseph Turrin website Accessed 12 September 2021
- Turrin, J. (2008) Lullaby for Noah [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.