M is for Man, Music, Mozart

Louis Andriessen

General Info

Year: 1991
Duration: c. 30:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II-III
String Bass
Piano

Female Jazz Singer

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

M Is for Man, Music, Mozart was originally written for a short film by Peter Greenway. It was commissioned to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Mozart's death. The idea is that God first created Man, then Music, and then Mozart.

Media

Audio CD: Volharding Orchestra (Jurjen Hempel, Conductor)

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

The Hartt School (Hartford, Conn.) Wind Ensemble (Glen Adsit, conductor) – 7 March 2014 (CBDNA 2014 Eastern Division Conference, Boston, Mass.)
New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble (Charles Peltz, conductor) - 16 April 2009
University of Texas at Austin New Music Ensemble (Dan Welcher, conductor) - 4 November 2008
BBC Scottish Orchestra (Clark Rundell, Conductor) - 3 November 2007
Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.) Symphonic Winds (Steven Dennis Bodner, conductor) – 23 March 2006 (CBDNA 2006 Eastern Division Conference, Montclair, N.J.)
Royal Northern College of Music Chamber Players (Victoria McLean, vocal) - 28 January 2006
Dayton Philharmonic (Patricia Linhart, Voice and Neal Gittleman, conductor) - 28 January 2005

Works for Winds by This Composer

Amsterdam Vrij (1973)
Contra Tempus (1968)
Dat gebeurt in Vietnam (1972)
De Herauten (1997)
De Volharding (1972)
Hymn to the Memory of Darius Milhaud (1974/2006)
Il Principe (1974)
M is for Man, Music, Mozart (1991)
Monuments of the Netherlands (1975)
Nederland, let op uw schoonheyt (1975)
On Jimmy Yancey (1973)
Passeggiata in Tram in America e Ritorno (1999/rev. 2001)
Signs and Symbols (2016)
Spektakel (1970)
Symfonieën der Nederlanden (1974)
Voor Sater (1973)
Worker's Union (1975/2002)

Resources

"M Is for Man, Music, Mozart." IMDB. Web. Accessed 11 September 2022]