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Metamorphoses
General Info
Year: 1979 / 1983
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Novello
Cost: Score and Parts - $100.00 | Score Only - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III-IV (II doubling C Piccolo)
Oboe I-II-III
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba
String Bass (4 players)
Piano
Electronics
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal (large)
- Tam-tam
- Tom-toms (4)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Blocks (2)
- Xylophone
Electronics
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Metamorphoses was commissioned by the University of London Goldsmith's College, and first performed in June 1979 with the composer conducting.
Most of the material is derived from the opening motif, a rising chord of minor seconds and augmented fourths. Aleatoric cadenzas for different groups alternate with slow-moving metric passages and a faster ostinato figure on piano. A central section introduces simple electronics, amplification of solo flute and clarinet with an echo device, accompanied first by percussion, later with low chords. The ostinato figure becomes more urgent, finally erupting into an energetic coda, which refers briefly to all of the earlier material.
- Program Note by composer
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Norwegian Army Staff Band (Andreas Hanson, conductor) – 9 April 2016 (Oslo, Norway)
- Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, England) Wind Orchestra (Clark Rundell, conductor) – 5 July 2009 (WASBE Conference 2009)
- Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, England) Wind Orchestra (Timothy Reynish, conductor) – 2 July 2009
- Wilmslow (England) Symphony Orchestra – 7 October 2008
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Brass Quartet No. 1 (1968)
- Brass Quartet No. 2 (1968)
- Celebration (1991)
- Concerto for Euphonium (tr. Stamp) (2018/2020)
- Concerto for Piano and Winds (1995/1997)
- Festivo (1985)
- Horn Concerto (1971/2008)
- The Kings Go Forth
- Metamorphoses (1979/1983)
- Partita (1973)
- Prelude for an Occasion
- The Sword and the Crown (1988/1993)
- Tuba Concerto (1976)
Resources
- Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Meredith Music Publications, 2004, pp. 126-127.
- Gregson, E. (1983). Metamorphoses [score]. Novello: Borough Green (UK).