Noah's Ark
General Info
Year: 1998 / 1999 / 2012
Duration: c. 10:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $166.00 | Score Only (print) - $28.00
Movements (played without pause)
1. The Message - 1:14
2. Parade of the Animals – 1:47
3. The Storm – 2:48
4. Song of Hope - 4:31
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I
Oboe II/English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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 Cornet/Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bar Chimes
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Crash Cymbals
- Flexatone
- Glockenspiel
- Hi-hat
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tenor Drum
- Toms (2)
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Vibraslap
- Whip
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Noah's Ark is a composition based on the well-known Bible stories in which Noah builds an ark to conquer the flood. This work portrays four impressions, each of them introduced by a theme. To add dramatic power a synthesizer or a wind-machine can be used. The story can also be read by a narrator during the performance.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group II (Melissa Lichtler, conductor) - 2 February 2020 (Cleveland State University)
- Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group II (Melissa Lichtler, conductor) - 24 November 2019 (Severance Hall, Cleveland)
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble and University of Toronto (Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Gillian MacKay, conductor) - 1 December 2018
- Black Forest Youth Wind Orchestra VJBO (Donaueschingen, Germany) (Alexander Beer, conductor) – 23 September 2018
- University of Windsor (Ont.) Wind Ensemble (Nicholas Papador, conductor) - 8 April 2018
- Orchestra Collective (Singapore) (Yibin Seow, conductor) – 25 September 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Absalon (2000)
- Awakening (1997)
- Biberussa (2010)
- A Brussels Requiem (2017)
- Celtic Child (2005)
- Choralia (2000)
- Colors (1998)
- The Cross and the Crown (2012)
- Egmont (2003)
- Fantasia per la Vita e la Morte (2006)
- The Green Hill (2011)
- Hebrew Dance (2021)
- Humperdinck Variations (2016)
- Hymnus Pastorale (2006)
- Ivanhoe (2001)
- Jericho (2002)
- Magnolia (2012)
- Morning Star Variations (2016)
- Noah's Ark (1998)
- Robinson Crusoe (2009)
- Sacred Song (2010)
- Saga Candida (2002)
- The Sword in the Stone (2011)
- Symphony No. 1 (2003)
- Symphony No. 2 (2011)
- Tropical Fishes (2013), from Bestiarium
Resources
- Appermont, B. (1998). Noah's Ark [score]. Beriato: Duffel.
- Bert Appermont website Accessed 8 April 2018
- Perusal score