Overture on a Southern Hymn
Subtitle: Wondrous Love
General Info
Year: 1979
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Glockenspiel
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This interesting, imaginatively conceived work uses Wondrous Love as its basis. Opening with a slow introduction featuring the brass in sustained legato style with fragments of the tune, the mood shifts to fast and energetic, featuring the woodwinds, with brass supplying rhythmic underpinning. After several contrasting episodes using different aspects of the melody, the work comes to a triumphal conclusion using the last phrase of the tune.
- Program Note from Music for Concert Band
Media
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State Ratings
- Alabama: Class B
- Florida: IV
- Georgia: IV
- Louisiana: II
- Michigan: Senior High B
- Minnesota: III
- North Carolina: V
- South Carolina: V
- Virginia: V
Performances
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- Kingsburg (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Mike Schofield, conductor) - 11 March 2016 (2016 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Illinois Valley Community College (Oglesby, Ill.) Wind Ensemble (Gene Montgomery, conductor) - 6 March 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Robert Palmer." Accessed 27 January 2015.
- Krienes, J.; Hansbrough, R. (2014). Music for Concert Band: A Selective Annotated Guide to Band Literature. Meredith Music Publications: Delray Beach, Fla.; pp. 54.
- Palmer, R. (1979). Overture on a Southern Hymn: Wondrous Love [score]. Shawnee Press: Delaware Water Gap, Pa.