Perpetua

Peter Meechan

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Meechan Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $120.00; (digital) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $40.00; (digital) - $40.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Percussion (4 players), including:

Bass Drum
Glockenspiel
Hi-Hat
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Perpetua was written in between two other works that deal with dark subject matters, Close to the Sun (written for a friend whose brother's life was lost tragically early) and let this place (a work that bridges the Holocaust, the current rise in anti-Semitism, and the current lack of humanity in society), I wanted -- and personally needed -- Perpetua to be something that was joyful, hopeful, energetic, exciting, and fun. In that Close to the Sun and let this place were reflections of what I saw around me in my community, Perpetua is the world I want to live in.

In writing Perpetua I wanted to compose a piece of perpetual motion, that is challenging, exciting, and fun -- all brought together through a sense of joy.

Perpetua was commissioned by Foothills Concert Band (Calgary, AB, Canada) and their conductor, Anthony Reimer.

- Program Note by composer

Awards

American Bandmasters Association Sousa/Ostwald Prize, 2022, winner

Media

Audio: Winnepeg Wind Ensemble (Jacqueline Dawson, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Butler University (Indianapolis, Ind.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Michael Pote, conductor) - 2 March 2022 (87th Annual ABA National Convention)
University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Tyler Strickland, conductor) - 19 February 2022
University of Kansas (Lawrence) Symphonic Band (Matthew O. Smith, conductor) - 5 October 2021
Michigan State University (East Lansing) Wind Symphony (Peter Meechan, conductor) – 24 October 2019
Winnepeg (Can.) Wind Ensemble (Jacqueline Dawson, conductor) – 19 May 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Forgotten Children (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
Letters from Home (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2014/2020)
Lullaby (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
Lullaby. See also: Suite Treats
Plaza Fanfare (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Song of Hope (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
Taking the Fifth (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Zenith (Adaptable Band) (2020)

All Wind Works

Apex
Athabasca (2018)
Autumn Falling
Bang 2 (2007)
Carnival (2006)
Chorales (on Brecht) (2017)
Close to the Sun (2018)
Crazy Diamonds Shining
Devil's Duel
Dreams Unseen (2021)
Episodes and Echoes
Eternal Light (2008)
Fanfare for a Festival (Meechan)
Forgotten Children (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
Fragile Oasis (2013/14)
ISS Flyover (2012)
Korn Symphony (2015)
Lament (from Macbeth)
Land of the Living Skies (2018)
let this place (2019)
Letters for Home (2014)
Letters from Home (arr. Ambrose) (2014/2020)
Lift Off (2006)
Loss Verses (2021)
Lullaby (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
Lullaby. See also: Suite Treats
Macbeth (Meechan)
Machines (2020)
Match Day (2006)
Perpetua (2019)
Plaza Fanfare (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Renaissance of Wonder (2016)
Shine (2011)
Soliloquies from a Quiet Place (2019)
Song of Hope (with trumpet solo) (2013/2015)
Song of Hope (band) (2013/2015)
Song of Hope (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
Soul Divine (2017)
Taking the Fifth (Adaptable Band) (2020)
These Mist Covered Mountains
Three Stories, Three Worlds (2004)
Through Clouds and Sunshine (2021)
Velvet Blue (2013)
Waves Toward the Pebbled Shore (2018)
Zenith (Adaptable Band) (2020)

Resources

Meechan Music website Accessed 6 June 2019
Perusal score