Pines of the Appian Way (ed Leidzen)

From Wind Repertory Project
Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi (arr. Antonio d'Elia; ed. Erik Leidzén )


This work is the fourth movement of Respighi's The Pines of Rome.


General Info

Year: 1924 / 1948
Duration: c. 5:50
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ricordi, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.50

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Instrumentation

Full Score
D-flat Piccolo
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
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 I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-Tam
  • Triangle


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Of the four sections of Respighi’s Pines of Rome, the last, the Pines of the Apian Way, is frequently performed separately. The preface to the orchestral scores gives the following description of this section:

"Misty dawn on the Apian Way. The tragic country is guarded by solitary pines. Indistinctly, incessantly, the rhythms of innumerable steps. To the poet’s fantasy appears a vision of past glories; trumpets blare and the army of the Consul advances brilliantly in the grandeur of the newly risen sun, toward the Sacred Way, mounting in triumph the Capitoline Hill."

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music


Media


State Ratings

  • Alabama: Class AA
  • Florida: V
  • Georgia: VI
  • Iowa: V
  • Maryland: V
  • Michigan: Senior High AA
  • South Carolina: VI
  • Tennessee: VI
  • Virginia: VI


Performances

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  • Southeastern Michigan (Clarkston) Wind Ensemble (Cliff Chapman, conductor) - 19 November 2023
  • Florida State University (Tallahassee) Concert Band – 4 April 2023
  • Westerville (Ohio) Concert Band (Larry Klabunde, conductor) - 12 October 2022
  • Oakland (Calif.) Municipal Band (Troy Davis, conductor) - 17 July 2022
  • Kent State University (Ohio) Wind Ensemble (Wendy K. Matthews, conductor) – 23 February 2020
  • State University of New York Stony Brook Wind Ensemble (Bruce Engel, conductor) – 17 April 2019
  • Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (John Campbell, conductor) – 16 April 2019
  • Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Don L. Peterson, conductor) – 12 April 2019
  • University of Nebraska Kearney Wind Ensemble (Duane Bierman, conductor) – 29 September 2018
  • Kell High School (Marietta, Ga.) Wind Ensemble (David Roth, conductor; Alabama Winds brass section) - 20 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
  • Northwestern Michigan College (Traverse City) Concert Band (John Campbell, conductor) - 27 October 2017
  • The Gold Coast Band (Boynton Beach, Fla.) (Ken Wilbanks, conductor) – 5 May 2017 (ACB 2017 Annual Convention (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.))
  • Virginia Grand Military Band (Alexandria) (Loras John Schissel, conductor) – 18 March 2017
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, Wind Ensemble (Paul Bambach, conductor) – 17 November 2016
  • Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.) Symphonic Band (Matthew Arau, conductor) – 17 November 2015
  • United States Army Band (Thomas H. Palmatier, conductor) – 2012
  • United States Navy Band (Washington, D.C.) (George N. Thompson, conductor) – 19 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)


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