Psalm 42
General Info
Year: 2004
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone/Baritone
Tuba
Contrabass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
Violin
Viola
Violincello
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Psalm 42 is dedicated to the McCurrie family of Upper St. Claire, Pennsylvania, whose youngest son lost his battle with Deletion I 3-Q Syndrome at five years of age. Hazo, who had taught trumpet to his three older brothers, came to know and respect the family well: “Every time I saw Mrs. McCurrie at the school, she always had Gregory in her arms. Even as he aged, his growing body never seemed heavy to her... .Watching the McCurrie family raise Greg with an unfathomable amount of challenges, and finally sharing in their grief at this funeral, provided me with the opportunity to see people whose sense of love and faith were most deserving of admiration.”
This performance features a newly-composed opening from the pen of the composer, showcasing two solo trumpets, which are accompanied by two bassoons in the fifth bar.
- Program Note by the Aledo Middle School Honor Winds concert program, 20 December 2013
Media
- Audio: recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Beaumont Middle School Symphonic Band (Teresa J. Elliott, conductor) - 2005
State Ratings
- Louisiana: II
- North Carolina: II
- West Virginia: I
Performances
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- Mukwonago (Wisc.) High School Symphonic Band (Emma Angoli, conductor) – 11 December 2019
- University of Louisville Community Band (Molly McCoy, graduate conductor) - 18 November 2018
- Terronez Middle School (Fresno, Calif.) Concert Band (Robert Madrid, conductor, conductor) - 21 March 2014 (2014 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.))
- Aledo (Tx.) Middle School Honor Winds (Ryan Johnstone, conductor) – 20 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)
- Patrick Marsh Middle School (Sun Prairie, Wisc.) 7th Grade 2nd Hour Band (Chris Gleason, conductor) - 15 October 2013
- Beaumont Middle School (Lexington, Ky.) Symphonic Band (Teresa J. Elliott, conductor) – 14 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
All Wind Works
- Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
- Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
- Alleluia (2012)
- Arabesque (2008/2009)
- Arrows (2014)
- As Winds Dance (2003)
- Autumn on White Lake (2010)
- Blessings
- Blue and Green Music (2011)
- Books With Blank Pages (2015)
- Bridges (2007)
- Chorus Angelorum (2009)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
- The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
- Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
- Diamond Fanfare (2006)
- Drums of the Saamis (2014)
- Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
- Echoes (2005)
- Enchanted Spaces (2012)
- Everything Beautiful (2015)
- The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
- Exultate (2001/2003)
- Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
- For Heaven and the Future (2016)
- From Gold (2015)
- Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
- Rivers (2002)
- Ascend (2005)
- Glorificare (2013)
- ...Go (2008)
- Hennepin County Dawn. See: Minnesota Portraits
- In Flight (2000/2008)
- In Heaven's Air (2002)
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
- Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
- Keltic Variations (2003)
- Minnesota Portraits (2008)
- Mountain Thyme (2013)
- Novo Lenio (2002)
- Olympiada (1997/2002)
- Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
- Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
- Parkour (2011)
- Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
- Psalm 42 (2004)
- The Quest (2002)
- Rest. See: Minnesota Portraits
- Ride (2002)
- Rising Star (2006)
- Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
- Rush (2006)
- Seconds Out (2013)
- Sevens (2005)
- Siorai September (2011)
- Sky Is Waiting (2006)
- Sòlas Ané (2006)
- Southern Hymn (2009)
- Stella Maris (2014)
- The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
- Their Blossoms Down (2002)
- Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
- To Be (2019)
- Today Is the Gift (2006)
- Voices of the Sky (2005)
- We Meet Again (2010)
- Whisper to their Souls (2008)
- A Zillion Nickels (2015)
Resources
- Hazo, S. (2004). Psalm 42 [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: New York.
- Samuel Hazo website Accessed 5 June 2021