Quartets

Roger Cichy

General Info

Year: 2006 / 2012
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Masters Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $135.00 | Score Only - $25.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Cabasa
Chimes
Claves
Congas
Crash Cymbals
Finger Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Hi-hat
Marimba
Mark Tree
Slapstick
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Tambourine
Toms (4)
Triangle
Vibraphone
Vibraslap
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by and dedicated to the North Carolina Central District Bandmasters Association, Quartets is a unique work exposing a multitude of quartets existing within the full ensemble, hence the title Quartets.

During the use of transparent and exposed textures utilized in many compositions, composers tend to use a combination of instrumental colors that seem fitting and appropriate for a desired texture. In Quartets, Composer Roger Cichy relies on traditional quartets to fulfill the instrumental colors during those instances when the musical textures become transparent and exposed. Although sometimes brief, Cichy was able to make use of fourteen different quartets within the composition. Quartets contains a total of twenty moments where a quartet is used, as some quartets are used more than once.

The following traditional quartets have been made use of during this piece: Flute quartet (3 flutes, 1 piccolo); Clarinet quartet (mixed: 2 Bb sopranos, 1 Eb alto, and 1 bass); Clarinet quartet (like: 4 Bb sopranos); Double Reed Quartet (2 oboes, 2 bassoons); Saxophone quartet (2 altos, 1 tenor, 1 baritone); Woodwind quartet (1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 Bb clarinet, 1 bassoon); Flute/Clarinet quartet (2 flutes, 2 Bb clarinets); Trumpet quartet (4 Bb trumpets); Trumpet/Trombone Quartet (2 Bb trumpets, 2 trombones); Horn quartet (4 horns); Trombone quartet (4 trombones); Euphonium/Tuba quartet (2 euphoniums, 2 tubas); Brass quartet (2 Bb trumpets, 1 horn, 1 trombone); Percussion quartet (multiple percussion)

Media

Audio: [www.rogercichy.com/music/quartets/Quartets.mp3 Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown]

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, O.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Christopher Lizak, conductor) - 20 April 2023
James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Symphonic Band (Stephen Bolstad, conductor) - 4 December 2022
Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Wind Ensemble (Craig V. Hamilton, conductor) – 5 November 2019
Category 5 Wind Ensemble, Inc. (Charlie Fix, conductor) - 14 June 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Amazing Grace (as arranger) (1779/2014)
American Band Salute (2009?)
and make a joyous sound
Breakthrough (1994/2000)
Bugs (2000)
Colours (1997)
Divertimento for Winds and Percussion (1994)
El Caballero (2000)
Emblazoned Joy (2019/2021)
Fanfare for a Festive Day (1996)
Festival!
First Flights
Flowing Pens from Concord (2013)
For Purple Mountain Majesties (2005)
Galilean Moons (1996)
Geometric Dances (2007)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (as arranger) (2022)
The Golden Baton March
Hats Off (2016)
In Exuberant Celebration (2009)
Interpretations
Maestro
New Millennium, Different World, New Beginnings (2004)
Pandemonium (2006)
Quartets (2006/2012)
Rachmaninoff Prelude (as arranger)
Silhouette
Sounds, Sketches, and Ideas (2002)
T. Rex
We Walked with Heads Held High (2006)
Windsicle (2006)
Wisconsin Soundscapes
Wizards

Resources

Perusal score
Roger Cichy website Accessed 29 October 2019