Sinfonia
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Subtitle: For Fifteen Wind Instruments with Optional Percussion
General Info
Year: 1957
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.F. Peters
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Rental | Score Only (print) - $9.75
Movements
1. Like a Motor – 4:05
2. Slow – 3:45
3. Lento – 2:20
4. Scherzando – 1:05
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Horn in F I-II
Timpani
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Sinfonia was written as the first commission for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra and its conductor, Robert Boudreau. It is cast in four brief sections, two of which are lyrical and reflective, and two of which are full of energy. The work is short, but possesses both charm and wit.
- Program Note from liner notes of Albany CD Ragtimes & Serenades
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. DePaul University Wind Ensemble (Donald DeRoche, conductor)
- Audio CD: DePaul University Wind Ensemble (Donald DeRoche, conductor) - 2003
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Louisville (Ky.) Wind Ensemble (Frederick Speck, conductor) – 23 July 2022 (WASBE Conference, Prague, Czech Republic)
- Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (George Vosburgh, conductor)] - 2 October 2021
- Oakland (Calif.) Civic Orchestra (Martha Stoddard, conductor) – 22 March 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Lift Up Your Heads (1963)
- Present Laughter (1995)
- Prevailing Winds (Rorem)
- Seventieth Psalm (1943)
- Sinfonia (1957)
- Traffic (Rorem) (arr. Hagan) (1958/2002)
Resources
- Ned Rorem website Accessed 27 November 2020
- Rorem, N. (1957). Sinfonia : In Four Movements : For Fifteen Wind Instruments and Optional Percussion : 1956-1957 [score]. C.F. Peters: New York
- "SINFONIA for Fifteen Wind Instruments (with Optional Percussion and Piano) by Ned Rorem (USA, 1923)." WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 22 March 2021). Accessed 13 January 2023