Stratford Suite
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Subtitle: Four Shakespeare Scenes for Concert Band
General Info
Year: 1964
Duration: c. 12:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Chappell
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print
Movements
1. Fanfare, Flourish, Sennet
2. Masque by Herne's Oak
3. Ode to Rosalind – 4:00
4. Elizabeth, Princess of England
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Howard Cable composed Stratford Suite in 1964 for a commission from the prestigious Goldman Band celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare.
- Program Note by Darrin Oehlerking for the University of Saskatchewan Wind Orchestra concert program, 17 July 2015
This suite is subtitled Four Shakespearean Scenes for Concert Band. The first movement, Fanfare, Flourish and Sennet, is scored for brass and percussion and evokes the mood of the royal court as portrayed in Richard III. The scene from the Merry Wives of Windsor is the musical intent of the second movement, Masque by Herne's Oak. The third movement, Ode to Rosalind, employs only the woodwinds and percussion and is identified with As You Like It. The majestic style of the final movement, Elizabeth, Princess of England, is suggestive of a scene from Henry VIII.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Awards
- Stratford Suite has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- National Youth Band of Canada (Toronto, Ont.) (Darrin Oehlerking, conductor) - 13 May 2022
- University of Kansas (Lawrence) Wind Ensemble (Darrin Oehlerking, conductor) – 1 October 2019
- University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Canada) Wind Orchestra (Darrin Oehlerking, conductor) – 17 July 2015 - WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.
- Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (James Chesebrough, conductor) - 7 March 2013
- Wellington Wind Symphony (Elmira, Ont., Canada) – November 1995
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Banks of Newfoundland (2009)
- Canadian Brass Christmas, A (as arranger) (1990)
- Cortege (1959)
- Good Medicine (2005)
- Highlights from "The Sound of Music" (as arranger)
- Marchmanship (1959)
- McIntyre Ranch Country (2002)
- Newfoundland Rhapsody (1956)
- O Canada (as arranger) (1967)
- Old Fort Henry
- Ontario Pictures (1993)
- Quebec Folk Fantasy (arr. Dutoit) (1953)
- Scottish Rhapsody (1966)
- Showboat Highlights (as arranger)
- Snake Fence Country (1954)
- Stratford Suite (1964)
- Triphonic Fanfare (1979)
Resources
- Cable, H. [1964]. Stratford Suite: four Shakespearean scenes for concert band [score]. Chappell: New York.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 103.