Suite for Band (Hovhaness)

Alan Hovhaness

This work bears the designation Opus 15

General Info

Year: 1948 / 1968
Duration: c. 10:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Edition Peters
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental | Score Only - $39.95

Movements

1. Aria - 1:42
2. Processional - 2:31
3. Aria - 1:43
4. Canzona - 1:20
5. Aria - 1:11
6. Processional - 2:05

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo in C
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinets I-II-III-IV
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Horns in F I-II
B-flat Cornet I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion (1 player) including:

Gong (giant)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This work presents a series of solemn festival pieces in religious style -- sometimes of Armenian character, sometimes of renaissance spirit. The music is an evocation of pageantry and splendor.

- Program Notes by composer

Media

Audio CD: Rutgers Wind Ensemble (William Berz, conductor)

State Ratings

Florida: IV

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Buffalo (N.Y.) Concert Band (Kyle Resnick, conductor) - 19 April 2023
Central Washington University (Ellensburg) Wind Ensemble (Larry Gookin, conductor) - Spring 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints, Op. 211
Glory to God, Op. 124
Hymn to Yerevan, Op. 83
King Vahaken: Is There Survival?, Op. 59
Mountains and Rivers Without End, Op. 225
Prayer of St. Gregory (1946/1952/1972/2012)
Requiem and Resurrection, Op. 224 (1969)
Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places
Sharagan and Fugue (arr. Huelsmann) (1950/2008)
Suite for Band, Op. 15 (1948)
Symphony No. 4, Op. 165 (1958)
Symphony No. 7, "Nanga Parvat," Op. 178 (1959)
Symphony No. 14, "Ararat," Op. 194 (1961)
Symphony No. 17, Symphony for "Metal Orchestra," Op. 203 (1963)
Symphony No. 20, "Three Journeys to a Holy Mountain," Op. 223 (1969)
Symphony No. 23 (1972)
Symphony No. 29 (1977)
Symphony No. 53, "Star Dawn" (1983)
Tapor No. 1 (1968)
Tower Music Op. 129

Resources

Hovhaness, A. (1968). Suite for Band [score]. CF Peters, New York.