Symphony V (Rudin)
Subtitle: Psychograms
This work bears the designation Opus 88.
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 15:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: edition flor
Cost: Score and Parts - Contact Rolf Rudin
Movements
1. Wind in the Head (Wind im Kopf)
2. Freaky Butterfly (Irrer Falter)
3. Burning Tears (Heiße Tränen)
4. Dancing Moon (Tanzender Mond)
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II (div.)
Oboe I-II-III
English Horn
Bassoon I-II-III
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV (div.)
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III (one player doubling Flugelhorn)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II (div.)
String Bass
Piano (Grand)
Harp
Timpani
Percussion (4 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Crotales
- Field Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbals (3: small, medium and large)
- Tambourine
- Tam-tams (2: medium and large)
- Temple Blocks (6)
- Tom-toms (5)
- Triangles (5)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The work was intended for the dark timbre of sound of the Mannheim Philharmonic Wind Orchestra. It leads in four movements to the deepness of the human psyche. Thoughts are fluttering and severe or weightless states of consciousness are changing -- music about the colors of the soul … a work that gets under one’s skin …
- Program Note by composer
Written in 2014, Rudin’s work was commissioned by the Mannheimer Bläserphilharmonie (Mannheim Philharmonic Wind Orchestra) with support of the University Clinic in Mannheim/Germany. The premiere took place on March 8, 2015, at the Rosengarten Concert Hall in Mannheim.
- Program Note from WASBE
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Mannheim (Germany) Philharmonic Wind Orchestra (Markus Theinert, conductor) – 8 March 2015 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Abendklänge (2000/01)
- Am Ende Des Tages (2000)
- Amen (2011)
- Aufbruch (2008)
- Bacchanale (1990/1998)
- Bis ins Unendliche… (2000/2001
- Bleicher Mond (1997)
- A Christmas Carol (2008)
- Curiosity (2013)
- Das Verströmen der Seele – Eine Totenklage (1997)
- Der Traum Des Oenghus (1993/94, 1996)
- Die Druiden (1994)
- The Dream of Oenghus. See: Der Traum Des Oenghus
- Ein Wellenspiel (1997)
- Ferne Weite (2005)
- Firmament (1995)
- Geheimnisvoller Ort (2016)
- The God Particle (2014)
- Hymn and Hallelujah (2011)
- Imperial Prelude (1989)
- Klingsteinberg (2016/17)
- Lied ohne Worte (1997)
- A Little Walk in the Garden (2003)
- Lost Message (2013)
- Mondspiegel (1999)
- Nice Message (2013)
- An Old French Sailor's Tale (2004)
- Open Up! (2003)
- Out of Nowhere (2007/8)
- A Playing of the Waves. See: Ein Wellenspiel
- Psychograms. See: Symphony No. 5
- Requiem (2005)
- Sechs Tänze (2006)
- Shepherds' Procession (2004)
- Silent Message (2013)
- Smileys (2013)
- SMS (2013)
- Song without Words. See: Lied ohne Worte
- Stille Hoffnung (2010)
- Storm (2007)
- Submerged City. See: Versunkene Stadt
- Symphony No. 1 (1991–93)
- Symphony No. 4 (1994/95)
- Symphony No. 5 (2014)
- Te Deum (2016/17)
- Tore der Sonne (2008)
- Versunkene Stadt (1997)
- Vom Ende der Zeit (1998/99)
- Wi(e)derhall (1995/96)
- Wolkenstein-Lieder (2000)
- World - Why - Die II? (2001/2015)
- Zwanzig Schritte (1999)
Resources
- Rolf Rudin, personal correspondence, January 2021
- Rolf Rudin website Accessed 30 December 2020
- "Sinfonie Nr. 5 “Psychogramme” op. 88." The Wind Band Symphony Archive." Web. Accessed 30 December 2020
- "SYMPHONY Nr.5 “Psychograms” Op. 88 (For large Symphonic Wind Orchestra) by Rolf Rudin (Germany)." WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 13 April 2020). Accessed 16 January 2023