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Symphony No. 29 (Hovhaness)
Subtitle: For Baritone Horn (or Trombone) and Band
This work bears the designation Opus 289.
General Info
Year: 1976
Duration: c. 24:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Origial Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Alan Hovhaness
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Unknown
Movements
1. Andante religioso – 9:35
2. Adagio espressivo – 2:05
3. Lento - Allegro moderato - Presto – 4:35
4. Finale: Maestoso – 8:30
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Baritone or Trombone
C Piccolo
Flutes
Oboes
English Horn
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Chimes (large)
- Glockenspiel
- Tam-tam (giant)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Symphony No. 29 was commissioned by Henry Charles Smith and the C.G. Conn Corporation and premiered in 1976 by the Minnesota Orchestra. Hovhaness created the band version himself, with the premiere performance at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the National Music Camp. Henry Charles Smith was the baritone soloist for the premiere of both editions.
The symphony is in four movements in which the mood is predominantly slow and prayer-like led by the bard-like “elder” of the trombone with the rest of the band attentive in their dedication and spirituality. There are flurries of birdsong in the third movement, and in the finale the affecting role for the contented trombone seems on the edge of quoting some Caledonian song. The symphony gives the fullest account of the composer’s mildly atmospheric harmonies and melodically fluid style, a mixture of late Romantic tone-painting, Western hymnody, and Eastern mysticism that runs throughout the work in a somber ecumenical procession.
- Program Note by San Diego State University Wind Symphony concert program, 13 March 2014
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.) Peabody Wind Ensemble (Harland D. Parker, conductor; Nathan Siler, trombone) – 26 January 2019
- San Diego State University Wind Symphony (Shannon Kitelinger, conductor; Eric Starr, trombone) – 13 March 2014 CBDNA Western/Northwestern Division Convention (Reno, Nev.)
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