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Symphony XX (Hovhaness)
General Info
Year: 1969
Duration: c. 27:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: CF Peters
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental | Study Score - $13.25
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flutes
Oboes
English Horn
Bassoons
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinets I-II-III
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 Cornets/Trumpets
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion (4 players) including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes (large)
- Tam-Tam (giant)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Symphony No. 20 was composed for the Ithaca High School Concert Band. The first movement is in the spirit of Armenian religious music in three great melodic arcs, the last having the mood of a spiritual. The second movement is a long melodic line completed non-harmonically and unisonally over held drones in Oriental style. The third movement is in the form of a chorale and fugue; at the climax of the fugue, the chorale theme returns interspersed with many-voiced canon interludes.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) Wind Ensemble (Brian E. Messier, conductor) - 19 February 2022
- University of Wisconsin-Parkside Wind Ensemble (Laura Rexroth, conductor) – 18 October 2018
- Lynn Conservatory of Music (Boca Raton, Fla.) Wind Ensemble (Kenneth Amis, conductor) – 13 September 2014
- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Randy Brion, conductor) - 4 March 2006
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. (1969). Symphony no. 20 [full score]. CF Peters, New York.