These Things Which Divide

From Wind Repertory Project
Alexandra T. Bryant

Alexandra T. Bryant


General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 9:05
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alexandra Bryant
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Basset Horn in F
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crotales
  • Glockenspiel
  • Marimba
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-Tam
  • Thunder Sheet
  • Tubular Bells
  • Vibraphone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall, These Things Which Divide was commissioned by and for James Patrick Miller and the Gustavus Wind Orchestra in the summer of 2019. After the fall of The Wall in November of 1989, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra had the pleasure of being the first American ensemble to perform at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in the former East Berlin on January 29, 1990.

These events got my brain churning. We as humans create divides. Both literally and figuratively, we put up walls. We find reasons to separate ourselves. We justify these divides. These happen between friends, relatives, neighbors, strangers, anyone. I wanted to explore the breaking of these walls musically.

- Program Note by composer


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