Three Short Stories
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General Info
Year: 2000 / 2012
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Doblinger
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Movements
1. Uncle Bebop – 4:00
2. Rays of Light – 3:40
3. Latin Dance – 3:10
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Austrian-born composer Gernot Wolfgang employed similar techniques more than a decade after Wilson’s psychological foray in a duo for viola and bassoon. The wind ensemble version of Three Short Stories grew from that idiosyncratic beginning. The notes in the score elaborate.
Three Short Stories combines musical elements from the world of jazz and Latin American music with compositional techniques found in classical and 20th century concert music. The arrangement for wind ensemble explores the fusion of traditional writing for wind ensemble with big band gestures and chamber music techniques.
The first movement, Uncle Bebop, is an up-tempo romp that switches back and forth between jazzy, slightly swinging elements and rock-oriented passages. The movement settles down briefly in a short quiet section before picking up speed again before returning to the opening material for an energetic finish.
Rays of Light is lyrical in character, and presents many of the ensemble’s instruments in soloistic, often unaccompanied, settings. A few interspersed ensemble passages, their instrumentations growing in size as the movement progresses, pave the way for a final, regal tutti ending.
The title of the third movement, Latin Dance, already gives away its character. This is a fast, lively piece of music, exploring rhythms found in Latin American music while using a slightly dissonant melodic and harmonic language.
Various versions of Three Short Stories have been described by critics as “... a marvelous neoclassical procession as adventurous as a Miro painting” and, "... although there are many nods to jazz, folk and Latin music, the influences come across as partners to Gernot Wolfgang’s creative individuality -- the repertoire embraces everything from puckish humor and jubilance to haunting modernism and lyrical radiance. Wolfgang is especially inventive in frisky and poetic material ..."
- Program Note from the University of Nebraska Wind Ensemble concert program, 28 February 2016
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of North Florida (Jacksonville) Wind Symphony (Erin Bodnar, conductor) – 11 July 2019 - WASBE Conference (Buñol, Spain)
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Wind Ensemble (Carolyn Barber, conductor) – 25 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 North Central Division Conference, Ames, Iowa)
- Clovis (Calif.) North Educational Wind Ensemble (David Lesser, conductor) - 17 February 2017 (2017 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
- Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Dallas, Tex.) (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 18 September 2016
- University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor; Brian Horton, saxophone) – 14 April 2016
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Wind Ensemble (Carolyn Barber, conductor) – 28 February 2016
- Tennesse Tech (Cookeville) Wind Ensemble (Joseph Hermann, conductor) – 19 October 2012 – Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Passing Through (2011/2018)
- Santa Barbara Suite (2013)
- Three Short Stories (2012)
Resources
- Gernot Wolfgang website Accessed 21 March 2016