Trobairitz

Lee Hartman

Subtitle: Concerto for treble double reed soloist with chamber winds and percussion

General Info

Year: 2019–20
Duration: c. 17:00
Difficulty: VI (soloist); IV (ensemble) (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ragnarok Press
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $200.00 | Score Only (digital) - $25.00

Movements (played without pause)

1. "A chantar m’er de so q’ieu no voldria ..."
2. "... Esta chansson que me sia messatges: ..."
3. "... Q’en trop d’orguoill ant gran dan maintas many gens!"

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piano Reduction
Solo Oboe, Oboe d'Amore (optional), English horn (one player)
Flute I-II (II doubling C Piccolo)
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II (II doubling B-flat Soprano Saxophone)
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

Bass Drum
Chimes
Glockenspiel
Key Chimes
Maracas
Marching Machine
Marimba
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Tambourine
Tam-Tam
Tom-Toms
Triangle
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Players singing

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This concerto finds its inspiration in the trobairitz, the noble-born women poet-composer-performers akin to the troubadours of the Medieval era. A chantar by Beatriz de Dia of the late 12th century is the only known work that survives with both music and poetry intact. Beatriz de Dia's strophic song weaves throughout this new work in many guises. Like the poem of the scorned lover, the piece builds and builds on the dark lyricism giving way to frustration, fury, and condemnation.

Trobairitz was written for Kristin Leitterman and the Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble.

- Program Note by composer

Performance Notes

There is an optional alternate ending to the second movement to allow for the first and second movements to be excerpted in performance with the soloist options to be on English horn, oboe d'amore, and oboe or English horn and oboe d'amore. The third movement can stand alone as a work for solo oboe and ensemble.

Media

Video: Arkansas State University (Jonesboro) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Oliver, conductor; Kristin Leitterman, soloist) – 19 October 2021 *Premiere Performance*
Video: International Double Reed Society 1st Virtual Symposium (Kristin Leitterman, soloist; Lauren Shack-Clark, collaborative pianist) – 30 July 2020

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Arkansas State University (Jonesboro) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Oliver, conductor; Kristin Leitterman, soloist) - 19 October 2021
International Double Reed Society 1st Virtual Symposium (Kristin Leitterman, oboe; Lauren Shack-Clark, piano) – 30 July 2020 *Premiere Performance (Piano reduction version)*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Ave Maria volgarizzata da Dante (as arranger) (2019)
Concertante (2005)
Concerto for Vibraphone (2009)
Des Monstres et prodiges (2017)
Emerald (2023)
...in fragile bark, o'er a tempestuous sea, the common harbor... (2016)
i/xhale (2017)
Mehter Suite (2019)
Sapphire (2013)
Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (as arranger) (2013)
Snow Ride (as arranger) (2022)
Song for Edie (2015)
Toccata and ... (2020–21)
Tornado (2004)
Trobairitz (2019–20)
Winter Night (Sleigh Ride) (as arranger) (2016)

Resources

"Heartbreak Hangover with Lee Hartman", Sound Currents on Classical KC 91.9 FM – Accessed 18 February 2022
Lee Hartman website – Accessed 13 April 2020
"Trobairitz," Wikipedia – Accessed 13 April 2020