Two Symphonic Movements

Vaclav Nelhybel

Vaclav Nelhybel

General Info

Year: 1970 / 2017
Duration: c. 14:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Star Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $208.43; (digital) - $208.43   |   Score Only - $52.11

Movements

1. Marcato – 10:35
2. Allegro impetuoso – 3:25

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet 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 Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Celesta (or Piano)
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbal
• Finger Cymbal
• Glockenspiel
• Gong
• Marimba
• Tenor Drum
• Tom-tom (2)
• Triangle
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In 1969 Nelhybel composed Two Symphonic Movements. Not surprisingly, this pair of pieces -- the first longer and generally slow in tempo, the second shorter and generally fast in tempo -- is conceived along much the same lines, i.e., straightforward development of a motif. In this case both pieces are based on the same thematic idea. The opening of the first piece seems to suggest the sound of gamelan music; this material returns at the end of the piece, and then at the end of the second piece, further linking the two together.

- Program Note by Walter Simmons

All thematic material of these two contrasting movements is derived from four notes:

D, A, F, B-flat

stated at the very opening of the first movement.

In the first, basically slow movement, sections stating the thematic nucleus alternate with sections featuring woodwind solos. The thematic material of these solo passages is not derived from the basic thematic nucleus but is of a free improvisational character.

The second movement, in fast tempo, is a symphonic development of new thematic features of the four-note motif from the first movement.

In the percussion, the hardness or softness of the beaters is indicated in addition to the dynamics.

- Program Note from composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Prague Castle Guard & Czech Police Symphonic Band (Vaclav Blahunek, conductor)
• Audio CD: Siena Wind Orchestra (Yutaka Sado, conductor) - 2002
• Audio CD: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (Frederick Fennell, conductor) - 1997

State Ratings

• Arkansas: V
• Georgia: VI
• Louisiana: V
• South Carolina: VI
• Virginia: VI
• West Virginia: VI

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Ottawa (Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Douglas Sturdevant, conductor) - 1 December 2022
• Czech National Concert Band (Václav Blahunek, conductor) – 22 July 2022 (WASBE Conference, Prague, Czech Republic)
• Ensemble Liberte Wind Orchestra (Kawaguchi, Japan) (Yunosuke Okamura, conductor) - 12 January 2020
• Knightwind Ensemble (South Milwaukee, Wisc.) (Erik Janners, conductor) - 27 October 2013
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas Wind Orchestra (Thomas G. Leslie, conductor) - 17 November 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Adagio and Allegro (1966)
• Aegean Modes (1974/1977)
• Agape
• Agitato e Marcia
• Agon (1984)
• Alaska Scherzo (1972/2015)
• Allegro con brio (/2017)
• America Sings: New England
• Amen (1979)
• Amen for Everyman
• Andante and Toccata (1966)
• Antiphonale (1972)
• Appassionato (1966)
• Ballad (1976)
• Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger) (1980)
• Benny Havens
• Born to Die (1983/2016)
• Ca Ira (1976)
• Cantata Pacis (1970)
• Canticum
• Cantus (1989)
• Cantus et Ludus
• Caucasian Passacaglia (1967)
• Ceremonial Music (1967)
• Ceremony for Band (/2017)
• Chorale (1965)
• Chorale and Allegro (ed. Richardson) (/2016)
• Chorale and Allegro (/2017)
• Chorale Variations
• Christmas March (as arranger) (1988)
• Christmas in Poland (1983/2010)
• Chronos
• Concert Piece (1973)
• Concertante (1982)
• Concertato for Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, and Wind Ensemble (1995)
• Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band
• Concerto for Clarinet and 23 Wind and Percussion Instruments (/2017)
• Concerto for Euphonium and Band (1996/2015)
• Concerto for Horn (or Tuba)
• Concerto Grosso for Tubas and Band (1981)
• Cornerstone for a New Moon
• Corsican Litany (1976)
• Crusaders (1976)
• Czech Suite (1974/2005)
• Dance of the Dead Souls (1975)
• De Profundis
• Dialogues (1976/2015)
• Dialogues for Piano and Band (1976/2015)
• Divertimento for Band
• Dixie Parade (1974)
• Drake Suite
• Epitaph
• Espressivo
• Estampie (1966)
• Evening Song (1976/2012)
• Fanfares (as arranger) (1872/1976)
• Fantasia (as arranger) (1982)
• Festive Adorations (1988)
• Festivo (1968)
• Festivo (arr. Wagner) (1968/2008)
• Finale (1976)
• Five and a Half Songs
• French Suite (1982)
• Fugue to the Mountains (1975)
• Great is Thy Faithfulness (as arranger) (1983)
• Golden Concerto
• Hallelujah (1974)
• He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (as arranger) (1981)
• High Plains (1972)
• Holiday in Germany (1982)
• Hymn of Hope (1971)
• Introit (1972/2015)
• Jesu, Priceless Treasure (as arranger)
• La Dance des Fauves
• Lento for Band (/2000)
• Let There Be Peace on Earth
• Liturgy
• Lyrical March (1977)
• March in Counterpoint (1976)
• March to Nowhere (1976)
• Marcia Dorica (1969)
• Monolith
• Music for Six Trumpets (ed. Doughty) (1975/2006)
• Musical Offering (as arranger)
• Organum (1973)
• Original Suite
• Ostinato
• Overture for Band (1985)
• Parade (1976)
• Pentecost Concerto
• Praise to the Lord (1975)
• Prayer and Thanksgiving (1996)
• Prelude and Chorale (1996)
• Prelude and Fugue
• Prelude and Fugue (1966)
• Procession to the End of Time (1992)
• Processional (1976)
• Religioso (1976)
• Rhapsody in C
• Ritual (1979)
• Russian Chant and Dance (1974/2015)
• Sand-Silence-Solitude
• The Silence
• Sine Nomine
• Sinfonia Resurrectionis (1981)
• Songs of Praise (1983/1996)
• The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/1996)
• Suite Concertante (1967)
• Suite from Bohemia (1969)
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (as arranger) (1981)
• Symphonic Movement (1966)
• Symphonic Requiem (1965)
• Te Deum
• Three Pieces for Saxophone Quartet (1968)
• Three Revolutionary Marches (as arranger) (1848/1967)
• Toccata (as arranger)
• Toccata Feroce for Band and Piano (/2017)
• Toccata in D
• Toccata in D (flat)
• Toccata in E
• Trittico (1963/1965/1993)
• Trittico: Movement I (arr. Story) (1963/2011)
• Two Symphonic Movements (1970/2017)
• Valse Nostalgique (1976)
• Variants on a Czech Love Song
• Variations on "Es ist Genug"
• Yamaha Concerto (1971)
• Yugoslav Dance (1977)

Resources

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Vaclav Nelhybel." Accessed 17 April 2022.
• Nelhybel, V. [1970]. Two Symphonic Movements [score]. F. Colombo Pub.: [Rockville Centre, N.Y.]
• Simmons, Walter. "NELHYBEL: Sinfonia Resurrectionis..." Internet Archive, 20 April 2017. Web. Accessed 17 April 2022