U Trau

Christopher Marshall

Subtitle: A Song for Choir and Two Wind Bands

General Info

Year: 2003 / 2006
Duration: c. 9:50
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Vaia'ata Print
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $150.00

Instrumentation

Two wind ensembles, each with the following instrumentation:

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass 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
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Band I Percussion I-II:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Maracas
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Tambourine
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes (metal)

Band II Percussion I-II:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Maracas
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes (metal)

SSSAATB Chorus

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

U Trau (The Dream) was commissioned by AMIS – The Association for Music in International Schools. The text is secular and international in character. It is in Niuspi, a language created by the composer with a vocabulary derived mainly from Indo-European languages and with a grammar which in some aspects resembles Chinese.

The composer uses a Romantic setting of the text to contemplate an ideal future world.

The Dream
I had a dream….
I dreamt that the earth was a garden full of flowers of every colour.
I dreamt that the earth was one nation and all humanity its citizens.
I dreamt that humankind was a family, and all people brothers and sisters;

and that men and women were seen as equal, like the two wings of a bird.

- Program Note from publisher

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Philharmonic Winds, Singapore (Timothy Reynish, conductor) - 2020

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Philharmonic Winds of Singapore (Timothy Reynish, conductor) - 2008
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Wind Ensemble (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor) - 2007
AMIS International Honor Band and Choir (Leiden, Netherlands) (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor) – 20 March 2004 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Alafaya (2019)
- Transcending (2019)
The Audacity of Hope (2008)
Aue! (2001)
An Emily Dickinson Suite (2009)
For What Is Lost. See: Renascence
L'homme armé (2003)
Light (2010)
The Lost (2022)
Méndez (2015)
Okaoka (2005)
Pulse (2020)
Renascence (2007/2016)
- For What Is Lost (2016)
Resonance (2006)
Rondorlando (2007)
Rust Belt (2017)
Song of Hope (2020)
Thenody (2021)
U Trau (2004)

Resources

Christopher Marshall, personal correspondence, July 2021
Christopher Marshall website Accessed 6 July 2021
Marshall, C. (2009). U Trau : For SSAATB Chorus and Two Wind Bands or Piano [score]. ECS Pub.: Boston, Mass.