Variations on an Advent Hymn
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Subtitle: Brass Choir
General Info
Year: 1962 / 1973
Duration: c. 8:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Avant Music, through Western International Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00
Movements
1. Theme and Variation I
2. Variation II
3. Variation III
4. Variation IB
Instrumentation
Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-VI
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
It stands as a sequel to the Liturgical Symphony in that the thematic material was drawn from early church music. The plainsong melody, Veni Emmanuel in the Dorian mode, serves as the theme upon which the four variations are based. After this melody is presented by the horns, Variation I reveals a cantus firmus treatment of thematic fragments punctuated by rhythmic episodes. This leads directly into a slow section featuring a trumpet solo in a melody derived from the inversion of the pitches of the theme set in a bi-tonal harmonic framework. Variation III features a virtuosic tuba solo in further development of the theme, in intricate rhythms and shifting meters. A passacaglia introduces the final variation in which the texture undergoes gradual complexity in preparation for the climactic statement of the theme by the horns.
- Program Note from liner notes for Crystal Records CD Philharmonic Brass
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Los Angeles Philharmonic Brass Ensemble (Lester Remsen, conductor) - 2008
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: 090 - LARGE BRASS ENSEMBLES
- Ohio: 575 - BRASS CHOIR A
Performances
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- Hope College (Holland, Mich.) Wind Ensemble (Gabe Southard, conductor) - 31 October 2020
- East Tennessee State University (Johnson City) Wind Ensemble (Christian Zembower, conductor) - 19 November 2019
- Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, Tx.) Brass Choir (Fisher Tull, conductor) – 1962 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Accolade (1978)
- Antiphon (1970)
- The Binding (1981/1984)
- Centennial Vista (1991)
- Ceremonial Proclamation (1983)
- Chant of the Phoenix (1984)
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble
- Concerto Grosso for Brass Quintet and Symphonic Band (1985)
- Credo (1974)
- Cryptic Essay (1975)
- Fanfare for Band and Antiphonal Brass (1982)
- The Final Covenant (1979)
- Introit (1983)
- Jargon (1976/1980)
- March for Tripod (1973)
- Nonet (1981)
- A Passing Fantasy (1992)
- Prelude and Double Fugue (1978)
- Reflections on Paris (1973)
- Requiem (1987)
- Rhapsody (1980)
- Saga of the Clouds
- Second Concerto for Trumpet (1972/1974)
- Sketches on a Tudor Psalm (1972)
- Studies in Motion (1975)
- Terpsichore (1969)
- Toccata (1969)
- Two Pieces from Lt. Kije (as arranger) (1934/1971)
- Variations on an Advent Hymn (1962/1973)
Resources
- Fisher Tull website Accessed 29 October 2020
- Tull, F. (1973). Variations on an Advent Hymn : Brass Choir [score]. Avant Music: Los Angeles.
- "Variations on an Advent Hymn for brass choir and percussion by Fisher Tull." Gulf Wind Music Press. Web. Accessed 29 October 2020