Whisper to their Souls

Samuel Hazo

Samuel Hazo

Subtitle: Based on 'Greensleeves'

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00   |   Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
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
Bass Trombone
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Cymbal (suspended)
• Glockenspiel
• Tam-Tam
• Tubular Bells (Chimes)
• Vibraphone

Errata

• Cover of score uses "Soul" instead of "Souls."

Program Notes

Here is a unique and creative setting of the familiar tune Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) that opens with the melody scored softly for the woodwinds. The full ensemble contributes a series of harmonically rich phrases until the work reaches an emotional climax at the powerfully scored key change. While this is certainly effective as a holiday offering, it can be performed as a memorable tone poem any time of the year.

- Program note by publisher

Commissioned by the Eastside High School Bands of Covington, GA, and their director, D. Alan Fowler, in memory of his father, Thomas S. Fowler (1941-2004).

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Dallas Wind Symphony (Howard Dunn, conductor)

Media

Preview audio; ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Lincoln High School Symphonic Winds (Warren, Michigan) (Thomas A. Torrento, conductor) - 5 December 2017
• Lone Star Symphonic Band (Katy, Texas) (Bob Bryant, conductor) – 11 December 2016
• Washington and Lee University (Lexington, Va.) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Dobbins, conductor) – 3 November 2015
• Cuesta Wind Ensemble (Jennifer Martin, conductor) - 12 December 2012
• South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble (Keith W. Hodgson, conductor) - 12 December 2011
• San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor) - 11 December 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)

All Wind Works

• Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
• Alleluia (2012)
• Arabesque (2008/2009)
• Arrows (2014)
• As Winds Dance (2003)
• Autumn on White Lake (2010)
• Blessings
• Blue and Green Music (2011)
• Books With Blank Pages (2015)
• Bridges (2007)
• Chorus Angelorum (2009)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
• The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
• Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
• Diamond Fanfare (2006)
• Drums of the Saamis (2014)
• Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
• Echoes (2005)
• Enchanted Spaces (2012)
• Everything Beautiful (2015)
  • The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
• Exultate (2001/2003)
• Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
• For Heaven and the Future (2016)
• From Gold (2015)
• Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
  • Rivers (2002)
  • Ascend (2005)
• Glorificare (2013)
• ...Go (2008)
• Hennepin County Dawn. See: Minnesota Portraits
• In Flight (2000/2008)
• In Heaven's Air (2002)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
• Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
• Keltic Variations (2003)
• Minnesota Portraits (2008)
  • Hennepin County Dawn
  • Rest
  • Across the Halfpipe
• Mountain Thyme (2013)
• Novo Lenio (2002)
• Olympiada (1997/2002)
• Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
• Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
• Parkour (2011)
• Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
• Psalm 42 (2004)
• The Quest (2002)
• Rest. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ride (2002)
• Rising Star (2006)
• Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
• Rush (2006)
• Seconds Out (2013)
• Sevens (2005)
• Siorai September (2011)
• Sky Is Waiting (2006)
• Sòlas Ané (2006)
• Southern Hymn (2009)
• Stella Maris (2014)
• The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
• Their Blossoms Down (2002)
• Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
• To Be (2019)
• Today Is the Gift (2006)
• Voices of the Sky (2005)
• We Meet Again (2010)
• Whisper to their Souls (2008)
• A Zillion Nickels (2015)

Resources

• Hazo, Samuel R. (2008). Whisper to their souls [score]. Hal Leonard Corporation: Milwaukee, Wisc.