Winter's Tale, A

From Wind Repertory Project
Philip Sparke

Philip Sparke


General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Anglo Music, through Music Shop Europe
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €121.49   |   Score Only (print) - €23.36


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat 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
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Glockenspiel
  • Mark Chimes
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tubular Bells
  • Vibraphone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

A Winter’s Tale was commissioned by the Western Plains Wind Consortium, Daniel Baldwin, Founder and Director. The first performance took place on December 1, 2009 at the OPSU Centennial Theatre in Goodwell, Oklahoma, by the Oklahoma Panhandle State University Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. Matthew C. Saunders.

The commission requested a ‘winter’ piece without connotations of Christmas or other seasonal religious festivals, and the composer has sought to describe a winter scene deep in the countryside. The work opens with sustained woodwind chords, coloured by bells, under which a solo alto saxophone sings a solitary dawn song. A brief climax for full band introduces the work’s main theme, with muted colours describing fields and forests deep in snow. Once again the full band takes up the theme until distant sleigh bells herald the arrival of a horse-drawn ‘troika’. This soon passes and a quiet moment reintroduces the main theme which leads to a repeat of the introduction to close the work.

-Program Note by composer


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