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Xerxes (Van Riel)
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 3:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Molenaar Edition
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €98.10 | Score Only (print) - €19.62
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Piano (optional)
Timpani (extended low range required (low C2))
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Field Drum
- Shaker
- Shekere
- Suspended Cymbals (2)
- Tam-tam
- Tom-toms (4)
Cello (optional)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Composer Ron van Riel was inspired by Wilhelm von Kaulbach’s painting Die Seeschlacht bei Salamis (The Battle of Salamis). It portrays the naval battle at Salamis, where the Persian King Xerxes lost decisively against the vastly outnumbered Greeks. Thousands of ships battled each other, and chaos reigned. Or at least so it seemed, because the ability to deceive and trick their enemies flowed through the veins of both the Greeks and the Persians.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Banda Sinfónica da Polícia de Segurança Pública (José Manuel Ferreira Brito, conductor)
- Audio CD: Banda Sinfónica da Polícia de Segurança Pública (José Manuel Ferreira Brito, conductor) – 2019
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Harmonie "St.Agnes" Bunde (Jacques Claessens, conductor) – 22 April 2018 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Prince Maurice (2020)
- Solidarity in Gold (2015)
- Xerxes (2019)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Ron van Riel website Accessed 28 July 2021