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Subtitle: A Rhapsody for Piano & Wind Symphony
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 20:10
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Oboe
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
English Horn
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Acadia was commissioned by the Sanford Performing Arts Center to commemorate the theater’s opening, as well as the acquisition of its Steinway Model D concert grand piano, said SPAC director Brett Williams.
The roots of the piece are in Acadia National Park, not far from where Gold was working as a music supervisor in the Ellsworth school system in the mid-1950s. It was his first foray into Maine, and he became friendly with Shirley Povich and his wife Helen, who owned a local variety store. When Morton and his fiancée Esther married, Helen Povich gifted them with a painting featuring Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park.
“I became inspired by that vision,” said Gold on Wednesday.
- Program Note from Journal Tribune [Biddleford, Maine]
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Strafford Wind Symphony (Sanford, Me.) (Bruce Gatchell, conductor; Morton Gold, piano) – 25 May 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Acadia (2019)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Symphony
- Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Symphony
- Concerto for Oboe and Wind Symphony
- Concerto for Trombone (Euphonium) and Wind Symphony
- Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon
- Prayer (Hashkiveynu) for Wind Symphony
- Remembrances
- Solo for Tuba
- Suite for Trumpet and Wind Symphony
- Toccata for Wind Symphony
- Tribute to the Guard
- Trio No. 1
- Trio No. 2
- We Kindle These Lights
- Yom Kippur Suite for Woodwind Quintet
Resources
- Morton Gold, personal correspondence
- "SPAC prepares for world-premiere musical event." Seacoastonline.com. 16 May 2019. Web. Accessed 1 June 2019
- Wells, Tammy. "Gold’s new work showcases Sanford’s Memorial Weekend concert." Journal Tribune [Biddleford, Maine. 16 May 2019. Web.] Accessed 1 June 1019