Alleluia

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Samuel Hazo

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $125.00 | Score Only - $15.00

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crotales
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Alleluia was commissioned by Thomas Evans, conductor of the award-winning Kalamazoo Concert Band. The composition is a convergence of hauntingly emotive themes, culminating in breathtaking crescendos and resolutions. Samuel Hazo always aspired to compose a piece that would express his gratitude for the musical gifts and camaraderie God has bestowed upon him. Hazo has remarked on the abundant warmth of the band's personnel: their congruent personalities were a perfect match for the work's world premiere, and Samuel remains most appreciative of having been given the chance to speak his heart, through music.

On a technical note, measures 50-58 are a quote from Samuel Hazo’s oboe/cello concerto, Blessings, written for the three children with which he and his wife have been blessed.

- Program Note by Virginia Wind Symphony concert program, 12 December 2012

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Virginia Wind Symphony (Dennis J. Zeisler, conductor)

State Ratings

Alabama: Band Class A

Performances

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Dordt University (Sioux Center, Iowa) Campus-Community Band (Allegra Fisher, conductor) - 7 May 2022
Interlochen Center for the Arts (Michigan) Adult Band Camp (Thomas Riccobono, conductor) 12 August 2018
Virginia Wind Symphony (Hampton Roads) (Dennis J. Ziesler, conductor) – 21 December 2012 (2012 Midwest Clinic)

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, S (2012). Alleluia [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.
Perusal score