Antiphonale
Subtitle: For Brass Sextet and Band
General Info
Year: 1972 / 2017
Duration: c. 9:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Star Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $131.61; (digital) - $131.61 | Score Only - $32.91
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Solo Trombone I-II-III
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (5 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbal
- Gong
- Snare Drum
- Tenor Drum
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Antiphonale is scored for brass sextet and band, somewhat along the lines of a concerto grosso. Like the Sinfonia, this piece from 1971 adds cluster harmony and other more novel techniques and gestures to the consonant, polyphonic chorales that form the basis of much of this composer’s music. But whatever material he adopts, Nelhybel always shapes a convincing dramatic trajectory, abstract though it may be.
- Program Note by Walter Simmons
Antiphonale for band is a monothematic work in which all material is derived from the motivic statement by the antiphonal solo trumpets in the second half of the composition. The work consists of two strongly contrasting sections:
The first section, predominantly slow, has the outline of an a-b-a form, yet structurally it has a continuous flow of thematic and textural elements, rather like a musical stream of consciousness revolving around a central subject. There is a constant tension and urgency, a search for a definitive formulation of an ever-present but not clearly defined musical thought. Of vital importance are tonal clusters resulting from a vertical “freezing up” of horizontal thematic elements.
The fast second section achieves the object of the search -- a strongly defined melodic theme. The antiphonal brass sextet, stating this theme, carries on a dialogue with the band’s commentaries upon the theme.
The two contrasting sections, representing seemingly unrelated styles, are welded together in logical sequence of search and discovery.
Antiphonale was commissioned by the North Hills High School Band, Pittsburgh; Warren S. Mercer, Jr., Director.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio CD: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (Vaclav Blahunek, conductor) - 2013
- Audio CD: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (Frederick Fennell, conductor) - 1997
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Central Washington University (Ellensburg) Wind Ensemble (Lewis Norfleet, conductor) – 17 February 2017 (2017 NAfME NW Conference)
- Musée d'Art harmonie (Tokyo, Japan) (Hiroyuki Nogami, conductor) - 6 June 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adagio and Allegro (1966)
- Aegean Modes (1974/1977)
- Agape
- Agitato e Marcia
- Agon (1984)
- Alaska Scherzo (1972/2015)
- Allegro con brio (/2017)
- America Sings: New England
- Amen (1979)
- Amen for Everyman
- Andante and Toccata (1966)
- Antiphonale (1972)
- Appassionato (1966)
- Ballad (1976)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger) (1980)
- Benny Havens
- Born to Die (1983/2016)
- Ca Ira (1976)
- Cantata Pacis (1970)
- Canticum
- Cantus (1989)
- Cantus et Ludus
- Caucasian Passacaglia (1967)
- Ceremonial Music (1967)
- Ceremony for Band (/2017)
- Chorale (1965)
- Chorale and Allegro (ed. Richardson) (/2016)
- Chorale and Allegro (/2017)
- Chorale Variations
- Christmas March (as arranger) (1988)
- Christmas in Poland (1983/2010)
- Chronos
- Concert Piece (1973)
- Concertante (1982)
- Concertato for Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, and Wind Ensemble (1995)
- Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band
- Concerto for Clarinet and 23 Wind and Percussion Instruments (/2017)
- Concerto for Euphonium and Band (1996/2015)
- Concerto for Horn (or Tuba)
- Concerto Grosso for Tubas and Band (1981)
- Cornerstone for a New Moon
- Corsican Litany (1976)
- Crusaders (1976)
- Czech Suite (1974/2005)
- Dance of the Dead Souls (1975)
- De Profundis
- Dialogues (1976/2015)
- Dialogues for Piano and Band (1976/2015)
- Divertimento for Band
- Dixie Parade (1974)
- Drake Suite
- Epitaph
- Espressivo
- Estampie (1966)
- Evening Song (1976/2012)
- Fanfares (as arranger) (1872/1976)
- Fantasia (as arranger) (1982)
- Festive Adorations (1988)
- Festivo (1968)
- Festivo (arr. Wagner) (1968/2008)
- Finale (1976)
- Five and a Half Songs
- French Suite (1982)
- Fugue to the Mountains (1975)
- Great is Thy Faithfulness (as arranger) (1983)
- Golden Concerto
- Hallelujah (1974)
- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (as arranger) (1981)
- High Plains (1972)
- Holiday in Germany (1982)
- Hymn of Hope (1971)
- Introit (1972/2015)
- Jesu, Priceless Treasure (as arranger)
- La Dance des Fauves
- Lento for Band (/2000)
- Let There Be Peace on Earth
- Liturgy
- Lyrical March (1977)
- March in Counterpoint (1976)
- March to Nowhere (1976)
- Marcia Dorica (1969)
- Monolith
- Music for Six Trumpets (ed. Doughty) (1975/2006)
- Musical Offering (as arranger)
- Organum (1973)
- Original Suite
- Ostinato
- Overture for Band (1985)
- Parade (1976)
- Pentecost Concerto
- Praise to the Lord (1975)
- Prayer and Thanksgiving (1996)
- Prelude and Chorale (1996)
- Prelude and Fugue
- Prelude and Fugue (1966)
- Procession to the End of Time (1992)
- Processional (1976)
- Religioso (1976)
- Rhapsody in C
- Ritual (1979)
- Russian Chant and Dance (1974/2015)
- Sand-Silence-Solitude
- The Silence
- Sine Nomine
- Sinfonia Resurrectionis (1981)
- Songs of Praise (1983/1996)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/1996)
- Suite Concertante (1967)
- Suite from Bohemia (1969)
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (as arranger) (1981)
- Symphonic Movement (1966)
- Symphonic Requiem (1965)
- Te Deum
- Three Pieces for Saxophone Quartet (1968)
- Three Revolutionary Marches (as arranger) (1848/1967)
- Toccata (as arranger)
- Toccata Feroce for Band and Piano (/2017)
- Toccata in D
- Toccata in D (flat)
- Toccata in E
- Trittico (1963/1965/1993)
- Trittico: Movement I (arr. Story) (1963/2011)
- Two Symphonic Movements (1970/2017)
- Valse Nostalgique (1976)
- Variants on a Czech Love Song (1973)
- Variations on "Es ist Genug"
- Yamaha Concerto (1971)
- Yugoslav Dance (1977)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Vaclav Nelhybel." Accessed 18 October 2015.
- Nelhybel, V. (1972). Antiphonale: For Brass Sextet and Band [score]. Belwin-Mills: Melville, N.Y.
- Walter Simmons, Walter Simmons website Archived 20 April 2017.