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Apollo (Pennington)
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General Info
Year: 1968
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Cost: Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Clarinet (Low Pitch)
Saxophones
Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion, including:
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Apollo is aleatoric ("chance") music. The aleatoric element depends on the players, not the composer or the conductor. In most cases, each player is free to choose the actual pitches he will play, and the moment he will play them, within the limitations imposed by his part and the conductor.
Except for the flute solo at (B), this work does not consist of melody and harmony, but a series of "sound events." The task of the conductor is to shape and control these events into a coordinated and unified whole. Therefore, conducting consists mainly of marking each "measure" with a downbeat and making an appropriate transition to the next one, besides cuing and controlling of dynamics.
-Program Note from score
John Pennington’s Apollo (1968) is one of the first aleatoric (chance music) works written for band. It consists of a series of “sound events” that are solely determined by the musicians. The conductor’s role is to mold and form the events and to assist in the transitions.
-Program Note by The Concord Band concert program, 8 March 2014
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of New Hampshire (Durham) Wind Symphony (Trevor Frost, conductor) - 19 November 2020
- The Concord (Mass.) Band (James O'Dell, conductor) - 8 March 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
Resources
- Pennington, J. (1971). Apollo: Aleatoric Piece for Band [score]. G. Schirmer: New York, N.Y.
- John Pennington website Accessed 29 May 2023
- Concord Band Program Notes, Winter 2014