Audivi Media Nocte
General Info
Year: 2011 / 2013
Duration: c. 19:55
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Brass Band
Publisher: Beriato Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €315.00 | Score Only (print) - €78.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Chimes
- Cowbell
- Crash Cymbals
- Drumset
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Tom (concert)
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Audivi Media Nocte (I heard at midnight) is based on the eponymous motet by Thomas Tallis from the 16th Century – a work that holds great fascination for Oliver Waespi. During the process of composition, various chord sequences and rhythmical structures emerged that led the work in the direction of a musical drama, with elements of a concerto grosso and solos for different soloists.
-Program Note from publisher
Written as a loose arch form in five parts, Audivi Media Nocte is a musical narrative that continually fluctuates between prayerful and raving moods, comtemplative and frivolos atmospheres, and the past and the present. These important dialectics are central to understanding and performing this work.
- Program Note from Teaching Music through Performance in Band
Award
- National Band Association William D. Revelli Award 2013, winner
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Texas Christian University (Ft. Worth) Wind Symphony (Bobby Francis, conductor) - 18 March 2021
- La Armónica de Buñol (Spain) (José Tello Espert, conductor) – 12 July 2019 - WASBE Conference (Buñol, Spain)
- La Armónica de Buñol (Spain) (José Tello Espert, conductor) – 12 July 2019 - WASBE Conference (Buñol, Spain)
- Texas A&M University Kingsville Wind Symphony (Scott Jones, conductor) – 14 February 2019 (2019 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- University of South Florida (Tampa) Wind Ensemble (John Carmichael, conductor) – 19 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southern Division Conference, Charleston, S.C.)
- Hodgson Winds (University of Georgia, Athens) (Cynthia Johnston-Turner, conductor) – 12 November 2015
- University of Illinois (Champaign) Wind Symphony (Linda Moorhouse, conductor) - 28 March 2015 (2015 CBDNA National Conference, Nashville)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Audivi Media Nocte (2011/2013)
- Berglicht (2008)
- Canzun (2008)
- Divertimento (Waespi) (2011)
- Eastbound (2019/2020)
- Fanfare and Funk (2006)
- Il Cantico (2005)
- Out of Earth (2015)
- Silberen (2019)
- Skies (2000)
- Suite for Wind Orchestra (1998)
- Temples (2006)
- Traversada (2013/2015)
Resources
- "AUDIVI MEDIA NOCTE by Oliver Waespi (Switzerland)." WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 7 October 2019). Accessed 19 January 2023
- Oliver Waespi website Accessed 16 July 2023
- Tan, Leonard. "Audivi Media Nocte." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 697-705. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.