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Bachseits
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Subtitle: A fantasy in 3 movements for large wind band based on motives from the 'Ciaccona in D minor for Solo Violin' by J.S. Bach
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 11:45
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €222.00 | Score Only (print) - €45.00
Movements
1. Elegy
2. Intermezzo
3. Andante - Pomposo - Fugue and Finale
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Alto Flute
Solo Recorder
Alto Recorder
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Stert’s aim is to bridge a gap between modern wind music and European symphonic music with his compositions. The work Bachseits was composed as Hilgen Symphonic Wind Orchestra’s competition entry piece for the German Wind Orchestra Competition in the year 2012. The inspiration for the fantasy in three movements was taken from the Ciaccona in d minor for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach. With his work Bachseits, Stert wishes to “draw out all the colors of the wind orchestra”. Since its first performance, the piece has received great international recognition.
- Program Note by Landesblasorchester Baden-Württemberg
Awards
- Bachseits has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Wind Ensemble Du Nord (Japan) (Mamoru Nakata, conductor) – 7 March 2020
- University of Oregon (Eugene) Wind Ensemble (David M. Jacobs, conductor) – 4 December 2019
- California State University, Fullerton, Wind Symphony (Mitchell J. Fennell, conductor) - 13 February 2016 (2016 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
- Landesblasorchester Baden-Württemberg (Björn Bus, conductor) – 14 July 2015 - WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.
- Orchester Verein Hilgen (Burscheid, Germany) (Johannes Stert, conductor) – 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bachseits (2011)
- Ida, eine Traurige Humoreske
- Ida fährt Schlittschuh (2013)
- Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (as arranger) (c. 1748/2013)
- Tableaux Sonores (2014)
- Wer ist Elise? (2018)