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Hardy Mertens

Hardy Mertens

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Subtitle: Solo for Tuba and Flexible Ensemble

General Info

Year: 2018
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €72.00   |   Score Only (print) - €15.00

Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Solo Tuba
1st Chords C
2nd Chords C
High and Medium Drums
Low Drums

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Dedicated to Jean Xhonneux.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra (Hardy Mertens, conductor)
• Audio CD: Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra (Hardy Mertens, conductor) – 2018

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Banda Città di Fermo (Italy) (Hardy Mertens, conductor; Eros Sabbatani, tuba) – 6 August 2019 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Banshee (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• Chili Crab Rap (flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Doowyllob (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
• JulYassa (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
• Koel (Flex instrumentation) (2014)
• Kukeri (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• Marie Chérie (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Noizy Nite (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Pitri-Eins-Sechs-Null (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Saphir (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Sir Stamford (Flex instrumentation) (2018)
• Susanoodles (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
• The Three Tenors (Flex instrumentation) (2014)

All Wind Works

• Adagio (1999)
• All the Binge Bottles for the Beat-and-Blow-Job-Mob, the Nimble Naughty Thirsty Bunch on the Loose (2001)
• All the Mouth-Watering Meals for Flashing Flora, the Nimble Naughty Hungry Ghost on the Loose (2000)
• Aphrodite
• Armageddon
• Arnoldo
• Awareness (1988)
• Ballroom Bamboozles (1997)
• Bam-Bam (1991)
• Banshee (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• The Bridge (2017)
• Bryanna (2018)
• The Butterfly Lovers (2008)
• Cante Jondo (arr. Schyns) (1998)
• Cantico di Frate Sole
• Chili Crab Rap (flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Chucker - Out (2016)
• Chupito Ramiro (2017)
• Clarinet Concerto (2004)
• Da Pacem Domine
• Demon's Dance (2007)
• Deus ti salvet Maria (as arranger) (2005)
• Doowyllob (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
• Drenthe 2000 March (2000)
• Drie Ventielkes (1999)
• Eijkhagen College Jubilee March
• Festwies Polka (as arranger)
• Fiefoerniek (arr. Hendriks)
• Finale from Symphony No. 1 (as arranger) (1888/)
• Finale from the 3rd Symphony (as arranger) (1894-1896/1985)
• Fort Canning Park Birds (2010)
• Funkdrunk (2007)
• GiuliAnnalisa (2009)
• The Heavenly Flute Player and the Dragon Player
• Helmuth Rainer-Marsch (1986)
• Il Vento della Vita (2012)
• Impressioni di Sardegna (as arranger) (1996)
• In Memoriam Il Sorriso
• Iris
• Jazzica (2003)
• Jordons' Gum Chewers
• JulYassa (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
• Keyif (2013)
• Koel (Flex instrumentation) (2014)
• Kukeri (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• Kykládes (1995)
• L'Arco dell' Angelo (1998)
• La memoria delle pietre (2016)
• Lamento (arr. Schyns) (2004)
• Land of thousand flavours (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
• The Last Hamburger in Hungry Town (2002)
• Leonardus Rex
• Lest We Forget (arr. Schyns) (1994/1999)
• Louice and Blue Eyes (2002)
• Lourdes Maria (1999)
• Mariana (2017)
• Marie Chérie (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Milot le oelamin (2005)
• Negli occhi di Beatrice (2003)
• Noizy Nite (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Ollie Goes Bananas
• Once I Was a Dreamer (2001)
• Ostara (2003)
• Pegasus
• Philips Centennial March
• Pitri-Eins-Sechs-Null (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Poseidon (1995)
• Prayer (2001)
• Punch (2004)
• Pushing the Limits (1999)
• RamyRossy (Flex instrumentation) (2010)
• Requiem for a Future War (2018)
• Requiem for the Captive Condor
• Romantic Ceremony
• Romario
• Rose des sables (2008)
• Saphir (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Sara's Soul. See: Winanga-Li
• Serenate sulla Soglia del Paradiso (2005)
• Shanghai Sword Dance (2011)
• The Singapore Experience
• Sir Stamford (Flex instrumentation) (2018)
• Sjtub (2011)
• Soidade (as arranger) (2006)
• Su ballu 'e s'arza (2018)
• The Sun Behind My Tears (2003-2004)
  • Choral of Life (2003)
  • Choral of Love (2004)
• Susanoodles (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
• Symphony No. 1 (1981)
  • Rondo Skolion
• Symphony No. 2
  • Fear and Fury
  • Desire and Suffering
  • Hallucination
  • The Cry for Reunion
  • Carnival
• Symphony No. 9 (as arranger with Suykerbuyk) (1945/1986)
• Take a Walk (1996)
• Ten Romantic Moods (compiled Martinus) (1986-94/1997)
• The Three Storms (arr. Schyns) (1987/1999)
• The Three Tenors (Flex instrumentation) (2014)
• Troubled Sunflower (2017)
• U mundu drentu a ti (1998)
• Uaithne (2010)
• Uncle Noomes and Uncle Toomes (2002)
• Valarantea (2012)
• Variazioni Sinfoniche (2001)
• Vieni qui (2010)
• Viva "el litro"! (2008)
• Waltz for Violins (as arranger)
• Winanga-Li (2004)
  • Sara's Soul (2004/2007)
• Wind and Tree (as arranger) (1999)
• Wonders & Miracles City (2009)
• Xenia Sarda (1996)
• Zitterd
• Zodiac Limit for the Lion (1984)

Resources

• Hardy Mertens website Accessed 16 July 2020
• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Hardy Mertens." Accessed 16 July 2020
• Perusal score