Blessed Are They (Barrett)

Roland Barrett

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00; (digital) - $72.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Cowbell
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tenor Drum
Timbales
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This well-crafted selection is a theme and fantasy variations treatment of the traditional Christian church hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. The lyrics by the British pastor Robert Robinson (1735-1790) were set to an American folk tune known as Nettleton. The "dreamlike" opening episode begins with an unaccompanied percussion section soli that gradually introduces solo instruments. Several varied musical episodes develop hymn fragments and original material culminating in a stately chorale treatment initially played by the brass choir. A joyous coda closes the work.

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

All Through the Night (as arranger) (2013)
American Salute (1997)
Ancient Visions (2003)
And So He Also Loves the Bow (2019)
And in the End It Was Earth (2012)
The Andromeda Connection (2012)
Appalachian Dreams (2015)
Arabian Dances (2008)
At the Edge of Chaos (2013)
Australiana (2016)
Autumn Sketches (1996)
Believe (as arranger) (2009/2010)
Blessed Are They (2019)
Burn (2014)
Capricorn Moon (2006)
Centavo (1995)
Chants Long Forgotten (1998)
Chasing Orion (2010)
Cheyenne (2004)
Children of a Different Sun (2017)
A Christmas Fantasy (as arranger) (2010)
A Christmas Montage (as arranger) (2007)
Cimarron Sketches (1994)
Cimarron Sunset (2004)
Clockwork (1993)
Convergence (2006)
Courtland Hills (1994)
Desert Voices (2008)
Dramatic Sessions
Dreams and Proclamations (2007)
Dream Variants (2012)
Fanfare and Dance Segments
Fanfare And Jubilation (2007)
Fanfare and Modal Apparitions (2018)
Fanfare Nobilise (2021)
Festival Sinfonia (1999)
Fiesta! (2003)
Final Impact (2009)
Fireburst Fanfare (2008)
Firefall (2006)
Flight of the Banshee (2009)
The Fourth Angel (1999)
Ghost Dances (2010)
Ghost Riders (2007)
Golden Eagle (2002)
Guardians of the Canyon (2010)
I Was Born for This (as arranger) (2012/2013)
In the Realm of Kings (2014)
The Jaws of Fenris (2016)
Just the Way You Are (as arranger) (2010/2011)
The Legend of El Muerto (2017)
The Legend of Killarney (2014)
Lennon (as arranger) (2013)
Let it Rock (2009)
The Lightning Spirit (2005)
Ludlow (2014)
Medal of Freedom (2013)
Month of the Cold Moon (2008)
New Dawn (2005)
Ode to Joy (as arranger) (1824/1965/1995)
Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (1995)
Of Men and the Sea (2004)
Of Wizards and Warriors (2005)
On The Wings Of The Chosen (1992)
Paint it Black (as arranger) (1966/2014)
Prelude and Firestorm (2014)
Prelude and Passages (2018)
Racing the Sun (2011)
Riders On The Southern Front (1998)
Ritual Images (2012)
Rituals (2008)
Roswell, 1947 (2004)
Sahara (2005)
Samba de Soleil (2014)
Scirocco (2012)
Sentinels (2006)
The Seventh Resolution (2015)
Silent Stands the Elm (2010)
Soar The Untamed Spirit (1998)
Song Of Freedom (2002)
Structures (2011)
The Summoning (2020)
Sunchasers (2005)
Sunrise Song (2001)
Symphonic Journey No. 1 (1993)
Tangents Angulár (2009)
They Stood At The Edge Of The Sky (2001)
They Walked in the Valley of Fire (2016)
The Third Vortex (2000)
Tick Tock (as arranger) (2011)
Variations On A March Tune (2000)
Ventures (1993)
A Winter Memory (1999)
A Yuletide Holiday (as arranger) (2016)
A Yuletide Memory (2009)
Zombie Dreams (2013)
Zydeco Cajun Crawdad Dance (2013)

Resources

"New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist 74.3 (October 2019): 60. Print
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