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Bringer of War
Subtitle: After Holst
Contents
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Tam-Tam
- Tom-Tom
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Inspired by the masterful work The Planets by Gustav Holst, this original piece pays homage to the dramatic first movement. Using only six notes in all instruments, the music has the powerfully ominous quality of Mars that has enthralled generations of listeners with bold, majestic melodies and rhythmic ostinato.
- Program Note by publisher
Commissioned by the Elementary Schools of Fox Chapel Area School District (Penn.) and inspired by Gustav Holst’s amazing orchestral work The Planets, this original work pays homage to the first movement of the suite. Mars, The Bringer of War, opening with a two-measure ostinato, begins to evolve as various sections add layers of sound. Following the basic form of Holst’s masterpiece, the introduction becomes very powerful before moving into a softer and more lyrical section, with the ostinato staying present. The height of the piece is reached as the full brass and low woodwinds perform the menacing theme underneath the continuing ostinato in the high woodwinds. The work ends as the ostinato is broken and the music slows down dramatically, echoing the ending of the original.
- Program Note by Rich Pauch for the Wheaton Municipal Band concert program, 21 December 2017
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Wheaton (Ill.) Municipal Band (Bruce Moss, conductor) - 21 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- African Journey (2001)
- Always United, Forever Strong (2013)
- American Big Top (2018)
- Among the Clouds (2004)
- Apollo (2008)
- Arabian Dances (2009)
- The Awakening
- Backstage Pass (2015)
- Beyond the Summit (2004)
- Blue Ridge Reel (2013)
- Bright Morning Stars
- Bringer of War (2017)
- Call of the Wild (2013)
- Camptown Variations
- Chant and Savage Dance
- Chesapeake Serenade
- Comet Ride
- Conquest
- Courtly Dance and Procession
- Dragonfly
- Eagles Among Us (2017)
- Elements (2010)
- Enchantment (2014)
- Endless Rainbows (2013)
- Escapades
- Etowah
- Evocatio (2014)
- Falcon Fanfare (2012)
- Fanfare Canzonique (2003)
- Fanfare on a Theme of Imagination (2015)
- A Festive Fanfare (2017)
- Fiesta de los Toros (2017)
- Flight
- Flight of the Griffin
- Forever... (2014)
- Fusion (2007)
- Gettysburg (A Civil War Portrait)
- Grace (2016)
- Groove Music (2013)
- Haunted Clocks (2014)
- A Hero's Destiny
- Homage to Bharat (2018)
- A House Divided (2013)
- Hypnotic Fireflies (2013)
- Images of Ireland
- Incantation and Ritual
- In Nature's Glory
- Industrial Loops (2017)
- Infinite Hope (2018)
- Instant Christmas Spirit
- Into the Arctic (2015)
- Invictus
- Jingle Bell Tones
- Journey By Night
- Journey for a Soldier (2010)
- Joy in All Things (2012)
- Joy of Life (2015)
- Jungle Dance (2011)
- Kilauea (The Volcano's Fury)
- Kindred Spirits (2009)
- Legacy (Processional for Band)
- Legend
- Legend of the Drop Bear (2016)
- A Light at the End of Forever (2016)
- Loudoun Praises
- Lullaby to the Moon (2017)
- Majestica
- Marche Diabolique (2014)
- Metal (2013)
- Metamorphic Dances (2019)
- Midnight on Main Street (2009)
- Midnight Suite
- Miramar Fanfare
- Moscow, 1941 (2006)
- Motion (2006)
- Nevermore (2011)
- Not Afraid to Dream (2006)
- O Mio Babbino Caro
- Of Emperors and Chariots
- Olympia
- Open Space (2014)
- Parade of the Jesters
- Pele (2004)
- Phasing Thunder (2014)
- Primal Dances (2018)
- Proclamation
- Proudly We Hail
- Raging Machines
- Rain (2008)
- Renaissance Reimagined (2017)
- Reverberations (2009)
- Rhythms and Riffs
- Rippling Watercolors (2015)
- Rite of Passage (2000)
- Rocky Mountain Romp
- Sapier's Story
- Shadow Waltzes (2016)
- Shadows Unleashed (2013)
- Shenandoah Triptych
- Shrine of the Fallen (2016)
- Silence Overwhelmed (2010)
- Smithsonian Suite
- A Solitary Wish (2017/2018)
- Sound Prisms (2002)
- Sparks (2007)
- Spirit of the Stallion (2016)
- Spontaneous Beings (2017)
- Star Above, Shine Brightly (2001)
- Star-Spangled Banner, The (arr Balmages) (as arranger) (1814/2014)
- Starscapes (2007)
- Summer Dances (2000)
- Summer Resounding!
- Summit City
- Sun Cycles (2012)
- Swirling Prisms
- Symphonic Episodes
- Symphony No. 1 for Brass
- Synthesis (2016)
- Temple of the Murals (2011)
- That Which Binds Us (2015)
- Three Celtic Dances (2008)
- Through Courageous Eyes
- Trust in Angels (2017)
- Twittering Machine (2017)
- A View of the World
- Waves
- When Spirits Soar (2006)
- Whispering Winds
- Winged Victory (2007)
- Winter Dances
- Within the Castle Walls (2012)
