Catharine’s Song

From Wind Repertory Project
Thomas Geerts

Thomas Geerts


Subtitle: Fourth Movement from Welcome to Halloween


General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Molenaar Edition
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €65.40   |   Score Only (print) - €13.08


Instrumentation (Flexible)

Full Score
Part 1

  • Piccolo
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • E-flat Soprano Saxophone
  • E-flat Soprano Clarinet
  • E-flat Cornet

Part 2

  • B-flat Soprano Clarinet
  • B-flat Flugelhorn I

Part 3

  • B-flat Soprano Clarinet
  • B-flat Flugelhorn II

Part 4

  • B-flat Trumpet I

Part 5

  • B-flat Trumpet II

Part 6

  • E-flat Alto Saxophone
  • Horn in F I

Part 7

  • B-flat Tenor Saxophone
  • Horn in F II
  • Trombone I
  • Euphonium

Part 8

  • Bassoon
  • B-flat Bass Clarinet
  • E-flat Baritone Saxophone
  • Trombone II
  • Euphonium
  • Tuba

Timpani
Percussion

  • Glockenspiel
  • Drum Set
  • Shaker

Vocal


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Welcome to Halloween is a musical theatre piece that consists of five pieces of music and a script that guarantees an exciting performance with your advanced student, or training band. The script for Welcome to Halloween was written by Fiona van Heemstra and Nynke Doets, and the music was composed by Thomas Geerts. The story begins a short introduction about what Halloween is. Eventually the script can be filled in with local events, places and facts that can makes the public feel it was really written for the band.

At the end of the theatre piece, everything is all right again with Catharine’s Song, a song that ensures that all the exciting things that have occurred during the concert have come to a happy end.

But be warned. With an over enthusiastic conductor the evening can descend in chaos, and the band members can enter the spirit world….

- Program Note from publisher


Performance Notes

All music pieces have been orchestrated in eight parts with at least four percussionists as well. To perform, you require not only a band but also a narrator, an actor and a singer (male or female), a conductor, and band members who, aside from playing music also, have an affinity with drama.


Media


State Ratings

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