Chorale and Toccata (Jager)
General Info
Year: 1967 / 1971
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Movements
1. Chorale – 3:10
2. Toccata – 5:15
Instrumentation
Condensed Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto 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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Temple Blocks (5)
- Timbales (4)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned by the Region II, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association for their 1967 Spring Band Festival - Wililam Mills, host. The premiere was by Paul Dunlap, then conductor of the Penn State Blue Band.
The two movements are unified by the modal chorale theme, which is first presented by the clarinets. The theme is transformed as it moves through the chorale section and later makes a final appearance in the toccata in combination with the toccata theme. The harmonic structure throughout is essentially quartal rather than triadic.
- Program Note from liner notes of Mark CD Testament: The Music of Robert Jager
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds (Ron Hufstader, conductor) - 2014
- Audio CD: University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds (Ron Hufstader, conductor)
State Ratings
- Georgia: V
- Michigan: Senior High B
- Tennessee: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Apocalypse (1972)
- Appalachian Carol Festival (1983)
- Blithe Bells (as arranger) (1989)
- Bold Venture (1990)
- Carpathian Sketches (1978)
- Cliff Island Suite (1990)
- Chorale and Toccata (1967/1971)
- Colonial Airs and Dances (1987)
- A Commemorative Suite (1987)
- Concert in the Park (2004)
- Concerto for Band (1981)
- Concerto for Bass Tuba and Concert Band (1981)
- Concerto for Euphonium and Band (1985)
- Concerto for Percussion and Band (1984)
- Concerto No. 2 for Alto Saxophone (1977)
- Courage to Serve March (1971)
- Diamond Variations (1968)
- Eagle Rock Overture (1986)
- Epilogue: "Lest We Forget" (1992)
- Esprit de Corps (1984)
- Eternal Vigilance (2008)
- First Suite for Band (1995)
- Hebraic Rhapsody (2000)
- Heroic Saga (1986)
- Highland Fling (2005)
- In Sunshine and Shadows (2004)
- Japanese Prints (1976)
- Joan of Arc (2008)
- Jubilate (1978)
- The Last Full Measure of Devotion (1995)
- Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire (1997/2013)
- Litany (1981)
- Lord, Guard and Guide (1993)
- March Dramatic (1967/1996)
- March of the Dragonmasters (1984)
- Meditations on an Old Scottish Hymn Tune (1993)
- Mystic Chords of Memory (1999/2001)
- Old Time Spirit (1986/1997)
- Pastorale and Country Dance (1979)
- Potomac Festival Overture (1990)
- Preamble (1975)
- Prelude: Concert Liberte (1976)
- Prelude on an Old Southern Hymn (1983)
- A Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire. See: Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire
- Second Suite (1965)
- Shivaree (1976)
- Sinfonia Hungarica (1998)
- Sinfonia Noblissima (1965)
- Sinfonietta (1973)
- Stars and Bars (1965)
- Suite from "Edvard Munch" (1967/1996)
- Symphony for Band (1965)
- Symphony No. 2 (1976)
- Symphony No. 3 (2003/2018)
- Tableau (1982)
- The Tennessean March (1968)
- Testament (1988)
- Third Suite (1966)
- Three Chinese Miniatures (1993)
- To Music (2003)
- The Tour de Force March (1970)
- Triumph and Tradition (1985)
- Uncommon Valor March (1991)
- Under the Big Top (1987)
- Variants on the Air Force Hymn (2000)
- Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann (1968)
- The Wall (1993)
- The World Turned Upside Down (1983)
Resources
- Jager, R. (1971). Chorale and Toccata [by] Robert Jager [score]. Elkan-Vogel: Bryn Mawr, Penn.
- Robert Jager website Accessed 25 May 2021