Chorale from "Concord"
Clare Grundman (arr. Robert Longfield)
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Subtitle: Based on America by William Billings
General Info
Year: 1988 / 2018
Duration: c. 1:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
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
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A true band masterwork, Clare Grundman's Concord has become a staple in the wind band repertoire. The middle section of this work is a beautiful chorale based on the early hymn America by William Billings. Adapted here as a stand-alone piece for younger bands, this is a stunning example of lyric writing and glorious instrumental harmonies.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by The United States Marine Band and premiered in 1987, Clare Grundman’s Concord has remained a staple in the wind band repertoire. The work uses many of the hymn tunes of the revolutionary-era composer William Billings. Taken from the middle section of this work, Chorale from "Concord" allows Grundman’s stunning setting of the Billings hymn, America, to stand alone as a significant work for young bands.
Come, let us sing unto the Lord,
And praise His name with one accord.
In this design one chorus raise,
From east to west His praise proclaim,
From pole to pole extol His fame,
The skies shall echo back His praise.
- Program Note from Colleyville Middle School Honors Band concert program, 19 December 2018
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Colleyville (Tex.) Middle School Honors Band (Paul Schmidt, conductor) - 19 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)
- Amador Valley High School (Pleasanton, Calif.) Wind Ensemble II (Jonathan Grantham, conductor) – Fall 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)
All Wind Works
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 1 (1948)
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 2. See: Second American Folk Rhapsody
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 (1970)
- American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 (1977)
- A Bernstein Tribute (as arranger) (1991)
- The Black Knight (1956)
- The Blue and the Gray (1961)
- The Blue and the Gray (arr. Longfield) (1961/2013)
- The Blue-Tail Fly (1951)
- Burlesque for Band (1967)
- Caprice for Clarinets (1961)
- Chessboard Suite (1964)
- Chorale from "Concord" (arr. Longfield) (1988/2018)
- Concord (1987)
- Concertante for Alto Sax and Band (1973)
- A Copland Portrait (as adapter) (1986)
- A Copland Tribute (as arranger) (1986)
- Joy to the World (as arranger) (1970)
- An English Christmas (1982)
- English Suite (1968)
- Fantasy on American Sailing Songs (1952)
- Fantasy on English Hunting Songs (1985)
- Flutation (1961)
- The Green Domino (1951)
- Hebrides Suite (1962)
- An Irish Rhapsody (1971)
- Japanese Rhapsody (1969)
- Kentucky 1800 (1954/1987)
- Kentucky 1800 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1954/2006/2017)
- Little English Suite (1968)
- Little Suite for Band (1957)
- March Processional (1950)
- A Medieval Story (1966)
- Music for a Carnival (1957)
- Nocturne for Harp and Band (1975)
- Quiet Christmas (1959)
- A Scottish Rhapsody (1981)
- Second American Folk Rhapsody (1959)
- Señor, Señor (1963) (as Carlos Guermo)
- Slava! (as transcriber) (1977/1978)
- A Somerset Rhapsody (as transcriber) (1906/1927/1980)
- Spirit of '76 (1964)
- Three Sketches for Winds (1969)
- Two Moods (1947)
- Tuba Rhapsody
- A Welsh Rhapsody (1968)
- Western Dance (1968)