Concerto for Percussion (Bourgeois)

Derek Bourgeois

Derek Bourgeois (trans. by composer)

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This work bears the designation Opus 143b.

General Info

Year: 1995 / 2004
Duration: c. 21:25
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Solo percussion with brass band
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €203.00   |   Score Only (print) - €41.00

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Movements

1. Allegro brioso – 8:40
2. Adagio molto e espressivo – 6:40
3. Allegro molto vivace – 6:05

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Percussion
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon (div. a2)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tam-tam
• Tambourine
• Temple Blocks (6)

Soloist requires:

• Bongos (2)
• Conga
• Marimba (5.0 octaves (optional 4.5 octaves))
• Rototoms (7)
• Snare Drum (piccolo)
• Tam-tams (4)
• Tom-toms (3)
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

For Evelyn Glennie.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) (Movement 1)
• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) (Movement 2)
• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) (Movement 3)
• Audio CD: Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (François de Ridder, conductor) – 2007

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Bürgerkapelle Brixen (Italy) (Hans Pircher, conductor; Tobias Gasser, Fabian Huber and Matthias Unterhofer, percussion) – 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)

All Wind Works

• 2001 - A Wind Odyssey (2000)
• Band Land
• Biffo's March
• Brass Quintet No. 2 (1972/2015)
• Bridges Over the River Cam
• Calypso (1980/1985)
• Cancion de Cuevas
• Concert Pels Obradors de Cas Concos
• Concert Prelude for Euphonium and Band
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band (2003)
• Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band (2006)
• Concerto for Brass Sextet and Concert Band
• Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra (2009)
• Concerto for Percussion (1995/2004)
• Concerto for Piano and Wind Band (2012)
• Concerto for Three Trombones (1977/2004)
• Concerto for Three Trombones & Percussion
• Concerto for Trombone and Concert Band (1989)
• Concerto Grosso (1980/2005)
• Contrasts for E flat Clarinet and Tuba (2013)
• A Cotswold Symphony (1988/2000)
• Crazy
• Diversions
• Double Brass Quintet (2007)
• Double Concerto for Trumpet, Bass Trombone and Band (2003)
• Fanfare Sounds (as arranger) (2017)
• Fantasy Triptych
• Felanitx Fandango
• Felantx Fantasy
• Felanitx Fiestas (2006)
• Fribourg - The Old City
• Funfair
• Galaxy (2015)
• Green Dragon
• HAFABRA Fanfare (2013)
• HAFABRA Overture (2002)
• Happy and Glorious Concert March
• Lliria Celebration
• Mallorca (2003)
• Metro Gnome (1997/2001)
• Molesworth's Melody (2001)
• Northern Lament
• Oboe Dream Dance (2013)
• Osteoblast (2005)
• Perchance to Dream
• Piccolo Picante (2005)
• Rainbow Overture (2015)
• Renaissance Revisited (2015)
• Repic de Pascua
• Rhythm With a Smile (2017)
• Roller Coaster
• Romance for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra (1991)
• Rondo Grottesco (1986)
• Royal Tournament
• Scherzo Funebre (2006)
• Serenade (1965/1980)
• Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)
• Sinfonietta
• Six Easy Pieces for Brass
• Sonata for Brass Quintet
• Song of Farewell
• Suite from Christmas on the Underground
• Symphony for William (2004)
• Symphony No. 4 (1978/2007)
• Symphony No. 6. See: A Cotswold Symphony
• Symphony No. 8 (2002)
  • Massanella
  • Puig Major
  • Teix
  • Morey
  • The Artà Fugue
  • Mont Ferrutx
• Symphony No. 41 in C major (2007/2009)
• Symphony No. 68. See: The Tower of Babel
• Symphony of Winds (1980/2004)
• The Tower of Babel (2011/2012)
• Trumpet Gallop
• Two Christmas Pieces
• Walking the Dog (as arranger) (1937/2007)
• A Weather Suite
• The Well of the Moon
• West of England Fanfare (2001)
• White Dragon

Resources

• Bourgeois, D. (2004). Concerto for Percussion [and] Wind Band [score]. Hafabra Music: Voeren, Belgium.
• Derek Bourgeois website Accessed 13 October 2022
• Perusal score (Movement 1)
• Perusal score (Movement 2)
• Perusal score (Movement 3)