Concord Symphony, A

Charles Ives

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General Info

Year: 1920 / 2010
Duration: c. 48:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Merlin Patterson
Cost: Score and Parts – Contact Merlin Patterson.

Movements

1. "Emerson" (after Ralph Waldo Emerson)
2. "Hawthorne" (after Nathaniel Hawthorne)
3. "The Alcotts" (after Bronson Alcott and Louisa May Alcott)
4. "Thoreau" (after Henry David Thoreau)

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

Merlin Patterson’s wind transcription of Charles Ives’ Piano Sonata No. 2 “Concord,” re-titled A Concord Symphony received its premier the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin, conductor on November 22, 2010

- Program Note adapted from publisher

The Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60 (commonly known as the Concord Sonata) is a piano sonata by Charles Ives. It is one of the composer's best-known and most highly regarded pieces.

The sonata's four movements represent figures associated with transcendentalism. In the introduction to his Essays Before a Sonata, Ives said the work was his "impression of the spirit of transcendentalism that is associated in the minds of many with Concord, Massachusetts, of over a half century ago. This is undertaken in impressionistic pictures of Emerson and Thoreau, a sketch of the Alcotts, and a scherzo supposed to reflect a lighter quality which is often found in the fantastic side of Hawthorne."

- Program Note adapted from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. University of Texas (Austin) Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin, conductor)

State Ratings

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Performances

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University of Texas (Austin) Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin, conductor)] – 22 November 2010 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by this Composer

The Alcotts (tr. Elkus) (1920/1947)
The Alcotts (tr. Thurston) (1920/1972)
Charlie Rutlage (tr. Sinclair)
A Christmas Carol (tr. Paxton) (1922/2016)
The Circus Band (tr. Elkus)
A Concord Symphony (tr. Patterson) (1920/2010)
"Country Band" March (tr. Sinclair) (1903/1974)
Decoration Day (tr. Elkus)
Fantasia on "Jerusalem the Golden" (1888)
Finale from "Symphony No. 2" (tr. Elkus) (1907/1974)
Four Eccentric Songs (tr. Paxton) (1922/2016)
Fugue in C (arr. Sinclair) (1900/1992)
Here's to Good Ol' Yale: See: March 6: Here's to Good Ol' Yale
In the Mornin' (arr. Singleton) (1929)
Lento Maestoso and Finale from "Symphony No. 2" (tr. Elkus) (1907/1974/2001)
March 6: Here's to Good Ol' Yale (tr. Elkus) (1897/2003)
March Intercollegiate (ed. Brion) (1892(?)/1973)
Memories, Very Pleasant and and Rather Sad (arr. Elkus) (1922/2011?)
Old Fashioned Hymns (tr. Paxton) (1922/2016)
Old Home Days (arr. Elkus) (1954)
Omega Lambda Chi (ed. Brion) (1896/1974)
Overture and March "1776" (tr. Sinclair) (1904/1910)
Postlude in F (tr. Singleton) (1890-92/1991)
Ragtime Dance No. 4 (trans. Sinclair) (?/1990)
Runaway Horse on Main Street (1908)
A Son of a Gambolier (arr. Elkus) (1892/1962)
Symphony No. 2. See: Lento Maestoso and Finale from "Symphony No. 2" and Finale from "Symphony No. 2"
They are There! (arr. Sinclair)
The Unanswered Question (1908/1935/1989)
Variations on "America" (orch. Schuman, tr. Rhoads) (1891/1968)
Variations on "Jerusalem the Golden" (tr. Brion) (1900/1974)

Resources

Piano Sonata No. 2 (Ives). Wikipedia. Accessed 26 August 2022