Contrasto Grosso

Jacob de Haan

General Info

Year: 1998
Duration: c. 8:45
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Curnow Music Press, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $153.00 | Score Only (print) - $32.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbal
Glockenspiel
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tenor Drum
Temple Blocks
Triangle
Wind Chime
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Contrasto Grosso is a three-part suite rich in dances, full of contrasting styles, dynamics, and instrumentation. The title of the work Contrasto Grosso, is actually a pun on the term "concerto grosso." This piece includes parts for a solo instrument as well as the full orchestra. In the concert band setting of contrasto grosso, small groups of the band perform as if they were soloists. Throughout the three parts these solo groups interpret contrasting styles as well as renaissance style fragments.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Curnow Music Press

State Ratings

Alabama: Class CC
Louisiana: II
Louisiana: III
Oklahoma: III-A
Texas: II. (any 2 mvts.)
Texas: III. Complete
Virginia: IV

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group II (Mark Awad, conductor) – 1 May 2022
Tex Hill Middle School (San Antonio, Tx.) Band (Kim Rosenberg, conductor) - 16 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
Banda Nazionale Garibaldina Di Poggio Mirteto (Lazio, Italy) (C.Gamberoni, conductor) – 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Blue March and Boogie (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
Europa (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
Norwegian Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999)
Orlando Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1989)

All Wind Works

Ammerland (2001)
Arioso (as arranger) (1729/2000)
Blue March and Boogie (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
Call of the Valley (2013)
Concerto D'Amore (1995)
Contrasto Grosso (1998)
Elegy I: Jealousy (2009)
Europa (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
Fanfare for Korea (2011)
Festa Paesana (2000)
Kraftwerk (2006)
Legend of a Mountain (2008)
Let Me Weep (as arranger) (1711/2004)
Monterosi (2009)
Norwegian Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999)
Odelia (2013)
Oregon (1989)
Orlando Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1989)
Pasadena
Queen's Park Melody (1989/1997)
Ross Roy (1997)
River City (2015)
Sa Música (2012)
The Saint and the City (2003)
Salamander Symphony
Spring Song (2013)
Susato Variations (2009)
Virginia (2001)
Yellow Mountains (1998)

Resources

Jacob de Haan website Accessed 6 June 2021