Double Visions

From Wind Repertory Project
Samuel Adler

Samuel Adler


General Info

Year: 1987
Duration: c. 14:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Music, through Keiser Southern Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown


Sections (played without pause)

1. Very Slowly - 3:55
2. Fast and Rhythmic - 2:25
3. Quite Slowly - 2:55
4. Fast and Relentlessly Driving - 2:50


Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo/Flute IV
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Contrabassoon/Bassoon III
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone Tenor Saxophone
C Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano/Celeste
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bongos
  • Castanets
  • Conga Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Crotales
  • Glockenspiel
  • Marimba
  • Roto-toms
  • Suspended Cymbals
  • Temple Blocks
  • Timbales
  • Tom-toms
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone
  • Wood Blocks
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Double Visions, for large wind ensemble, was written in May 1987 for Donald Hunsberger and the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and premiered by this organization in October 1987. The work is in one continuous movement made up of four distinct sections.

The rationale for the title stems from the fact that the first and third sections and the second and fourth sections are variations of each other. In other words, it is as though one takes two views of similar material. The first and third sections are quiet and almost mysteriously ethereal, but the second and fourth are vigorous, hard-driving, and even a bit rambunctious. The total performance time is about fourteen minutes.

- Program Note by composer


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Mark Scatterday, conductor) - 2 March 2022
  • Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Donald Hunsberger, conductor) - 24 October 1987 *Premiere Performance*


Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • Adler, S. (1988). Double Visions: For Large Wind Ensemble [score]. Ludwig Music Pub.: Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Samuel Adler website Accessed 1 March 2022