Farewell

From Wind Repertory Project
Adam Gorb

Adam Gorb


General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 20:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maecenas/Masters Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown   |   Score Only - Unknown


Instrumentation

Full Score

GROUP 1
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
Contrabassoon
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
E-flat Trumpet I (optional)
B-flat Trumpet II-III
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass

GROUP 2
Piccolo
Flute I-II (flute II doubling Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Timpani

PERCUSSION 1
Glockenspiel
Tom Toms
Xylophone

PERCUSSION 2
Clash Cymbals
Bass Drum with foot pedal
Side Drum
Wind Chimes
Tubular Bells
Wooden Blocks
Tom toms
Low Tom tom
Bass Drum

PERCUSSION 3
Suspended Cymbals
Tubular Bells
Choke Cymbal
Side Drum
Vibra Slap
Bass Drum
Siren Whistle
Temple Blocks
Tom toms
Low Tom tom
Clash Cymbal

PERCUSSION 4
Bass Drum
Tambourine
Glass & Bucket
Tam tam
Wind Chimes


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Farewell is a large-scale symphonic adagio lasting about twenty minutes. In this piece I’ve decided to split the wind ensemble into two separate ‘orchestras.’ The first ensemble consists of clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, trombones, tubas and harsh sounding percussion; and the music is predominantly desperate and anguished. The instruments in the second ‘orchestra’ are flutes, oboes, bass clarinet, bassoons, horns and more gentle percussion, and the mood is more calming and introspective.

At first the ensembles play exclusively from each other, but eventually they merge and reach a massive climax, focusing on a chord of D minor. At this point a third ‘ensemble’ is heard for the first time -- the notes C and F sharp (which have not been played at all in the work so far). These notes are played ppppp and come to haunt the end of the work. The title refers to Haydn’s Farewell Symphony, but instead of all the players walking off leaving two instrumentalists to finish, here a solo oboe and clarinet step forward and quietly lament while the rest of the band quietly intone an eternal modus in diabilis.

Farewell was commissioned for the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales by the Welsh Amateur Music Federation at Ty Cerydd – Music Centre Wales.

-Program Note by composer


Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Boston (Mass.) Conservatory at Berklee Wind Ensemble (Matthew Marsit, conductor) - 10 March 2022
  • Royal Northern College of Music (Tim Reynish, conductor); Manchester, England; 30 July 2008


Works for Winds by This Composer

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Resources

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