Hold This Boy and Listen
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General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 6:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts - $95 | Score Only - $25
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flutes I-II
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat
Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
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
Contrabass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbals (3)
- Triangles (2)
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Hold this Boy and Listen (2008) is an unusually soft and subdued song for band, written for my third nephew, David Paulus, Jr. I sat down at the piano and wrote a lyrical work where the melodies and harmonies return, creating a structure not unlike standard song structure. The sentiment is at times innocent or wistful and at other times haunted and serene. The players should really be allowed to sing through their instruments in this piece.
- Program Note from score
Hold This Boy and Listen was written for a commission from a consortium of Colorado ensembles headed by the Colorado Wind Ensemble and its director, Matt Roeder.
- Program Note from John Hersey High School Symphonic Band concert program, 23 February 2018
Media
- Audio CD: Youngstown State University (Stephen L. Gage, conductor) -to be released on the NAXOS Wind Band Classics label in August 2012
State Ratings
- Texas: IV. Complete
Performances
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- University of Missouri (Columbia) University Band (Christian M. Noon, conductor) - 5 October 2023
- Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL) Wind Symphony (Dani'ca Richardson, conductor) - 24 April 2023
- Fresno (Calif.) State University Wind Orchestra (Gary P. Gilroy, conductor) - 25 March 2023 (2023 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, W. Va.) Wind Ensemble (Scott Hippensteel, conductor) - 24 February 2023
- University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Myron Peterson, conductor) - 2 May 2022
- University of Kansas (Lawrence) University Band (John Leonard, conductor) - 2 May 2021
- Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.) Peabody Wind Ensemble (Harland D. Parker, conductor) – 20 February 2020
- Croswell-Lexington High School Symphonic Band (Croswell, Mich.) (Kevin R. Czarnik, conductor) - 18 December 2019
- University of South Dakota (Vermillion) Symphonic Band (John LaCognata, conductor) – 21 November 2019
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Symphony (Debra Traficante, conductor) – 18 November 2019
- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Symphonic Band (Stephen Bolstad, conductor) – 18 November 2019
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Orchestra (Nicholas P. Waldron, conductor) – 15 November 2019
- University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Kaiser, conductor)– 16 October 2019
- Ithaca (N.Y.) College Concert Band (Benjamin Rochford, conductor) – 14 October 2019
- Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Orchestra (Mark Scatterday, conductor)– 18 September 2019
- Centennial High School Wind Ensemble (Ellicott City, Md.) (Harlan D. Parker, conductor) - 20 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)
- California State University, Stanislaus, Wind Ensemble (Stuart Sims, conductor) – 6 December 2018
- Bowling Green (Ohio) State University University Band (Bruce Moss, conductor) – 3 December 2018
- Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Andy Pease, conductor) – 18 November 2018
- University Of North Carolina, Greensboro, Symphonic Band (Kevin Geraldi, Conductor) – 14 November 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- American Child
- At Her Ladyship's Request (2017)
- The Bach Buch (as transcriber) (2011)
- Baroque. See: Double Concerto
- Concerto Logic (2007)
- Double Concerto (2018)
- Four Factories (2006)
- The High Songs (2015)
- Hold This Boy and Listen (2008)
- Labyrinth (2019)
- My Brother's Brain (2011)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 (2009)
- Richard and Renée (2009)
- Serenade for Winds (2009)
- Slalom (2002/2008)
- Soprano Saxophone Concerto (2019/2021/2023)
- A Spanish Silhouette (2010)
- The Three Embraces (2013)
- The Wranger (2006/2016)