Hour of Wolves, The
General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Tam-Tam
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Hour of Wolves is the third installment of an unofficial Lord of the Rings triptych. The title is based on a line of dialogue from the third film, when the king of the decimated Western army gives a speech at the enemy’s gates, hoping to rally his troops one last time: "There may come a time – an hour of wolves and shattered shields – when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it will not be this day!" The image of an "hour of wolves" struck me as particularly vivid and dark, well-suited for a work that exploits the harmonic minor scale, deep timbres, and occasionally violent rhythmic gestures.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
- Louisiana: III
- South Carolina: IV
Performances
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- Illinois State University (Normal) Symphonic Band (T.J. Mack, conductor) - 5 October 2023
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Concert Band (John Korak, conductor) - 24 April 2023
- Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, La.) Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble (Jason S. Ladd, conductor) – 15 March 2018
- Watertown High School Wind Symphony - 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Devil's Workshop (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Gentry) (2009/2020)
- Hymn to the Dawn (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
All Wind Works
- American Labor Songs (2018)
- Awakenings (2003)
- Ballad for Aisha (2006)
- Beacon (2013)
- Common Threads (2016)
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2010/2015)
- The Devil's Workshop (2009)
- The Devil's Workshop (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Gentry) (2009/2020)
- Emergence (2006)
- Eternal Fanfare (2006)
- Fanfare Aureus (2015)
- Fanfare Dissensus (2022)
- Fanfare Politeia (2021)
- for those taken too soon... (2002)
- Give the Ballot to the Mothers (2019)
- GRIND! (2019)
- The Hour of Wolves. See: Lord of the Rings Triptych
- Humoresque. See: Symphony No. 2
- Hymn to the Dawn (2004)
- Hymn to the Dawn (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- In the Gathering Dark. See: Lord of the Rings Triptych
- Jig (2005)
- Kings of Old. See: Lord of the Rings Triptych
- Lord of the Rings Triptych
- In the Gathering Dark (2004)
- Kings of Old (2005)
- The Hour of Wolves (2007)
- Menhir
- Moorscape (2008)
- Odyssey (1998)
- Panopticon (2006)
- Songs of Longing and Solitude, Book I (2014)
- Songs of Longing and Solitude, Book II (2014)
- Supervillian (2020)
- Symphony No. 1. See: for those taken too soon...
- Symphony No. 2 (2003)
- Humoresque (2003)
- Symphony No. 3 (2007)
- Westward Sentinel (2006/2009)
Resources
- Kimberly Archer website Accessed 14 March 2018