Hymn for World Peace

David Maslanka

General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c. 11:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maslanka Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $349.00; (digital) - $244.00 | Score Only (print) - $79.00; (digital) - $54.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II (II doubling Contrabassoon)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II (I doubling Soprano Saxophone)
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum (2)
Crash Cymbals
Crotales
Marimba
Orchestra Chimes
Snare Drum (2)
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The title, Hymn for World Peace, came from the simple thought that if we want world peace, we can begin as individuals to ask for it. Music making opens hearts and creates peace in individuals and communities. This is a powerful step as musicians that we can take.

- Program Note by composer

Hymn for World Peace utilizes many of the compositional techniques that have come to be known as hallmarks of David Maslanka, from tutti renditions of Christian hymns to quickly arpeggiated ostinatos. The piece opens with a quiet clarinet theme, gradually transformed into a brash, dissonant melody. When the original theme returns, this time slightly more assured, it flowers into a hymn-like section punctuated by high woodwind runs. The piece finally settles into a beautiful duet between piano and soprano saxophone, closing on a single, introspective clarinet tone.

- Program Note from Michigan State University Symphony Band concert program, 21 October 2021

Hymn for World Peace was commissioned by the Clarence, N.Y. High School Symphonic Band and their conductor, Louis Vitello.

- Program Note from Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Clarence (N.Y.) High School Symphonic Band (Louis Vitello, conductor)
Audio CD: Utah Wind Symphony (Scott Hagen, conductor) - 2017

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Michigan State University (East Lansing) Symphony Band (David Thornton, conductor) - 21 October 2021
Heidelberg Wind Ensemble (Melbourne, Aus.) (Stephen Carpenter, conductor) – 18 August 2018
Clarence (N.Y.) High School Symphonic Band (Louis Vitello, conductor) – May 2015 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Alex and the Phantom Band (2002/2015)
Angel of Mercy (2015)
California (2016)
A Child's Garden of Dreams (1981)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1999)
Concerto for Marimba and Band (1990)
Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2015)
Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1979)
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (2012)
Concerto No 2 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (2002)
Concerto No 3 for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2016)
Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2007)
Crown of Thorns (1991)
Desert Roads (2005)
Fanfare-Variations on the Chorale Melody "Durch Adams Fall" (Through Adam's Fall) (2006)
First Light (2016)
Four Pieces for Band (1980)
Give Us This Day (2005)
Golden Light (1990)
Heart Songs (2001)
Hell's Gate (1997)
Hosannas (2015)
Husa (2016)
Hymn for World Peace (2014)
Illumination (2013)
In Memoriam (1990)
Laudamus Te (1995)
Letter to Martin (2015)
Liberation (2012)
Little Concerto (1990)
Mass (1996)
Montana Music: Chorale Variations (1993)
Morning Star (1997)
Mother Earth (2008)
Mountain Roads (1997)
On This Bright Morning (2013)
Peace (2012)
Prelude on a Gregorian Tune (1981)
Procession of the Academics (2008)
Quintet for Winds Number 2
Recitation Book (2006)
Remember Me (2013)
Requiem (2013)
Rollo Takes a Walk (1980)
Saint Francis (2015)
Sea Dreams (1998)
The Seeker (2016)
Song at the End of Time
Songs for the Coming Day (2012)
Song Book (2001)
Symphony No. 2 (1987)
Symphony No. 3 (1991/2007)
Symphony No. 4 (1993)
Symphony No. 5 (2000)
Symphony No. 6 (2004)
Symphony No 7 (2004)
Symphony No 8 (2008)
Symphony No. 9 (2011)
Symphony No. 10 (2018)
Tears (1994)
Testament (2001)
Traveler (2003)
A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter (1995)
ufo dreams (1999)
Unending Stream of Life (2007)
Variants on a Hymn Tune (1995)

Resources

Maslanka, D. (2014). Hymn for World Peace: For Wind Ensemble (2014) [score]. Maslanka Press: New York, N.Y.
Perusal score
Stotter, Douglas. "Hymn for World Peace." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12, Compiled and edited by Andrew Trachsel, 550-554. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2021.