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In the Bleak Midwinter
Gustav Holst (arr. Jack Bullock)
General Info
Year: 1906 / 1996
Duration: 2:45
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $45.00 | Score - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone/Euphonium
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The beautifully haunting sounds of this Holst classic appear first in the lower brass to launch this highly atmospheric scoring for concert band. Shifting tonalities and sonorities include a chorale section stating the melodic material with safe and traditional treatment. Technical demands are minimal, and even though the work is positioned for a young ensemble, it should not be overlooked by advancing groups in search of a quality arrangement.
- Program Notes by publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Louisiana: I
- Maryland: I
- South Carolina: II
- Texas: I. Complete
- Virginia: III
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Chaconne from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2016)
- Fantasia on the "Dargason" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2013)
- Intermezzo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2017)
- Jupiter (arr. Deterling) (Flex instrumentation) (1916/2020)
- Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1916/2020)
- March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2010)
- March from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2015)
- March from Second "Suite in F Major" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1911/2018)
- March from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2015)
- Mars (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2009)
- A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wright; ed. M. Brand) (1928/2021)
- Songs from the "Second Suite" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2012)
- Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2018)
All Wind Music
- Ave Maria (tr. Woodley) (1900)
- Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Brand). See: Fugue à la Gigue
- Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Mitchell) (1707/1928/2005)
- Brook Green Suite (tr. Curnow) (1933/2006)
- Capriccio (tr. Boyd) (1932/1967/1974)
- Capriccio (arr. Paul Noble) (1932/1967/2019)
- Chaconne from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2016)
- Chorale from Jupiter (arr. James Curnow)
- Christmas Day (arr. Daehn) (1910/2011)
- Christmas Day (arr. Beringen) (1910/2010)
- Country Song (arr. Klein) (1906)
- Dance of the Spirits of Fire (trans. Harpham) (1918/1922/1971)
- Dirge for Two Veterans
- Fantasia on the "Dargason" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2013)
- Fantasia on the "Dargason" (arr. Story) (1911/2000)
- First Suite in E-flat (1909/1921)
- First Suite in E-flat (ed. Matthews) (1909/1921/1984)
- First Suite in E-flat (ed. Ito) (1909/2011)
- First Suite in E-flat (arr. Longfield) (1909/2006)
- First Suite in E-flat for Military Band (ed. Fennell) (1909/2006)
- First Suite in E-flat Themes (arr. Sweeney). See: Themes from "First Suite in E-flat"
- A Fugal Concerto (arr. Brand) (1923/1993?)
- A Fugal Overture (arr. Noble) (1922/2014)
- A Fugal Overture (trans. Ponto) (1922)
- Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Brand) (1707/1928/2008)
- Fugue à la Gigue (as arranger; ed. Mitchell). See: Bach's Fugue à la Gigue
- Gustav Holst Band Classics (arr. Edwards) (2020)
- Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo (1930)
- A Holst Suite (trans. Thompson) (2018)
- Hymns from the Rig Veda (tr. Windram, ed. Mitchell) (1908/1917/2017)
- I Vow to Thee, My Country (setting Vaughan Williams; ed. Grechesky) (1921/1988)
- I Vow to Thee, My Country (arr. Knorr) (1921/2017)
- Illumination (arr. Gene Milford)
- In the Bleak Midwinter. See: Winter Suite
- Intermezzo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2017)
- Japanese Suite (adapt. Boyd) (1915/1982/1999)
- Jupiter (arr. Deterling) (Flex instrumentation) (1916/2020)
- Jupiter from "The Planets" (arr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
- Jupiter from "The Planets" (arr. Branchfield) (1916/2014)
- Jupiter (arr. Brown) (1916)
- Jupiter (tr. Curnow) (1916/1990)
- Jupiter (arr Hurt) from "The Planets" (arr. Hurt) (1916)
- Jupiter (arr. Owens) (1916/2006)
- Jupiter Hymn (arr. de Meij) (1916/1921/1990)
- Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1916/2020)
- Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (tr. McAlister; ed. Reed) (1916/2003)
- March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2010)
- March from "First Suite for Military Band" (arr. Story) (2011)
- March from "First Suite in Eb" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1909/2015)
- March from Second "Suite in F Major" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1911/2018)
- Marching Song (1906/1930)
- Marching Song (arr. Moss) (1906/2006)
- Marching Song (ed. Reynish) (1906/1983)
- Mars (arr. Bocook) (1916/1998)
- Mars (arr. Owens) (1916/2009)
- Mars from "The Planets" (tr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
- Mars, from "The Planets" (tr. Singleton) (1916/2001)
- Mars (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2009)
- Midwinter (arr. Phillips) (2012)
- Moorside March (arr. Jacob) (1928/1960)
- A Moorside March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wright; ed. M. Brand) (1928/2021)
- A Moorside Suite (arr. Wright)
- Morris Dance Tunes (arr. Wagner) (1910/2010)
- On This Day the Earth Shall Ring (arr. Smith) (2001)
- The Perfect Fool (arr. Short) (1922/2005)
- The Planets (tr. Inagaki) (1916)
- The Planets (tr. Janssen) (1916/2017)
- The Planets (tr. Patterson) (1916)
- The Planets (arr. Schrijvers) (1916/2005)
- The Planets (tr. Vives) (1916/2007?)
- Planets, The (tr. Smith) (1916/1921)
- Scherzo (tr. Patterson) (1933/2021)
- Second Suite in F (ed. Fennell; score assembly Schissel) (1911/2006)
- Second Suite in F (arr. Johnston) (1911/2011)
- Second Suite in F (ed. Matthews) (1911)
- Second Suite in F (ed. Neumann) (1911)
- Second Suite in F (ed. Ito) (1911/1922/2012)
- Second Suite in F (adapt. Longfield) (1911/2007)
- A Somerset Rhapsody (tr. Clare Grundman) (1906/1927/1980)
- The Song of the Blacksmith (arr. Loest) (1911/2011)
- Songs from the "Second Suite" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1911/2012)
- Songs of the West (arr. James Curnow) (1907/1986)
- St. Paul's Suite (arr. Sparke) (1912-1913/2017)
- Suite from "The Planets" (arr. Custer) (1916/1991)
- Suite from "The Planets" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1916/2018)
- Themes from "First Suite in E-flat" (arr. Sweeney) (1909/2006)
- Two Songs Without Words (arr. Erickson) (1906/1996)
- Uranus (tr. Curnow) (1916/1991)
- Winter Suite
- On This Day Earth Shall Ring (arr. Smith) (1924/2001)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Bullock) (1906/1996)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Giroux) (1906/2018)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Smith) (1906/1992)
- Old Brenton Carol (arr. Smith) (1910/2001)
Performances
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Resources
- Holst, G.; Bullock, J. (1996). In the Bleak Midwinter: For Beginning Band [score]. Belwin Mills: Miami, Fla.
- Perusal score