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Jeju Memoir
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 5:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Bongos
- Brake Drum
- Chimes
- Claves
- Concert Toms (5)
- Congas (2)
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Jeju Memoir was commissioned by the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival. The work is based on the ritualistic Jeju Island folksong "Seouje Sori," a song often sung for recreation but also used as a work song for fisherman on the sea:
Risking my life, I cross that sea
The god of the sea shows me the way
Please take me to the place where there are lots of fish
A boat full of sailors rows out to sea
Take pity on us poor souls and save us from this storm and fierce waves
First accompanied by low brass, bongos, congas, claves, bells, and vibraphone, the song is heard in B-flat major played by flutes and clarinets. After a short interlude the song is heard in canon, beginning in the trumpets followed by woodwinds and finally by low brass. A more extensive transition follows with a harmonization of the first part of the song and a modulation to C major. Flutes and clarinets play an ostinato comprised of thematic material against a harmonized version of the folksong played by the rest of the ensemble. Ensuing, the timpani picks up the tempo and the percussion play with motives of the folksong and settle into an ostinato that accompanies the trumpets again playing the folksong. A transition follows using short motives from the folksong and leads to A-flat major where a lovely harmonization of the folksong is heard in a slow tempo accompanied by cascading keyboard percussion. A bright closing section follows in B-flat major, beginning with the trumpets and alto sax playing the melody in 6/8 meter against the ensemble accompanying with a now familiar three-note motive from the folksong. The tail of the folksong transitions into common time and into a slow tempo along with an augmentation of the melody. A very fast coda brings the piece to a rousing close.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival, Jeju, South Korea.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Brevard (N.C.) College Wind Ensemble (Eric Peterson, conductor) - 19 November 2021
- Canby (Ore.) High School Band (Nick Luchterhand, conductor) – Fall 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
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- Appalachian Counterpoint (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- At Morning's First Light (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Scherzo d'Espoir (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Three Ships (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
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- Aerodynamics (2003)
- America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/2018)
- And Can It Be? (2000)
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- Appalachian Counterpoint (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Assurance
- At Evening's First Star (2019)
- At Morning's First Light (2004)
- At Morning's First Light (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Au Sable River Festival (2002)
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- Bells of Freedom (2002)
- Beneath the Sacred Light (2015)
- Bright Gleams a Beacon (2012)
- Cantus Laetus (2001)
- Century Variants (2009)
- Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1997)
- Concerto for Euphonium, Winds and Percussion (2009)
- Concerto for Horn and Symphonic Band (2008)
- Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Wind Ensemble (1984/2006)
- Concerto No. 2 for Marimba and Wind Ensemble (2008)
- Concerto for Piano, Percussion and Wind Orchestra (arr. Fisher) (2005)
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- A Crescent Still Abides (1998)
- Crest of Honor (2005)
- Double F Fanfare (2008)
- Drums of Rwanda (2014)
- The Echo Never Fades (2004)
- Finale, from All Hail the Power
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- Foundations (2017)
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- Glorified (2010)
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- Homage (2012)
- Home Again (2016)
- Internal Combustion (1999)
- Intrada Jubilante (1979/1999)
- Jeju Memoir (2019)
- Joyau (2019)
- Keep Silence (2004)
- Kentucky Home (2012)
- A Light Unto the Darkness (1997/1998)
- Mansions of Glory (2007)
- New Century Dawn (1999)
- No Shadow of Turning (2005)
- Point of Reckoning (arr. Daughtrey) (2015)
- Providence (2003)
- Quintessence I (1997)
- Quintessence II (2006)
- Radiant Moonbeams (2007)
- Rising Star
- Sails of Time (2006)
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- Serenade for Winds and Percussion (2000)
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- Song Shall Never End, The (2014)
- Sub-Saharan Rhythm (1998)
- Symphony No. 2 (2007)
- Three Ships (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Vintage (1990)
- Vital Signs of Planet Earth (2015)
- Waking Angels (1997)
- When Speaks the Signal Trumpet Tone (1999)
- While the Dew Is Still on the Roses (2013)
- With Heart and Voice (2000)
Resources
- David Gillingham website Accessed 25 November 2021
- Gillingham, D.; Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival (2018). Jeju Memoir [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.
- Perusal score