Machine (Bolcom)
William Bolcom (trans. Paul Lavender)
Subtitle: From Fifth Symphony
General Info
Year: 1990 / 1999
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony Orchestra
Publisher: Edward B. Marks Music Company, through Hal Leonard Music
Cost: Score & Parts - $70.00 | Score Only - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Synthesizer
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Button Gongs
- Crotales
- Cymbals (small and large)
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Snare Drums (2; piccolo and normal)
- Tam-tam
- Tenor Drum
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Machine is a transcription by Paul Lavender of the finale from William Bolcom's Fifth Symphony. The orchestral version of this work was premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1990.
-Program Note from score
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Pinnacle Winds (Kansas City, Mo.) (John C. Carmichael, conductor) - 14 May 2023
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Schyler Adkins, conductor) - 11 November 2022
- Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Thomas Caneva, conductor) - 29 October 2021
- University of Texas (Austin) Symphony Band (Tiffany Galus, conductor) – 30 October 2019
- California State University, Stanislaus, Wind Ensemble (Stuart Sims, conductor) – 17 October 2019
- John Hersey High School (Arlington Heights, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Scott Casagrande, conductor) – 23 February 2018 (CBDNA 2018 North Central Conference, Kalamazoo, Mich.)
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Concert Band (Courtney Snyder, conductor) – 22 February 2018 (CBDNA 2018 North Central Conference, Kalamazoo, Mich.)
- University of Southern California Thornton Wind Ensemble (Sharon Lavery, conductor) – 29 September 2013
- Marquette University Symphonic Band (Jason S. Ladd, conductor) – 14 April 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Broadside: Ceremonial for Winds
- Circus Overture (tr. Bolcom and Dooley) (2015)
- Concert Suite for Solo E-flat Alto Saxophone and Band (1998)
- Concerto for Clarinet and Band (1990/2015)
- Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Band (2015)
- Concerto Grosso for Saxophone Quartet (2000)
- Fanfare for a New President
- First Symphony for Band (2008)
- Fifth Symphony (1999)
- Five Cabaret Songs (arr. Frenkel) (2009/2014)
- Graceful Ghost Rag (1970/2011)
- Liberty Enlightening the World (1985)
- Machine (tr. Lavender) (1990/1999)
- Orphée-Sérénade (1984)
- Serenade for English Horn and Chamber Winds (2023)
- Song (for Band) (2001)
- Trombone Concerto (2017)
Resources
- Bolcom, W.; Lavender, P. (1999). Machine: From Fifth Symphony [score]. E.B. Marks: [s.l.].
- Bolcom, W.; Rapp, W. (2003). Machine: From Fifth Symphony [score]. Edward B. Marks Music Co.: Milwaukee, Wis.