Midnight in Buenos Aires
General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Studio Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - ₤84.95 | Score Only (print) - ₤17.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Bari Saxophone
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trumpet (in Eb) (optional)
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum (with a foot pedal)
- Cow bell
- Cymbals (suspended and Crash)
- Glockenspiel
- Guiro
- Pantomime whistle
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Toms
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Vibraslap
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Midnight in Buenos Aires was born out of the composer’s early attraction to Latin American music – in particular the tango. The work sets out to capture the combination of darkness, violence, mystery, and seductive passion that make up this Argentinean dance.
The work, which last around 11 minutes, is in two parts. An opening Andante which starts with menacing drum beats and continues in a corrupt and decadent style. The main Allegro commences in fragmentary manner before the trumpet starts a “night-club” theme that has an important role throughout the whole episode. There is a shorter, quieter, middle section before the return of the opening drumbeats, and the faster music has the final word.
The work was commissioned by the Harmonie St. Caecilla Blerick and their Principal Conductor, Andreas Van Zoellen.
- Program Note by Adam Gorb
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Wind Ensemble (Evan Feldman, conductor) – 5 December 2018
- Knightwind Ensemble [Milwaukee, Wisc.] (Erik Janners, conductor) - 18 November 2012
- University of Louisville Wind Ensemble (Frederick Speck, conductor) - 16 February 2008
- Harmonie St. Caecilla Blerick (Andreas van Zoelen, conductor) - 8-9 January 2008
- Harmonie St. Caecilla Blerick (Andreas van Zoelen, conductor) - 26-27 October 2007 - **WORLD PREMIERE**
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- A Little Tango Music (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
All Wind Works
- Adrenaline City (2006)
- African Samba (2006)
- Ascent (1996/2004)
- Awayday (1996)
- Awayday (arr. Wintringham) (1999/2015)
- Battle Symphony (1999)
- Bells Across the Atlantic (2013)
- Bermuda Triangle (1994)
- Bohemian Revelry (2013)
- Bohemian Revelry: For Chamber Ensemble (2013/2021)
- Bohemian Revelry (tr. Holland) (2013/2017)
- Bridgewater Breeze (1996)
- Candlelight Procession (2001)
- Concerto for Violin, Viola and Wind Ensemble (2022)
- Dances from Crete (2003)
- Downtown Diversions (2000)
- Eine Kleine Walzermusik (2009)
- Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik (2003)
- Elements (1998)
- Euphonium Concerto 1997
- Farewell (2008)
- French Dances Revisited (2004)
- A Little Salsa Music
- A Little Tango Music (2007)
- Metropolis (1992)
- Midnight in Buenos Aires (2007)
- Out of the Darkness (2023)
- Parade of the Wooden Warriors (1999)
- Pikes Peak (2017)
- Repercussions (2011)
- Scenes from an English Landscape
- Scenes from Bruegel (1994)
- Suite for Winds (1993)
- Summer Dances (2012)
- Sunrise and Safari (2006)
- Symphony No. 1 in C (2000)
- Three Way Suite
- Towards Nirvana (2002)
- Tranquility (2009)
- Viderunt Omnes (2014)
- Yiddish Dances (1997)
- Yiddish Dances (Chamber) (1997/2020)
Resources
- Adam Gorb website
- Gorb, A. (2007). Midnight in Buenos Aires [score]. Studio Music Company: London.