Morey

Derek Bourgeois

Derek Bourgeois (trans. by composer)

This work is the fourth movement of the composer's Symphony No. 8, The Mountains of Mallorca. It bears the designation Opus 184.

General Info

Year: 2002
Duration: c. 12:25
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €135.00   |   Score Only (print) - €27.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II (I doubling B-flat 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
Harp
Piano/Celesta
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tam-tam
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The symphony consists of two parts of three movements each. The two parts separate the two most important mountain ranges: Part 1, Serra de Tramuntana and Part 2, Serra de Arta. Each movement represents a mountain or (in the case of the 5th movement) a mountain region.

Morey is the tallest mountain in the Serra de Arta range. It has a sheer face to the north looking out to sea over the bay of Alcudia. The climb from the south side is very steep and very long. I lost both big toenails reaching its peak, which goes a long way in explaining the sombre mood of the music.

- Program Note by composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Norbert Nozy, conductor)
• Audio CD: Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Norbert Nozy, conductor) – 2003

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)

All Wind Works

• 2001 - A Wind Odyssey (2000)
• Band Land
• Biffo's March
• Brass Quintet No. 2 (1972/2015)
• Bridges Over the River Cam
• Calypso (1980/1985)
• Cancion de Cuevas
• Concert Pels Obradors de Cas Concos
• Concert Prelude for Euphonium and Band
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band (2003)
• Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band (2006)
• Concerto for Brass Sextet and Concert Band
• Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra (2009)
• Concerto for Percussion (1995/2004)
• Concerto for Piano and Wind Band (2012)
• Concerto for Three Trombones (1977/2004)
• Concerto for Three Trombones & Percussion
• Concerto for Trombone and Concert Band (1989)
• Concerto Grosso (1980/2005)
• Contrasts for E flat Clarinet and Tuba (2013)
• A Cotswold Symphony (1988/2000)
• Crazy
• Diversions
• Double Brass Quintet (2007)
• Double Concerto for Trumpet, Bass Trombone and Band (2003)
• Fanfare Sounds (as arranger) (2017)
• Fantasy Triptych
• Felanitx Fandango
• Felantx Fantasy
• Felanitx Fiestas (2006)
• Fribourg - The Old City
• Funfair
• Galaxy (2015)
• Green Dragon
• HAFABRA Fanfare (2013)
• HAFABRA Overture (2002)
• Happy and Glorious Concert March
• Lliria Celebration
• Mallorca (2003)
• Metro Gnome (1997/2001)
• Molesworth's Melody (2001)
• Northern Lament
• Oboe Dream Dance (2013)
• Osteoblast (2005)
• Perchance to Dream
• Piccolo Picante (2005)
• Rainbow Overture (2015)
• Renaissance Revisited (2015)
• Repic de Pascua
• Rhythm With a Smile (2017)
• Roller Coaster
• Romance for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra (1991)
• Rondo Grottesco (1986)
• Royal Tournament
• Scherzo Funebre (2006)
• Serenade (1965/1980)
• Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)
• Sinfonietta
• Six Easy Pieces for Brass
• Sonata for Brass Quintet
• Song of Farewell
• Suite from Christmas on the Underground
• Symphony for William (2004)
• Symphony No. 4 (1978/2007)
• Symphony No. 6. See: A Cotswold Symphony
• Symphony No. 8 (2002)
  • Massanella
  • Puig Major
  • Teix
  • Morey
  • The Artà Fugue
  • Mont Ferrutx
• Symphony No. 41 in C major (2007/2009)
• Symphony No. 68. See: The Tower of Babel
• Symphony of Winds (1980/2004)
• The Tower of Babel (2011/2012)
• Trumpet Gallop
• Two Christmas Pieces
• Walking the Dog (as arranger) (1937/2007)
• A Weather Suite
• The Well of the Moon
• West of England Fanfare (2001)
• White Dragon

Resources

• "Derek Bourgeois" Score Exchange. Web. Accessed 7 October 2020
• Derek Bourgeois website Accessed 7 October 2020
• Perusal score