Mosaic (Tippett)

From Wind Repertory Project
Michael Tippett

Michael Tippett


General Info

Year: 1963
Duration: c. 12:40
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II
Tuba
Harp
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Snare Drum
  • Tam-Tam
  • Tenor Drum
  • Triangle
  • Wood Block
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Mosaic is the first movement of Tippett’s Concerto for Orchestra, written in 1962–1963 and dedicated to Benjamin Britten “with affection and admiration in the year of his fiftieth birthday.”

This three-movement work employs winds, percussion, piano, and harp for the first movement; strings, piano, and harp for the second; and both ensembles combined for the third. The composer has certified performance of the first movement by itself.

Interestingly, the original score provides no specific title for this first movement, but the designation adopted is an apt description of the compositional process involved in its creation.

- Program Note from Teaching Music Through Performance in Band


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Wind Ensemble (Charles Peltz, conductor) – 10 November 2022
  • New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Wind Ensemble (Charles Peltz, conductor) – 9 October 2018


Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. 2002. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 4. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 84-853.
  • Tippett, M. [1964]. Concerto: For Orchestra [score]. Schott: London.