Music for Woodwind and Brass
Title varies.
General Info
Year: 1966
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Chester Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental | Score Only - $21.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II (II doubling Piccolo)
Oboe I-II (II doubling English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Trumpet I-II-III (I-II in C, III in B-flat)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Music for Woodwinds and Brass was premiered in 1966 by Graham Treacher and the Morley College Wind Ensemble in the Parish Church at Thaxted. After having lain neglected in the Morley College Library for 18 years, it was revived by Timothy Reynish and the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra in 1984 and performed for an international audience by the Chethams Wind Orchestra when the RNCM hosted the 1991 WASBE conference. Reynish considers the work "an undoubted masterpiece."
Music for Woodwinds and Brass was conceived to make use of the architecture of the church, with the trombones processing up the aisle and the horns entering from the Lady Chapel. Liturgical, thematic material is stated by the trombones and trumpets in a gently moving 5/4, interspersed with trumpets building to a climax. Out of this are suspended pianissimo chords from the horns, slowly moving under expressive wind and trumpet solos. The third section is a fleet scherzando with a central lyrical meno mosso, leading into and providing a counter-subject to a restatement of the first theme before the final elegiac code.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
- Audio CD: New England Conservatory of Music (Frank Battisti, conductor) - 2001
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- DePaul University (Chicago, Ill.) Wind Symphony (Eric Neidlinger, conductor) - 5 May 2023
- New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Symphonic Winds (Nicolás Ayala-Cerón, conductor) - 11 November 2021
- Royal College of Music (London, Eng.) Wind Orchestra - 11 October 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Music for Woodwind and Brass (1965)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Elizabeth Maconchy." Accessed 2 August 2014
- Maconchy, E. (1966). Music for Woodwinds and Brass [score]. Chester: London.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 397