Music for Woodwind and Brass

From Wind Repertory Project
Elizabeth Maconchy

Elizabeth Maconchy


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


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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • 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


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