Nawruz

Parisa Sabet

General Info

Year: 2009 / 2011
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Canadian Music Centre Music Library
Cost: Score and Parts - In press 2021

Movements

1. Bahar
2. Tahvile Sall

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II-III
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone< br /> 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
Percussion I-VI, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos
Congas
Glockenspiel
Rainstick
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tenor Drum
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wood Block

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Holidays never feel the same in any part of the world as in one’s home country. For me, March 21st is that time of year; I wish I were home to celebrate Nawruz, the Persian New Year, with my family. In March 2009, I composed a two-movement piece for a small ensemble to bring in the New Year’s atmosphere I was missing all the way on the other side of the world.

The first movement, Bahar, represents nature's celebration of the upcoming spring. The second movement, Tahvile Sall, portrays “Nawruz Khani” which is a Persian traditional folk song played by the old town’s musicians to announce the beginning of the New Year. To write this movement, I imagined myself standing in the middle of an old town listening to the sounds and movements around me. As the town musicians get closer to the town, the tune they are playing becomes clearer.

After two years, I orchestrated Nawruz for the wind ensemble to make this celebration bigger than ever.

- Program Note by composer

Awards

Chicago College of Performing Arts Composition Competition, 2011, winner

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Chicago College of Performing Art's Wind Ensemble (Stephen Squires, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Works for Winds by This Composer

Nawruz (2011)

Resources

The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 457-458.
Parisa Sabet, personal correspondence, March 2021
Perusal score
Parisa Sabet website Accessed 15 March 2021