Night Soliloquy

From Wind Repertory Project
Kent Kennan

Kent Kennan


General Info

Year: 1936 / 1962
Duration: c. 3:55
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of Print.

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Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Flute
Flute I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Glockenspiel
  • Gong
  • Suspended Cymbal


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Kent Kennan is an American composer and winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome award. Night Soliloquy, written in 1936 during his time in Rome for the award, is his best known and most performed work. Set for solo flute and piano, its single movement opens with pulsing chords as an eerie backdrop to the flute which spins a narrative tale that grows in intensity and then trails off with a whisper.

- Program Note from DRAM


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Performances

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  • The Ohio State University (Columbus) Symphonic Band (Scott A. Jones, conductor; Katherine Borst Jones, flute) - 20 February 2022
  • United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.) (Jason K. Fettig, conductor; Betsy Hill, flute ) – 8 April 2018 (College Park, Md.)
  • Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Concord, Calif.) (Brad Hogarth, conductor; Carmen Lemoine, flute) – 15 June 2016
  • Carrollton (Tex.) Wind Symphony (Jim Moen, conductor; Robin Craven, flute) - 24 Oct 2011
  • Sacramento Symphonic Winds (Les Lehr, conductor; Brandon Rotondo, flute) - 5 June 2011


Works for Winds by This Composer


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