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Northern Lament
General Info
Year: 1965; rev. 1997
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G and M Brand - British Music Publishers
Cost: Score & Parts - $55.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II (piccolo)
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
French Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This piece originated in the slow movement of a Sonata for Brass Quintet which I wrote in 1965 whilst still a pupil of Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music, London. It had been commissioned by the Halle Brass Quintet, although they never performed the work. In 1997, Timothy Reynish suggested that I should arrange the work for Wind Orchestra. I decided to expand the movement into something more than double its original length, adding a fiery climax to its central section. The whole movement derives from the simple melody stated at the beginning. Because of Timothy Reynish's association with the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, England and because the original sonata was never played by the northern based Halle Brass Quintet who invited me to write it, I decided to call the piece Northern Lament.
Program Note by Derek Bourgeois
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)
All Wind Works
- 2001 - A Wind Odyssey (2000)
- Band Land
- Biffo's March
- Brass Quintet No. 2 (1972/2015)
- Bridges Over the River Cam
- Calypso (1980/1985)
- Cancion de Cuevas
- Concert Pels Obradors de Cas Concos
- Concert Prelude for Euphonium and Band
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band (2003)
- Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band (2006)
- Concerto for Brass Sextet and Concert Band
- Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra (2009)
- Concerto for Percussion (1995/2004)
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Band (2012)
- Concerto for Three Trombones (1977/2004)
- Concerto for Three Trombones & Percussion
- Concerto for Trombone and Concert Band (1989)
- Concerto Grosso (1980/2005)
- Contrasts for E flat Clarinet and Tuba (2013)
- A Cotswold Symphony (1988/2000)
- Crazy
- Diversions
- Double Brass Quintet (2007)
- Double Concerto for Trumpet, Bass Trombone and Band (2003)
- Fanfare Sounds (as arranger) (2017)
- Fantasy Triptych
- Felanitx Fandango
- Felantx Fantasy
- Felanitx Fiestas (2006)
- Fribourg - The Old City
- Funfair
- Galaxy (2015)
- Green Dragon
- HAFABRA Fanfare (2013)
- HAFABRA Overture (2002)
- Happy and Glorious Concert March
- Lliria Celebration
- Mallorca (2003)
- Metro Gnome (1997/2001)
- Molesworth's Melody (2001)
- Northern Lament
- Oboe Dream Dance (2013)
- Osteoblast (2005)
- Perchance to Dream
- Piccolo Picante (2005)
- Rainbow Overture (2015)
- Renaissance Revisited (2015)
- Repic de Pascua
- Rhythm With a Smile (2017)
- Roller Coaster
- Romance for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra (1991)
- Rondo Grottesco (1986)
- Royal Tournament
- Scherzo Funebre (2006)
- Serenade (1965/1980)
- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)
- Sinfonietta
- Six Easy Pieces for Brass
- Sonata for Brass Quintet
- Song of Farewell
- Suite from Christmas on the Underground
- Symphony for William (2004)
- Symphony No. 4 (1978/2007)
- Symphony No. 6. See: A Cotswold Symphony
- Symphony No. 8 (2002)
- Symphony No. 41 in C major (2007/2009)
- Symphony No. 68. See: The Tower of Babel
- Symphony of Winds (1980/2004)
- The Tower of Babel (2011/2012)
- Trumpet Gallop
- Two Christmas Pieces
- Walking the Dog (as arranger) (1937/2007)
- A Weather Suite
- The Well of the Moon
- West of England Fanfare (2001)
- White Dragon
Resources
None discovered thus far.