Pentium
Subtitle: A Overture for Wind Band
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Gramercy Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - £59.95 | Score Only (print) - £24.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Tubular Bells
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned by the West Lothian Schools Wind Band, Pentium was premiered by the group at the 1999 BASBWE [British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles] Conference held in Manchester, England. Described by conductor Brian Duguid as "a short ride on a PC", Pentium displays some common traits with the minimalist techniques of John Adams. A five-note figure, first heard in the clarinets and saxophones after the opening swirl and flourish, provides the essential building block for the rondo-like movement. Pentium takes its name from the "silicon glen" where computer chips are manufactured, near the West Lothian Schools Wind Band base.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Louisiana: IV
- North Carolina: VI
- Texas: IV. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Academic Festival Fanfare (2005)
- Alloway Tales
- Brillante (1987)
- Cartoon Music
- Cats Tales (2008)
- Cossack Fire Dance
- Cry of the Celts (as arranger) (1996/)
- Day of the Dragon
- Elegy (from Harrison's Dream) (2000/2004)
- Force of Nature
- Gaelforce (2001)
- Harrison's Dream (2000/2003)
- Harrison's Dream (arr. Lindsey) (2003/2021)
- Hine e Hine (as arranger) (1907/2004)
- In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen (2009)
- Intrada (On a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2006)
- Metropolis 1927 (2014/2015)
- Northern Landscapes
- On the Shoulders of Giants (2009/2011)
- Pentium (2002)
- The Red Machine (2004)
- Seize the Day (2010/2012)
- Sirocco
- Shine as the Light (2002)
- Suite from Call of the Cossacks (2007)
- Summon the Dragon (1999)
- Swedish Folksong
- Symphony for Wind Orchestra 'Montage' (1994/1999/2004)
- Three Jazz Pieces
- Windows of the World (2001/2002)
Resources
- Graham. P. (2002). Pentium: Overture for Band [score]. Gramercy Music: Cheadle Hulme, Chesire, U.K.
- Perusal score