Poème

Todd Stalter

General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00; (digital) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00; (digital) - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Orchestra Chimes
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Very quiet and subdued, a clarinet choir softly begins while instruments are gradually added with each phrase. Beautiful melodic lines are softly created, stressing the musical aspects of performance. Gradually the ensemble builds to a full climax before subsiding to a peaceful and quiet close. Technical demands are few with the emphasis being placed on phrasing, balance and blend.

- Program Note from publisher

For Freddy Martin.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Argyle High School Wind Ensemble (Kathy K. Johnson, conductor) – 2007

State Ratings

Florida: II
Georgia: III
Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP II
Kansas: IIII
North Carolina: III
South Carolina: II

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Gold Campus Band (Shaun Evans, conductor) – 24 October 2019
University of Chicago (Ill.) Lab School Concert Band (Francisco Dean, conductor) – 18 February 2018
Bloomington (Ind.) High School North Wind Ensemble (Thomas Wilson, conductor) – 18 November 2015
Freehold Township High School (N.J.) Wind Ensemble (Edward Gattsek, conductor)- 24 March 2017 (Carnegie Hall, New York)
Argyle (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Kathy K. Johnson, conductor) – 20 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Escape Route (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

As the Robin to the Meadow (2006)
The Capital March (as arranger) (1920/2014)
Castles and Dragons (2006)
Christmas Fanfares (2004)
Clouds That Sail in Heaven (2007)
Counterbalance (2013)
Critical Mass (2010)
Cut to the Chase (2012)
The Dragon's Lair (2008)
Dynamo (2015)
Écossaise for Military Band (as arranger)
Escape Route (2020)
Escape Route (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Fighting Falcon March (2006)
Gather Ye Rosebuds (2019)
Glen Crossing (2010)
Ignition (2011)
In tantum lux (2016)
Knox Bridge Jubilee (2018)
Lightning! (2004)
Loco Motion (2015)
Longthorpe Tower (2019)
March, Opus 108 (as arranger) (1841/2011)
Mechanism (2014)
My Soul a Canvas (2019)
Noel! (2010)
Poème (2007)
Quasars (2009)
Rampage! (2009)
Rephrygeration (2016)
Scramble (2012)
Shadows Unseen (2017)
Shady Grove (2011)
Sketches on a Kentucky Hymn Tune (2005)
Three Welsh Songs (2013)
Then I Saw the Lucent Sky (2008)
Trumpets of Symphony Hall (2012)
Two Renaissance Sketches (2009)
Vier Deutsche Weihnachtslieder (as arranger)
Whirlybird (2013)
Wildflowers (2018)
With Uncommon Valor (2017)

Resources

Perusal score
Stalter, T. (2007). Poème [score]. Alfred Publishing: Van Nuys, Calif.