Prayer (Schelle)

Michael Schelle

Michael Schelle

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Subtitle: For Cello and Wind Ensemble

General Info

Year: 2004 / 2011
Duration: c. 12:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental   |   Score Only (print) - $17.95

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
Horn in F
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
String Bass
Piano
Harp
Percussion

Solo Cello

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This 12-minute work pairing cello soloist with chamber wind ensemble has been performed by major university ensembles nationwide, including Indiana, Butler, Hartford, and Illinois Wesleyan Universities as well as the Cincinnati CCM.

- Program Note adapted from publisher

" An unmetered work with a lyric cello part."

This work was originally subtitled Schiene Maydl (basically, beautiful lady) as it was commissioned in memory of the mom of a Jewish band director friend.

- Program Note from composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble (David Kehler, conductor; Charae Krueger, cello)
• Audio CD: Amy Catron, cello

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Concert Band (Courtney Snyder, conductor) - 9 November 2018
• Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.) Wind Ensemble (Gary Shaw, conductor; my Catron, cello) October 2016
• Indiana University (Bloomington) Wind Ensemble (Stephen W. Pratt, conductor; Jonathan Ruck, cello) – 28 March 2007 (CBDNA 2007 National Conference, Ann Arbor, Mich.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Cliffhanger March (1984)
• Contraband (1990)
• El Salon Medico (1990)
• The End of the World (2011)
• Extraction on No. 9 (2013)
• A Far Cry from Fairview (2019)
• Fear Strikes Out (2014)
• Guttersnipe (1994)
• Hangover Hotel (2020)
• Invocation (1989)
• King Ubu (1980)
• O Magma Mysterium (2015)
• Prayer (2004/2011)
• Seven Steps from Hell (1985)
• When Hell Freezes Over (1995)

Resources

• Michael Schelle, personal correspondence, September 2021
• Michael Schelle website – Accessed 13 August 2019
• Schelle, M. [2011]. Prayer : for cello and chamber wind ensemble (2004) [score]. Keiser Classical: Maryland Heights, Mo.