Promenade (Stanhope)
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General Info
Year: 2003
Duration: c. 4:08
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $8.50
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A tuneful, mid-level work, Promenade began as a commission from Andrew Dale, band director at Ballarat High School in Victoria, Australia. First performed in 2002, Promenade was influenced by Johannes Hanssen's Valdres March, which the composer hard while visiting the United States in 2001. The solo trumpet signaling an arpeggiated figure is a prominent, returning feature of both works, and they share a continental charm
Promenade is laid out in a lean A-B-A structure. Despite the relationship to Valdres, Promenade is somewhat distinct from a march, with changes in temp, meter, key, and harmonic language in the central section of the work. While the outer portions move merrily along with Parisian quaintness, the middle portion of the work is brooding, with rich, dissonant harmonies inspired by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.
The composer notes that Promenade was also conceived as the second movement of a larger Petite Suite Française, with a title change to La Promenade.
- Program Note from Teaching Music through Performance in Band
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: The Woodlands High School Wind Ensemble (Orville Kelley, conductor) – 2003
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- California State University, Fresno, Wind Festival Orchestra (David Betencourt, conductor) - 22 March 2015 (2015 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- The Woodlands (Tx.) High School Band (Orville Kelley, conductor) – 20 December 2003 (2003 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Australian Fantasia (2002/2004)
- The Bold Benjamin (1997)
- Concerto for Band (1990/2016)
- Demon, The
- Droylsden Wakes
- E.G.B.D.S.
- Endpiece
- Folksongs for Band, Set 1
- Folksongs for Band, Set 2 (1984/1991)
- Folksongs for Band, Set 3 (1990/2001)
- Grand Fanfare (stanhope)
- The Little Ripper March (1989/2001)
- Olympic Fireworks (2001/2016)
- On a Bright Sunlit Morning
- Promenade (2003)
- Retreat and Pumping Song (1979/1995/2001/2016)
- Songs Without Words
- Southern Cross Fanfare
- Symphony No. 1
Resources
- Prescott, Kyle. "Promenade." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 463-469. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.
- Stanhope, D. (2003). Promenade: For Symphonic Band [score]. Southern Music: San Antonio, Tex.