Reflection

Hubert Hoche

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Subtitle: What time we live in

General Info

Year: 2000
Duration: c. 14:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: H.H. Musikverlag
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Marimbaphone
C Piccolo/Flute II
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Flugelhorn I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
B-flat Tenor Horn I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion (6 players)

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Reflection for Marimbaphone and Wind Band was written between autumn 2019 and summer 2021 and displays the mental condition of freelance artists during the Corona pandemic.

After the introduction you can feel the positive energy of autumn 2019. Then the pandemic appears, first recognized as a short incident, then shifted to a whole existence threatening situation. There were people with totally different fates in the social environment of the composer such as psychological problems or suicide. Those experiences are leading into the fragmentary part of the piece between hope and frustration. Therefore the composition results to a world turned upside down including only loneliness and hopelessness. The work is composed in memoriam to all victims of psychological diseases that are caused by the pandemic.

- Program Note by Oliver Nickel

Media

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Sinfonisches Landesblasorchester Hessen (Germany) (Oliver Nickel, conductor; Marta Klimasara, marimbaphone ) – 22 July 2022 (WASBE Conference, Prague, Czech Republic) *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by this Composer

Resources

"Hubert Hoche." H&H Musikverlag. – Accessed 9 August 2022