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Rumor of a Secret King, The
General Info
Year: 2017 / 2018
Duration: c. 3:55
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Choir
Publisher: Osti Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $149.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II (II optional)
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet (optional)
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion (7 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Cabasa
- China Cymbals
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Sandpaper Blocks
- Snare Drum
- Splash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Players vocalizing
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This piece is about power in flux. The skittering rush of a rumor through a crowd is rendered in nonsense syllables; a long, lyrical line is overlaid, using text that evokes Handel’s Zadok the Priest, the traditional coronation hymn, replacing the jubilation of Handel’s anthem with ambivalence and anxiety. A new world is a promise and a threat: What will become of us?
And all the people will
Will all the people
Rejoice? Rejoice!
A new king comes
God save the king
The kingdom
His will be done
His will will be done
Alleluia?
Alleluia
- Program note by A. E. Jaques
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Washington and Lee University (Lexington, Va.) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Dobbins, conductor) - 3 April 2023
- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Concert Band (Amy E. Birdsong, conductor) - 24 October 2022
- Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville) Wind Symphony (John Bell, conductor) – 22 November 2019 (Nebraska Music Educators Association Conference/In-Service)
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble (Timothy Paul, conductor) – 6 October 2019
- Kingsburg (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Michael Schofield, conductor) – 12 April 2019 (2019 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Orchestra (Christopher J. Woodruff, conductor) – 10 March 2019
- Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Winds (Matthew Morse, conductor) - 16 February 2019 (2019 CASMEC Conference, Fresno)
- Crosby (Tex.) High School Symphonic Band (Kevin Knight, conductor) - 20 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)
- Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond) Wind Symphony (Derek Stoughton, conductor) - 7 November 2018
- Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 10 October 2018
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- Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2017/2020)
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- Sacred Spaces (2019)
- Sasparilla (2005)
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- Night on Fire (2013)
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- Strange Humors (2006)
- Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- Strange Humors (saxophone ensemble) (2006/2021)
- This Cruel Moon (2014/2017)
- This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
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- Undertow (2008)
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