Saint and the City, The
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General Info
Year: 2003
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $159.00 | Score Only (print) - $29.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This tumultuous composition tells the legend of the town of Zwolle in the Netherlands. In the waters surrounding Zwolle lived a dragon. When it appeared it threatened to destroy the town with it fiery breath if a human sacrifice was not offered. St Michael confronted the dragon in a battle without equal. As a knight armed with a double edged sword the archangel battled against the dragon and decapitated it. Thus the city was saved. To represent the archangel the composer has chosen the hymn tune Laudate Dominum. The dragon is symbolized by a series of menacing chords.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by "Christelijk Harmonieorkest De Bazuin" in Zwolle, The Netherlands, on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Wayne (Neb.) State College Wind Ensemble (Josh Calkin, conductor) - 22 February 2023
- Mississippi Community (Jackson) Symphonic Band (David P. Miller, conductor) – 19 August 2017
- Orchestra Accademica (Varese, Italy) (Davide Sgobbi, conductor) – 19 October 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Blue March and Boogie (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
- Europa (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
- Norwegian Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999)
- Orlando Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1989)
All Wind Works
- Ammerland (2001)
- Arioso (as arranger) (1729/2000)
- Blue March and Boogie (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
- Blues Factory (2003)
- Call of the Valley (2013)
- Concerto D'Amore (1995)
- Contrasto Grosso (1998)
- Elegy I: Jealousy (2009)
- Europa (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2009)
- Fanfare for Korea (2011)
- Festa Paesana (2000)
- Kraftwerk (2006)
- Legend of a Mountain (2008)
- Let Me Weep (as arranger) (1711/2004)
- Monterosi (2009)
- Norwegian Songs (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1999)
- Odelia (2013)
- Oregon (1989)
- Orlando Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1989)
- Pasadena
- Queen's Park Melody (1989/1997)
- Ross Roy (1997)
- River City (2015)
- Sa Música (2012)
- The Saint and the City (2003)
- Salamander Symphony
- Spring Song (2013)
- Susato Variations (2009)
- Virginia (2001)
- Yellow Mountains (1998)
Resources
- Haan, J. (2003). The Saint and the City [score]. De Haske: Heerenveen, Holland.
- Perusal score