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Shriek!
General Info
Year: 1996
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Amy Dunker
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
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 I-II
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Tom-toms
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Shriek! was inspired by Edvard Munch's painting The Scream. To me, this work represents an unbridled expression of anguish, that fundamental feeling of horror that we have all experienced. In Shriek!, I've tried to capture that overwhelming feeling of horrible anxiety and insecurity representative of a schizophrenic state of mind through the juxtaposition of tonal elements such as themes from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and the hymn tune All Creatures of Our God and King with less stable pounding, swirling elements found in the piece.
Shriek! was written for and is dedicated to Dr. Robert Grechesky and the Butler University Wind Ensemble. It was premiered by them in the spring of 1997. It has had subsequent performances by the University of Ohio Wind Ensemble, Oklahoma Baptist University Wind Ensemble, the Florida International University Wind Ensemble and Capital University Wind Ensemble.
- Program Note by composer
Awards
- Penfield Wind Band Composition Competition, 1999, second place.
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Celtic Fanfare and Processional (2002/2008)
- Ceremonies (2006)
- English Madrigal Suite 1 (as arranger) (1994)
- Fantasy on "Christ Lag in Todesbanden" (1995)
- First One (2008)
- Flood! (2008)
- For God and Country
- Heroes (2007)
- Ice (2006)
- Julien's Dream (2016)
- Mythen (2008)
- Nostalgia (2006)
- Shadows (2007)
- Shriek! (1996)
- Songs of Summer (2008)
- Talking Points (2006)
- Vesperis (2008)
- A View from Istanbul (2007)
- When the Towers Fell (2006)
Resources
- Amy Dunker website
- Dunker, A.; MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music (1996). Shriek!: [for] Wind Ensemble [score]. [s.n.]:[s.l.].
- The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 315.