Skyline (Hammell)
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: E.K.R. Hammell
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - C$85.00 | Score Only (digital) - C$20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Bongos
- Cabasa
- Glockenspiel
- Shaker
- Suspended Cymbal
- Temple Blocks (5)
- Tom-Tom (4)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Skyline is an impression of Toronto’s cityscape. The piece attempts to synergize a potentially nonsensical mix of ideas in musical terms (anxiousness and coolness, order and chaos, gracefulness and rambunctiousness, etc.), and does this primarily by building upon a basic aesthetic of perpetual motion and increasingly interlocking layers, patterns and textures.
- Program Note by composer
Awards
- International Young Talented Composers Competition, finalist, 2021
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Toronto (Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Gillian MacKay, conductor)
- Audio: University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) Wind Symphony (Karem J. Simon, conductor)
State Ratings
- MusicFest Canada: B500
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Nova Scotia (Wolfville) Youth Wind Ensemble (Danielle Gaudry, conductor) - 11 February 2024
- University of Toronto (Ont., Can.) Wind Symphony (Pratik Gandhi, conductor) - 20 October 2023
- Unionville (Ont., Can.) High School Chamber Winds (Jeff Wrigglesworth, conductor) – 9 March 2023
- University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) Wind Symphony Alumni (Karem J. Simon, conductor) - 29 December 2022
- Rouge River Winds (Toronto, Ont., Can.) (Pratik Gandhi, conductor) - 22 October 2022
- University of Toronto (Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Gillian MacKay, conductor) - 29 February 2020
- University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) Wind Symphony (Karem J. Simon, conductor) - 21 November 2019
- University of Toronto (Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Gillian MacKay, conductor) - 8 November 2019
- Brandon University (Man., Can.) Symphonic Band (Wendy McCallum, conductor) - 7 November 2019
- Toronto (Ont., Can.) Youth Wind Orchestra (Pratik Gandhi, conductor) - 1 November 2019
- Denis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra (Gillian MacKay, conductor) - 17 May 2019
- University of Toronto (Ont., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Gillian MacKay, conductor) - 1 December 2018 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Anticipation (2021)
- Cluster of Cells (as adapter) (2018)
- Game of Thrones (as arranger) (2011/2016/2021)
- I Shall Not Forget (tr. Hammell) (2017/2021)
- Martha My Dear (as arranger) (1968/2016/2021)
- Nerve & Verve (2020)
- Rescue (2023)
- Ride of the Raccoon (2023)
- Sandcastles (2022)
- Skyline (2018)
- Stardust Dunes (2020)
- Toxic (as arranger) (2003/2018/2021)
- When the Sun Comes After Rain (as arranger) (2012/2016)
- A Winter Dawn (tr. Hammell) (2017/2019)
Resources
- E.K.R. Hammell website Accessed 16 March 2022
- Perusal score