Southern Hymn

Samuel Hazo

Samuel Hazo

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General Info

Year: 2009
Duration: c. 4:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba/String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail needed)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The original themes used in this beautiful setting are intended to be played in the style of a slow Southern folk hymn, similar to Amazing Grace or Shenandoah. Using suspensions and resolutions as well as calm moments and powerfully emotional builds, this is a marvelous work with stylistic and dynamic range.

- Program Note by publisher

Commissioned in memory of Neil Rasmussen by the Providence High School Band Boosters, Charlotte, N.C., Ronald D. Payne, conductor; Michael Hough, associate conductor.

- Program Note from score

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP I
• Kansas: VI
• Michigan: Junior High A
• Tennessee: III
• Wisconsin: Event 3000 Concert Band Class B

Performances

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• Tinley Park (Ill.) High School (Vince Aiello, conductor) – 28 April 2016
• 11-12 Georgia District 1 Honor Band (Samuel Hazo, conductor) – 2015

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Ascend (2006)
• Alleluia (2012)
• Arabesque (2008)
• Arrows (2014)
• As Winds Dance (2003)
• Autumn on White Lake (2010)
• Blessings
• Blue and Green Music (2011)
• Books With Blank Pages (2015)
• Bridges
• Chorus Angelorum (2009)
• Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo, The
• Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
• Diamond Fanfare (2006)
• Each Time You Tell Their Story
• Echoes (2005)
• Enchanted Spaces (2013)
• Exultate (2001)
• Everything Beautiful (2015)
  • Stillness of Remembering, The (2016)
• Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
• For Heaven and the Future (2016)
• Georgian Suite
  • Our Kingsland Spring (2005)
  • Rivers (Hazo) (2002)
  • Ascend (Hazo) (2006)
• Go (2008)
• In Flight (2000/2008)
• In Heaven's Air (2002)
• Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
• Keltic Variations
• Minnesota Portraits
  • Hennepin County Dawn
  • Rest (2008)
  • Across the Halfpipe (2008)
• Mountain Thyme (2012)
• Novo Lenio (2002)
• Olympiada (1997/2002)
• Our Kingsland Spring
• Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
• Perthshire Majesty (2003)
• Psalm 42
• Quest, The
• Ride (2002)
• Rising Star
• Rush (2006)
• Seconds Out
• Sevens (2005)
• Sky is Waiting
• Sòlas Ané (2006)
• Southern Hymn (2009)
• Their Blossoms Down (2002)
• Three Concert Fanfares (Hazo)
• Today Is the Gift (2006)
• Voices of the Sky (2005)
• Whisper to their Souls (2008)

Resources

• Samiel Hazo website Accessed 26 August 2016