Southern Hymn

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 desired)

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 from 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

Audio CD: Hillcrest High School Wind Ensemble (Andrew Pettis, conductor) - 2009

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
Hillcrest High School (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Pettus, conductor) – 18 December 2009 (2009 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)

All Wind Works

Across the Halfpipe (2008)
Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
Alleluia (2012)
Arabesque (2008/2009)
Arrows (2014)
As Winds Dance (2003)
Autumn on White Lake (2010)
Blessings
Blue and Green Music (2011)
Books With Blank Pages (2015)
Bridges (2007)
Chorus Angelorum (2009)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
Diamond Fanfare (2006)
Drums of the Saamis (2014)
Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
Echoes (2005)
Enchanted Spaces (2012)
Everything Beautiful (2015)
Exultate (2001/2003)
The Stillness of Remembering (2016)
Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
For Heaven and the Future (2016)
From Gold (2015)
Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
- Rivers (2002)
- Ascend (2005)
Glorificare (2013)
...Go (2008)
Hennepin County Dawn (2008)
In Flight (2000/2008)
In Heaven's Air (2002)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
Keltic Variations (2003)
Minnesota Portraits (2008)
- Hennepin County Dawn
- Rest
- Across the Halfpipe
Mountain Thyme (2013)
Novo Lenio (2002)
Olympiada (1997/2002)
Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
Parkour (2011)
Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
Psalm 42 (2004)
The Quest (2002)
Rest (2008)
Ride (2002)
Rising Star (2006)
Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
Rush (2006)
Seconds Out (2013)
Sevens (2005)
Siorai September (2011)
Sky Is Waiting (2006)
Sòlas Ané (2006)
Southern Hymn (2009)
Stella Maris (2014)
Their Blossoms Down (2002)
Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
To Be (2019)
Today Is the Gift (2006)
Voices of the Sky (2005)
We Meet Again (2010)
Whisper to their Souls (2008)
A Zillion Nickels (2015)

Resources

Samiel Hazo website Accessed 26 August 2016