Stillness of Remembering, The

Samuel Hazo

Subtitle: From Everything Beautiful, Mvt. 1.

General Info

Year: 2016
Duration: c. 3:55
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00; (digital) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Gong
Suspended Cymbal
Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

I distinctly remember learning of Chuck’s passing in an email from Jacqueline Metr, a dear friend of mine from college who now teaches at Assumption High School in Louisville. The grief was great enough that I immediately went to my piano and began to play. The notes matched my feelings so perfectly that I sketched out exactly what I played, never knowing I’d be asked to compose Chuck’s requiem. There are very few textures that express pain and joy simultaneously; holding that balance between the optimism of open voicing and the introspection of subtle note clusters. My fingers just happened to land in the perfect places. Months later, I was able to find my sketch and, beginning to end, it is the first movement. I am convinced Chuck was with me.

The title of this movement is taken from the poetic song Dreams, penned in 1976 by Stevie Nicks in Sausalito, CA. The verse reads:

Like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the the stillness of remembering
What you had and what you lost,
And what you had, and what you lost.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Alabama: Class A

Performances

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Central High School (Fresno, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Leonard Ingrande, conductor) - 21 April 2017 (2017 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
University of Nevada, Reno, Symphonic Band (William Plenk, conductor) – 15 February 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

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

All Wind Works

Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
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)
- The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
Exultate (2001/2003)
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. See: Minnesota Portraits
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. See: Minnesota Portraits
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)
The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
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)

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