Symphony I (Abigaña)
Subtitle: Omnes Gentes
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 23:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Brett Abigaña
Cost: Unknown
Movements
1. Prelude - 6:30
2. Degeneration - 3:30
3. Benediction - 7:05
4. Motet - 6:05
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (II doubling English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV-V-VI (V-VI antiphonal)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Organ
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Solo Soprano
SATB Choir
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Symphony no. 1 - Omnes Gentes was commissioned by the United States Naval Academy Band in 2009 to commemorate the restoration and reopening of the United States Naval Academy Chapel. This work is written for band, antiphonal trumpets, soprano soloist, chorus, and organ, and was premiered in 2010 at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, MD. A portion of the work entitled Motet was performed at the reopening ceremony of the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel in October of 2009.
- Program Note by composer
Omnes gentes translates from Latin as “all you people.”
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- The Hartt School Wind Ensemble (Hartford, Conn.) (Glen Adsit, conductor) – 30 April 2019
- California State University, Fresno, Wind Orchestra (Gary P. Gilroy, conductor) - 15 March 2013 (2013 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.))
Works for Winds by This Composer
- As the Wood Smoke Rises (2014)
- Chorale and Blaspheme (2009/2015)
- Daylight Passing (2016)
- Devil's Drive (2017)
- Down the Lonely Path (2014)
- Locrian Riffs (2020)
- Lux Contrapunctum (2016)
- Masque of the Red Death, The (2010)
- Miserere (2008)
- Sketches on Paintings No 2 (2009/2015)
- Soliloquy for Band (2007)
- Symphony No. 1 (2012)
- Symphony No. 2 (2015)
- Symphony No. 3 (2016)
Resources
- Brett Abigaña website
- "Symphony No 1 Omnes Gentes." The Wind Band Symphony Archive. Accessed 4 January 2016