Symphony Nr. 1 for Wind Band (Nordhagen)
Subtitle: Solitude Standing
General Info
Year: 2008 / 2017
Duration: c. 22:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Norsk Noteservice as
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €244.64; (digital) - €244.64
Movements
1. Slow - Fast - Slow
2. Recitative: Slow - Fast
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II (both div. a2)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Timpani
Piano/Celesta
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cabasa
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Tam-tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-toms
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The two movements in this symphony have quite similar structure and length, and this is no coincidence. As a composer, I try to create two musical stories that comes from the same starting point and thought, but they sound and feel different. Music often describes something you can't say in words. This composer stands in the middle of the symphony, here personalized as trombone solo (or euphonium) and tries Solitude Standing to make a bridge between the two parts.
- Program Note by composer
Commissioned by the Musikkforeningen Nidarholm with support from Norsk Kulturråd.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio MP3: Musikkforeningen Nidarholm (Bjørn Sagstad, conductor) – 2018
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Musikkforeningen Nidarholm (Trondheim, Norway) (Espen Andersen, conductor) – 28 March 2009 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Brigade Nords Marsj
- Ceremonial
- Chants de Thule
- Continental Divide
- Det Gamle Kvernhuset (as arranger)
- Mountain Songs and Arias
- Prillar&Halling
- Rhapsodie norvégienne Nr. 1 (as orchestrator)
- Symphony Nr. 1 for Wind Band (2008/2017)
- Variasjoner
- La ville blanche et bleue
Resources
- "Symphony no. 1, Solitude Standing" The Wind Band Symphony Archive. Web. Accessed 22 November 2020