Ten Romantic Moods

Hardy Mertens

Hardy Mertens (compiled Louis Martinus)

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General Info

Year: 1986-94 / 1997
Duration: c. 23:55
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €110.00   |   Score Only (print) - €22.00

Movements

1. Duo from Ritual – 2:20
2. The Walkyre's Reward from Walhalla – 2:30
3. Enlightenment from Nirvana's Touch – 3:00
4. Theme from Requiem for the Captive Condor – 4:25
5. The Love for Jade Moon from The Three Storms – 2:30
6. Our Morals and Lives from The Eighteen Levels of Hell – 1:35
7. Famine and Pestilence from Armageddon – 2:20
8. Success from Pushing the Limits – 1:30
9. Theme from Lest We Forget – 1:35
10. Finale from Cantico di frate sole – 2:10

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II (both div. a2)
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)

Commercial Discography

• Audio: Reference recording. Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra (Movement 1)
• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Band of the Belgian Navy (Peter Snellinckx, conductor) (Movement 2)
• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Band of the Belgian Navy (Peter Snellinckx, conductor) (Movement 3)
• Audio: Reference recording. Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra (Movement 4)
• Audio: Reference recording. Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra (Movement 6)
• Audio: Reference recording. Musique des équipages de la flotte de Toulon (Gérard Besse, conductor) (Movement 7)
• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Band of the Belgian Navy (Peter Snellinckx, conductor) (Movement 8)
• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Band of the Belgian Navy (Peter Snellinckx, conductor) (Movement 9)
• Audio: Reference recording. Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra (Movement 10)
• Audio CD: Royal Band of the Belgian Navy (Peter Snellinckx, conductor) – 1999
• Audio CD: Musique des équipages de la flotte de Toulon (Gérard Besse, conductor) – 1998
• Audio CD: Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra – 1996
• Audio CD: Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra – 1996

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Banshee (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• Chili Crab Rap (flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Doowyllob (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
• JulYassa (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
• Koel (Flex instrumentation) (2014)
• Kukeri (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• Marie Chérie (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Noizy Nite (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Pitri-Eins-Sechs-Null (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Saphir (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Sir Stamford (Flex instrumentation) (2018)
• Susanoodles (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
• The Three Tenors (Flex instrumentation) (2014)

All Wind Works

• Adagio (1999)
• All the Binge Bottles for the Beat-and-Blow-Job-Mob, the Nimble Naughty Thirsty Bunch on the Loose (2001)
• All the Mouth-Watering Meals for Flashing Flora, the Nimble Naughty Hungry Ghost on the Loose (2000)
• Aphrodite
• Armageddon
• Arnoldo
• Awareness (1988)
• Ballroom Bamboozles (1997)
• Bam-Bam (1991)
• Banshee (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• The Bridge (2017)
• Bryanna (2018)
• The Butterfly Lovers (2008)
• Cante Jondo (arr. Schyns) (1998)
• Cantico di Frate Sole
• Chili Crab Rap (flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Chucker - Out (2016)
• Chupito Ramiro (2017)
• Clarinet Concerto (2004)
• Da Pacem Domine
• Demon's Dance (2007)
• Deus ti salvet Maria (as arranger) (2005)
• Doowyllob (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
• Drenthe 2000 March (2000)
• Drie Ventielkes (1999)
• Eijkhagen College Jubilee March
• Festwies Polka (as arranger)
• Fiefoerniek (arr. Hendriks)
• Finale from Symphony No. 1 (as arranger) (1888/)
• Finale from the 3rd Symphony (as arranger) (1894-1896/1985)
• Fort Canning Park Birds (2010)
• Funkdrunk (2007)
• GiuliAnnalisa (2009)
• The Heavenly Flute Player and the Dragon Player
• Helmuth Rainer-Marsch (1986)
• Il Vento della Vita (2012)
• Impressioni di Sardegna (as arranger) (1996)
• In Memoriam Il Sorriso
• Iris
• Jazzica (2003)
• Jordons' Gum Chewers
• JulYassa (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
• Keyif (2013)
• Koel (Flex instrumentation) (2014)
• Kukeri (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• Kykládes (1995)
• L'Arco dell' Angelo (1998)
• La memoria delle pietre (2016)
• Lamento (arr. Schyns) (2004)
• Land of thousand flavours (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
• The Last Hamburger in Hungry Town (2002)
• Leonardus Rex
• Lest We Forget (arr. Schyns) (1994/1999)
• Louice and Blue Eyes (2002)
• Lourdes Maria (1999)
• Mariana (2017)
• Marie Chérie (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Milot le oelamin (2005)
• Negli occhi di Beatrice (2003)
• Noizy Nite (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Ollie Goes Bananas
• Once I Was a Dreamer (2001)
• Ostara (2003)
• Pegasus
• Philips Centennial March
• Pitri-Eins-Sechs-Null (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Poseidon (1995)
• Prayer (2001)
• Punch (2004)
• Pushing the Limits (1999)
• RamyRossy (Flex instrumentation) (2010)
• Requiem for a Future War (2018)
• Requiem for the Captive Condor
• Romantic Ceremony
• Romario
• Rose des sables (2008)
• Saphir (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• Sara's Soul. See: Winanga-Li
• Serenate sulla Soglia del Paradiso (2005)
• Shanghai Sword Dance (2011)
• The Singapore Experience
• Sir Stamford (Flex instrumentation) (2018)
• Sjtub (2011)
• Soidade (as arranger) (2006)
• Su ballu 'e s'arza (2018)
• The Sun Behind My Tears (2003-2004)
  • Choral of Life (2003)
  • Choral of Love (2004)
• Susanoodles (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
• Symphony No. 1 (1981)
  • Rondo Skolion
• Symphony No. 2
  • Fear and Fury
  • Desire and Suffering
  • Hallucination
  • The Cry for Reunion
  • Carnival
• Symphony No. 9 (as arranger with Suykerbuyk) (1945/1986)
• Take a Walk (1996)
• Ten Romantic Moods (compiled Martinus) (1986-94/1997)
• The Three Storms (arr. Schyns) (1987/1999)
• The Three Tenors (Flex instrumentation) (2014)
• Troubled Sunflower (2017)
• U mundu drentu a ti (1998)
• Uaithne (2010)
• Uncle Noomes and Uncle Toomes (2002)
• Valarantea (2012)
• Variazioni Sinfoniche (2001)
• Vieni qui (2010)
• Viva "el litro"! (2008)
• Waltz for Violins (as arranger)
• Winanga-Li (2004)
  • Sara's Soul (2004/2007)
• Wind and Tree (as arranger) (1999)
• Wonders & Miracles City (2009)
• Xenia Sarda (1996)
• Zitterd
• Zodiac Limit for the Lion (1984)

Resources

• Perusal score (Movement 1)
• Perusal score (Movement 2)
• Perusal score (Movement 3)
• Perusal score (Movement 4)
• Perusal score (Movement 5)
• Perusal score (Movement 6)
• Perusal score (Movement 7)
• Perusal score (Movement 8)
• Perusal score (Movement 9)
• Perusal score (Movement 10)