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Tower of Babel, The
Derek Bourgeois (trans. by composer)
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Subtitle: Symphony No 68
This work bears the designation Opus 316.
General Info
Year: 2011 / 2012
Duration: c. 36:35
Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €450.00 | Score Only (print) - €90.00
Movements
1. Allegro con fuoco – 8:05
2. Lento moderato – 13:20
3. Allegro misterioso – 5:10
4. Allegro moderato – 10:10
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (II doubling English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Guiro
- Maracas
- Motor Horns (2)
- Plate Bells
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tenor Drum
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Yves Segers, conductor) (Movement 1)
- Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Yves Segers, conductor) (Movement 2)
- Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Yves Segers, conductor) (Movement 3)
- Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Yves Segers, conductor) (Movement 4)
- Audio CD: Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Yves Segers, conductor) – 2013
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)
All Wind Works
- 2001 - A Wind Odyssey (2000)
- Band Land
- Biffo's March
- Brass Quintet No. 2 (1972/2015)
- Bridges Over the River Cam
- Calypso (1980/1985)
- Cancion de Cuevas
- Concert Pels Obradors de Cas Concos
- Concert Prelude for Euphonium and Band
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band (2003)
- Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band (2006)
- Concerto for Brass Sextet and Concert Band
- Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra (2009)
- Concerto for Percussion (1995/2004)
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Band (2012)
- Concerto for Three Trombones (1977/2004)
- Concerto for Three Trombones & Percussion
- Concerto for Trombone and Concert Band (1989)
- Concerto Grosso (1980/2005)
- Contrasts for E flat Clarinet and Tuba (2013)
- A Cotswold Symphony (1988/2000)
- Crazy
- Diversions
- Double Brass Quintet (2007)
- Double Concerto for Trumpet, Bass Trombone and Band (2003)
- Fanfare Sounds (as arranger) (2017)
- Fantasy Triptych
- Felanitx Fandango
- Felantx Fantasy
- Felanitx Fiestas (2006)
- Fribourg - The Old City
- Funfair
- Galaxy (2015)
- Green Dragon
- HAFABRA Fanfare (2013)
- HAFABRA Overture (2002)
- Happy and Glorious Concert March
- Lliria Celebration
- Mallorca (2003)
- Metro Gnome (1997/2001)
- Molesworth's Melody (2001)
- Northern Lament
- Oboe Dream Dance (2013)
- Osteoblast (2005)
- Perchance to Dream
- Piccolo Picante (2005)
- Rainbow Overture (2015)
- Renaissance Revisited (2015)
- Repic de Pascua
- Rhythm With a Smile (2017)
- Roller Coaster
- Romance for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra (1991)
- Rondo Grottesco (1986)
- Royal Tournament
- Scherzo Funebre (2006)
- Serenade (1965/1980)
- Serenade (Flex instrumentation) (adapt. Brand) (1965/1980/2020)
- Sinfonietta
- Six Easy Pieces for Brass
- Sonata for Brass Quintet
- Song of Farewell
- Suite from Christmas on the Underground
- Symphony for William (2004)
- Symphony No. 4 (1978/2007)
- Symphony No. 6. See: A Cotswold Symphony
- Symphony No. 8 (2002)
- Symphony No. 41 in C major (2007/2009)
- Symphony No. 68. See: The Tower of Babel
- Symphony of Winds (1980/2004)
- The Tower of Babel (2011/2012)
- Trumpet Gallop
- Two Christmas Pieces
- Walking the Dog (as arranger) (1937/2007)
- A Weather Suite
- The Well of the Moon
- West of England Fanfare (2001)
- White Dragon
Resources
- Derek Bourgeois website Accessed 9 October 2020
- Perusal Score (Movement 1)
- Perusal Score (Movement 2)
- Perusal Score (Movement 3)
- Perusal Score (Movement 4)
- "The Tower of Babel Symphony no. 68 op. 316." Wind Band Symphony Archive. Web. Accessed 18 November 2020