Where Words Cannot Go
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: IV-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $195.00 | Score Only (print) - $45.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (II optional)
Bassoon (div.)
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-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba (div.)
Timpani
Percussion (5 players), including:
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crotales
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Suspended Cymbal (large and medium)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
There are times in life when it is hard to find the right words. At times like this music is often able to speak in ways we cannot. My wish is that Where Words Cannot Go can be whatever it needs to be for anyone who hears it.
Throughout this piece I personally hear various musical moments that are like waves of grief taking over a person. To me, it tells a story of loss while searching for light and healing.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Frostburg (Md.) State University Wind Ensemble (Shannon Shaker, conductor)
State Ratings
- Texas: IV
Performances
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- Tri-State Wind Symphony (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nolan Hauta, conductor) - 15 June 2023
- Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) Wind Ensemble (Derek Shapiro, conductor) - 19 April 2023
- College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University (Collegeville, Minn.) Wind Ensemble (Justin T. Zanchuk, conductor) - 12 December 2022
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John's) Wind Ensemble (Bill Brennan, conductor) - 26 November 2022
- Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Ron Gerhardstein, conductor) – 18 March 2022 (CBDNA 2022 Western/Northwestern Conference, Tacoma, Wash.)
- Concordia University (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Wind Ensemble (William Perrine, conductor) - 9 December 2021
- Arizona State University (Tempe) Wind Symphony (Jamal Duncan, conductor) - 22 September 2021
- Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Edwin Powell, conductor) – 15 March 2020
- Frostburg (Md.) State University Wind Ensemble (Shannon Shaker, conductor) – 7 March 2020 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
- Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Articulate March (2016)
- At a Crossroads (2022)
- Autumn Air (2016)
- Be Still and Still Moving (2020)
- Beauty Broken (2015)
- Blue Radiance (2020)
- Bright Shadow Fanfare (2021)
- Catharsis (2020)
- Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (2018)
- Dance the Joy Alive (2016)
- Down by the Sally Gardens
- Eternity in an Hour (2016)
- I Will Lament and Love (2018)
- Image on Truth (2019)
- Letters from the Traveling Doll (2021)
- Look Not Upon Us (2011)
- Monterey Sketches
- Night Watches (2020)
- On a Hill Far Away
- Postcard from Sequoia (2019)
- Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Resound (2021)
- Safely Rest (2020)
- Shifting Shadows
- Solace Dance (2016)
- Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
- The Spirit Is Willing (2023)
- Spring Fanfare (2016)
- Sunflower Studies (2023)
- Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Through Wind and Whispers (2014)
- Where Words Cannot Go (2020)
- Woven
- You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Resources
- Nicole Piunno, personal correspondence, March 2020
- Nicole Piunno website Accessed 28 April 2018
- Perusal score