Whisper to their Souls

Samuel Hazo

Subtitle: Based on 'Greensleeves'

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Contra 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
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Cymbal (suspended)
Glockenspiel
Tam-Tam
Tubular Bells (Chimes)
Vibraphone

Errata

Cover of score uses "Soul" instead of "Souls."

Program Notes

Here is a unique and creative setting of the familiar tune Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) that opens with the melody scored softly for the woodwinds. The full ensemble contributes a series of harmonically rich phrases until the work reaches an emotional climax at the powerfully scored key change. While this is certainly effective as a holiday offering, it can be performed as a memorable tone poem any time of the year.

- Program note by publisher

Commissioned by the Eastside High School Bands of Covington, GA, and their director, D. Alan Fowler, in memory of his father, Thomas S. Fowler (1941-2004).

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Dallas Wind Symphony (Howard Dunn, conductor)

Media

Preview audio; ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Lincoln High School Symphonic Winds (Warren, Michigan) (Thomas A. Torrento, conductor) - 5 December 2017
Lone Star Symphonic Band (Katy, Texas) (Bob Bryant, conductor) – 11 December 2016
Washington and Lee University (Lexington, Va.) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Dobbins, conductor) – 3 November 2015
Cuesta Wind Ensemble (Jennifer Martin, conductor) - 12 December 2012
South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble (Keith W. Hodgson, conductor) - 12 December 2011
San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor) - 11 December 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)

All Wind Works

Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
Alleluia (2012)
Arabesque (2008/2009)
Arrows (2014)
As Winds Dance (2003)
Autumn on White Lake (2010)
Blessings
Blue and Green Music (2011)
Books With Blank Pages (2015)
Bridges (2007)
Chorus Angelorum (2009)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
Diamond Fanfare (2006)
Drums of the Saamis (2014)
Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
Echoes (2005)
Enchanted Spaces (2012)
Everything Beautiful (2015)
- The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
Exultate (2001/2003)
Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
For Heaven and the Future (2016)
From Gold (2015)
Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
- Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
- Rivers (2002)
- Ascend (2005)
Glorificare (2013)
...Go (2008)
Hennepin County Dawn. See: Minnesota Portraits
In Flight (2000/2008)
In Heaven's Air (2002)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
Keltic Variations (2003)
Minnesota Portraits (2008)
- Hennepin County Dawn
- Rest
- Across the Halfpipe
Mountain Thyme (2013)
Novo Lenio (2002)
Olympiada (1997/2002)
Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
Parkour (2011)
Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
Psalm 42 (2004)
The Quest (2002)
Rest. See: Minnesota Portraits
Ride (2002)
Rising Star (2006)
Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
Rush (2006)
Seconds Out (2013)
Sevens (2005)
Siorai September (2011)
Sky Is Waiting (2006)
Sòlas Ané (2006)
Southern Hymn (2009)
Stella Maris (2014)
The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
Their Blossoms Down (2002)
Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
To Be (2019)
Today Is the Gift (2006)
Voices of the Sky (2005)
We Meet Again (2010)
Whisper to their Souls (2008)
A Zillion Nickels (2015)

Resources

Hazo, Samuel R. (2008). Whisper to their souls [score]. Hal Leonard Corporation: Milwaukee, Wisc.