Winanga-Li

Hardy Mertens

Hardy Mertens

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General Info

Year: 2004
Duration: c. 20:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: HAFABRA Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €273.00   |   Score Only (print) - €55.00

Movements

1. The Breath of Life
2. Sara's Soul
3. Rainbow Dance
4. The Dawn of Winanga-Li

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II-III
Bassoon
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-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV

(percussion detail desired)

Cello

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Winanga-Li is an Australian Aboriginal child and family centre. It is a community controlled charity providing services and programs across regional New South Wales. Its mission is to build strong children, strong families and culturally strong communities.

From the nearly extinct Gamilaraay language, "winanga-li" means to hear or listen.

- Program Note from Winanga-Li website

Winanga-Li is based on a theme by Mark Smerdon.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Hardy Mertens, conductor) (Movement 1)
• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Hardy Mertens, conductor) (Movement 2)
• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Hardy Mertens, conductor) (Movement 3)
• Audio: Reference recording. Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Hardy Mertens, conductor) (Movement 4)
• Audio CD: Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides (Hardy Mertens, conductor) – 2006

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

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

• Hardy Mertens website Accessed 2 July 2021
• Mertens, H.; Smerdon, M. (2004). Winanga-Li: Wind Band [score]. Hafabra Music: Fourons/Voeren, Belgium
• Perusal score
• Winanga-Li website Accessed 2 July 2021