Words of Love
Subtitle: For Soprano and Wind Ensemble
General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Cautious Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $205.00 | Score Only (print) - $50.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II (II doubling Alto Flute in G)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crotales
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal (2: small and medium)
- Tam-Tam (small)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Written for Stephen Davis and Rebecca Sherburn and the UMKC Wind Symphony.
- Program Note from score
My father: wordsmith, philosopher, lover of learning; yet his most meaningful words were most often about the love of his life for 61 years. Near the end he lost his words, but not the love that inspired them.
TEXTS (unpublished)
My darling
How do I love thee?
The ways of love are countless -
countless joys with which you bless my life
Moments tender, sweet…
Moments tender
Life’s brimming overfull with love
A vivid sunrise as successive days dawn,
a knowing touch,
a sensitive ear,
a gentle answer
And when purple twilight falls about you,
the beauty of a shared sunset
Moments…
as devotion fades into remembrance
Tender…sweet
For years of love and life, I am, for all these things
most grateful, darling
[always and forever.]
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: University of Georgia Wind Ensemble (John P. Lynch, conductor) - 2012
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) Symphonic Band (Scott Boerma, conductor; Lindsey Kesselman, soprano) – 17 February 2020
- University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Symphony (Steven D. Davis, conductor) – 23 April 2019
- State University of New York, Potsdam, Crane Wind Ensemble (Brian K. Doyle, conductor) – 19 November 2018
- Western Illinois University (Macomb) Wind Ensemble (Mike Fansler, conductor) – 10 November 2018
- University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Orchestra (Terrence Milligan, conductor) – 1 February 2018
- Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff) Wind Symphony (Daniel Schmidt, conductor; Deborah Raymond, soprano) – 12 March 2010 (CBDNA 2010 Western/Northwestern Division Conference (Reno, Nev.)
- University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory Wind Symphony (Steven D. Davis, conductor; Rebecca Sherburn, soprano) – 27 March 2009 (CBDNA 2009 National Conference, Austin, Tx.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Ascension (1988/2010)
- The Billion Man Fanfare (1995)
- Concerto for Marimba (Eight Hands) and Wind Ensemble (1996/1998)
- A Crowd of Stars (2013)
- Edges (1999)
- EllenSong (2012)
- Fanfare: Many Voices, One Future (2000)
- Fantasy in Earth Tones (2012)
- Graduation (2019)
- Words of Love (2007)
Resources
- James Mobberley, personal correspondence, April 2019
- James Mobberley website Accessed 28 January 2018
- Mobberley, J. (2007). Words of Love: For Soprano and Wind Ensemble [score]. Cautious Music: [Liberty, Mo.].
- Perusal score