I Shall Not Forget

by
E.K.R. Hammell
arranged by: E.K.R. Hammell

Ensemble: Wind Band

Grade: 2.5

Duration: 03:45

Year of Composition: 2017

Premiered by: Unionville H.S. Grade 9 Band (Aidan Wong, conductor)

Date of Premiere: May 10, 2023

Publisher: E.K.R. Hammell Music

Year of Publication: 2021

Publisher Catalog Number: EH0016A/B

Available: Yes

How to Acquire: Composer, Purchase

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Sample Audio

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Instrumentation

Flutes 1,2
Oboe
Bassoon
B♭ Clarinet 1,2,3
B♭ Bass Clarinet
E♭ Alto Saxes 1,2
B♭ Tenor Sax
E♭ Baritone Sax
B♭ Trumpets 1,2
F Horn
Trombones 1,2
Euphonium
Tuba (String Bass)
Percussion 1,2,3

Re-orchestrated for band in 2021 by the composer, from the original work for SATB chorus.


Program Notes:

I Shall Not Forget was originally composed in 2017 as a choral setting of "White Pansies" by Canadian poet, Archibald Lampman. Lampman wrote the poem in 1894 in response to the death of his young son, Arnold. The darkly beautiful imagery and profound sadness of the text are a solemn reminder to never take any moment for granted, and had an anguished, lamenting quality that spoke to me in a way I felt needed to be expressed musically, more specifically: as a melancholy lullaby.

(Program note by E.K.R. Hammell)