I Shall Not Forget
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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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)