Windscape
David Marlatt
Ensemble: Concert Band
Grade: 2.5
Duration: 03:45
Year of Composition: 2010
Commissioned by: Ottawa Catholic School Board
Premiered by: Lester B. Pearson C.H.S. (Pierre Humeault, director)
Publisher: Eighth Note
Year of Publication: 2010
Publisher Catalog Number: CB10172
Available: Yes
How to Acquire: Publisher, Purchase
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Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B♭ Clarinets 1, 2
B♭ Bass Clarinet
E♭ Alto Saxes 1, 2
B♭ Tenor Sax
E♭ Baritone Sax
B♭ Trumpets 1, 2
F Horn
Trombones 1, 2
Baritone
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
[Mallet Percussion:] Xylophone, Bells, Chimes, Vibes
Percussion (Snare Drum, 2 Tom-toms, Wood Block, Tambourine, Suspended Cymbal, Vibraslap, Crash Cymbals, Bass Drum)
Commissioned by the Ottawa Catholic School Board in collaboration with the University of Ottawa.
This is the first in a series of elements-inspired works by David Marlatt which also includes Earthscape and Firescape.
Program Notes:
Windscape is a rhythmic and energetic piece in four sections, written for equally energetic students in Ottawa. It opens with "The Winds from the North". The driving bass line combined with the punctuated wind parts represent the bitter winds that blow into Ontario in the winter time. This moves into "The Winds of Change". This has a shifty but steady pulse that features melody in the trumpet at first and then a counter melody is added in the flutes and saxophones. Crystal glasses and a lone alto saxophone are the featured sonorities in "The Winds of Mystery". It is very modal with colourful percussion sounds including the unexpected sound of the vibraslap. "The Winds of Change" reappears and, with several sidebar introductions of new rhythmic and melodic material, the piece ends as it should—driving and enthusiastic, like the students it was written for.
(Eighth Note Publications)
