Symphony No. 1, My Hands Are a City
As the scent of spring rain...
for band and optional chorus
(2001)
Duration: 4'
INTERMEDIATE
Winner of the 2003 NBA/Merrill Jones Memorial Young Band Composition Award
Picc, 2Fl, 2Ob, 2Bsn, EbClar, 3Clar, BClar, 2ASax, TSax, Bax, 2Trp, 4Hn, 2Trb, Bar, 2Tba, Cb, Timp, Perc1 (Glock/ 'C'Gong), Perc2 (Vibr/ SusCym/ WChim), Perc3 (Mar/ BDr), Perc4 (Crot/ TubBells/ Tri)
Published by Wingert-Jones.
Moon by Night is a modular work, as it is performable as a work for band and chorus, band alone, chorus and piano, or chorus a cappella. The text is the King James translation of Psalm 121, and the title is an image directly quoted from the psalm. The theme of the work is not sacred, however---it should be more like a hymn-like tone poem; a simple, straightforward chorale with long unending lines, where the text serves only to create an evocative mood. Moon by Night was premiered by the Sterling Municipal Symphony Band in Sterling, IL, on June 27, 2001, with Eric Whitacre conducting.
See also Moon By Night for SATB chorus.
An errata list is available to correct early editions of this work.
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RECENT PERFORMANCES
West Aurora High School Wind Ensemble, West Aurora High School, Aurora, IL, Dr. Rodney C. Schueller, conductor - Feb 26 2013
Purdue University Symphonic Band, Long Center for the Performing Arts / Lafayette, IN, Ishbah Cox, conductor - Feb 15 2013
Champlin Park High School Band, Northwest Suburban All-Conference Music Festival, MInnesota, Steve Lyons, conductor - Feb 04 2013
