With hope and resilience
(2022/rev. 2023)
for wind ensemble
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ca. 6-7 minutes | GRADE 6 | © 2023 M.O.T.I.F. (ASCAP)
INSTRUMENTATION
WOODWINDS: Piccolo, 4 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon,
Eb Clarinet, 4 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bb Bass Clarinets, Bb Contrabass Clarinet
SAXOPHONES: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bari
BRASS: 4 Horns, 4 Bb Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Euphoniums (2+players), Tubas (2+ players)
STRINGS: Double Bass
KEYBOARDS: Piano
PERCUSSION: Timpani, 7 Percussion (one player per part)
BRASS MUTES REQUIRED
Trumpets: Straight, Harmon
Trombones: Straight
PERCUSSION LIST
Concert Snare Drum (brushes needed), Vibraphone, Marching Snare Drum (or Field Drum with Kevlar head), Crash Cymbals, Marimba (5-octave), Chimes, Tambourine (mounted, headless, played with fingers & sticks), Suspended Cymbal (mallets, brushes, sticks needed), Xylophone, DRUMS WORKSHOP (2 Bongos, 4 Tom-Toms, Small Bass Drum), Glockenspiel, CYMBALS WORKSHOP (Hi-Hat, Splash, Crash, China), Crotales (2 octaves), Tam-Tam (2 triangle beaters needed), Triangle, Bass Drum
SCORE FOLLOWER
With hope and resilience is a fanfare and anthem inspired by the overall optimistic tone depicted within two poems - John Keats's To Hope and Emily Dickinson's "Hope" is the thing with feathers. All of the thematic and motivic materials created for this piece undergo a transformative change, whether reappearing in new stylistic textures or evolving over time. Brief moments of musical tension and alarm eventually give way to brighter colors and textures of sound. What starts as a fanfare eventually, and naturally, transforms into an anthem full of hope, resilience, determination, and a sense of spirited youthfulness. Although elements of the fanfare are briefly recalled to the very end, the anthem ultimately strives to look forward to the future and what we can make of it together.