Wind Nonet (Parry)

Last updated

Hubert Parry's Nonet in B-flat major for nine wind instruments is a composition for chamber ensemble composed around 1877. Not performed in the composers lifetime, it remained unpublished until 1988 when Edition Compusic published the work under the posthumous opus number 70. [1]

Contents

Background

The first mention of the composition is in a letter dating from Autumn of 1877 to Parrys then teacher Edward Dannreuther where he referred to the work as "..an experiment...". [2] Parry showed the incomplete composition to Dannreuther on 21 December 1877, but did not complete the work until 31 December 1877. [2] [3]

Dibble notes that Parry continued to work on the Nonet into February 1878, and suggests that the composer may have considered having members of the Crystal Palace Orchestra perform it. The reasons for the lack of performance during the composers lifetime and the decision not to publish are unclear, but may be related to the fact that the experimental nature of the work, conceived as a test of the composers ability to score for wind instruments, or the composer may have simply been dissatisfied with the work. [3]

Instrumentation

The composition is scored for flute, oboe, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons.

Structure

The composition is in four movements:

  1. Allegro
  2. Allegro molto
  3. Largo
  4. Allegro

A typical performance takes around 24 minutes.

Performance History

Dibble notes that the first confirmed performance of the Nonet did not take place until 1937. [3] The first recording, by the chamber ensamble Capricorn was released by Hyperion Records in 1987.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Symphony No. 8 (Dvořák)</span>

The Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163, is a symphony by Antonín Dvořák, composed in 1889 at Vysoká u Příbramě, Bohemia, on the occasion of his election to the Bohemian Academy of Science, Literature and Arts. Dvořák conducted the premiere in Prague on 2 February 1890. In contrast to other symphonies of both the composer and the period, the music is cheerful and optimistic. It was originally published as Symphony No. 4.

The two Serenades, Op. 11 and 16, represent early efforts by Johannes Brahms to write orchestral music. They both date from after the 1856 death of Robert Schumann when Brahms was residing in Detmold and had access to an orchestra.

Concertino is the diminutive of concerto, thus literally a small or short concerto.

Charles Ives's Symphony No. 1 in D minor, written between 1898 and 1902, is an example of how Ives synthesized ideas from composers who came before him. Many of his later symphonies relied on Protestant hymns as the main theme. However, this symphony is composed in the late-Romantic European tradition, and is believed to contain many paraphrases from famous European pieces such as Tchaikovsky's Pathétique and Schubert's Unfinished symphonies and especially Dvořák's New World Symphony.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ian Parrott</span> Anglo-Welsh composer and writer on music

Ian Parrott was a prolific Anglo-Welsh composer and writer on music. His distinctions included the first prize of the Royal Philharmonic Society for his symphonic poem Luxor, and commissions by the BBC and Yale University, and for many leading British musicians. In 1958 his cor anglais concerto was first performed at Cheltenham Festival, and in 1963 his cello concerto was given by William Pleeth and the Hallé Orchestra – both concertos were conducted by Sir John Barbirolli.

In music, a nonet is a chamber music composition which requires nine musicians for a performance. The standard nonet scoring is for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello, and double bass, though other combinations are also found. Additionally, the term may apply to a group of nine musicians regardless of whether they are playing chamber music.

The Bachianas Brasileiras are a series of seven suites by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written for various combinations of instruments and voices between 1930 and 1945. They represent a fusion of Brazilian folk and popular music on the one hand and the style of Johann Sebastian Bach on the other, as an attempt to freely adapt a number of Baroque harmonic and contrapuntal procedures to Brazilian music. Most of the movements in each suite have two titles: one "Bachian", the other Brazilian.

The Strathclyde Concertos are a series of ten orchestral works by the English composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viktor Kalabis</span> Czech composer (1923–2006)

Viktor Kalabis was a Czech composer, music editor, musicologist, and husband of harpsichordist Zuzana Růžičková.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra</span> 1911 composition by Max Bruch

The Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 88, is a composition by Max Bruch which was composed in 1911. It premiered on 5 March 1912 in Wilhelmshaven by the piece's dedicatees, violist Willy Hess and the composer's son and clarinet soloist, Max Felix Bruch. The score however was published 23 years after the composer's death, finally being released in 1942.

The Piano Concerto No. 3 is a 32-minute concerto by the Australian-born composer Malcolm Williamson.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wind Quintet (Nielsen)</span>

Carl Nielsen's Wind Quintet, or as indicated by the original score, the Kvintet for Flöte, Obo, Klarinet, Horn og Fagot, Op. 43, was composed early in 1922 in Gothenburg, Sweden, where it was first performed privately at the home of Herman and Lisa Mannheimer on 30 April 1922. The first public performance was on 9 October 1922 in the smaller hall at the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen. It is considered a staple of the repertoire for wind quintet.

In music, a duodecet—sometimes duodectet, or duodecimette—is a composition which requires twelve musicians for a performance, or a musical group that consists of twelve people. In jazz, such a group of twelve players is sometimes called a "twelvetet". The corresponding German word is Duodezett. The French equivalent form, douzetuor, is virtually unknown. Unlike some other musical ensembles such as the string quartet, there is no established or standard set of instruments in a duodecet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woodwind section</span> Section of orchestra or concert band

The woodwind section, which consists of woodwind instruments, is one of the main sections of an orchestra or concert band. Woodwind sections contain instruments given Hornbostel-Sachs classifications of 421 and 422, but exclude 423

Charles Villiers Stanford's Serenade in F major, Op. 95 is a composition for a chamber ensemble of nine soloists, composed in 1905.

<i>Quinteto (em forma de chôros)</i>

The Quinteto is a chamber-music composition by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1928. Originally scored for five woodwind instruments, it is most often performed in an arrangement for the conventional wind quintet of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. A performance lasts about eleven minutes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Symphony No. 9 (Villa-Lobos)</span>

Symphony No. 9 is a composition by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1952. A performance lasts about twenty minutes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Symphony No. 11 (Villa-Lobos)</span>

Symphony No. 11 is a composition by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1955. A performance lasts about twenty-five minutes.

The Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra is a composition for string quartet and orchestra by the American composer Gunther Schuller. The work was composed between 1987 and early 1988. Its world premiere was given on February 20, 1988, by the Pro Arte Quartet and the Madison Symphony Orchestra conducted by Schuller. The piece was a finalist for the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nonet (Farrenc)</span> 1849 chamber music composition by Louise Farrenc

The Nonet in E-flat major, Op. 38, is an 1849 composition by French composer Louise Farrenc.

References

Notes
References