Bagatelles
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 28:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Music Centre
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - A$317.27 | Score Only (print) - A$160.00
Movements
Part 1
- Prelude
- Little Fanfare
- Serial Beethoven
- Ludvig Wagner
- Raising the Standard
Part 2
- Prelude
- Tchaikovsky
- Introduction & Soliloquy
- Whirlwind
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- English Horn
- Bassoon I-II
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II-III, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Chimes (or Tubular Bells)
- *Crash Cymbals (crash, hi-hat, and suspended)
- *Drum Kit
- *Glockenspiel (or Orchestra Bells) I-II
- *Gong
- *Hi-Hat
- *Metal Dustbin Lid
- *Snare Drum
- *Supended Cymbal
- *Tam-Tam
- *Tambourine
- *Triangle
- *Vibraphone
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Bagatelles is a collection of pieces from different sources of mine. Played complete, it lasts about twenty-eight minutes. But some movements could be performed in isolation, while other shorter suites could be put together for performance. Two movements that might cause problems for audiences can be left out from an otherwise complete performance. They are Serial Beethoven and Soliloquy.
Much of the humour of the Beethoven spoof will be lost on an audience unfamiliar with Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony, while the text associated with Soliloquy might prove offensive to some, being taken from Psalm 109. This is actually an aria from my opera Dracula, which has never been performed, apart from a CD recording. As I consider it the most powerful part of the opera, I decided to include it here as well. If left out, the Introduction could still be played before cutting to the tarantella Whirlwind.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Elder Conservatorium of Music (Adelaide, Aus.) Wind Ensemble (Robert Hower, conductor) - 22 August 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Australian Fantasia Suite (2002/2004)
- Bagatelles
- The Bold Benjamin (optional baritone solo and male chorus) (1997)
- Concerto for Band (variations on Grainger’s “Country Gardens”) (1990)
- Demon, The (Fanfare)
- Droylsden Wakes. See: Folksongs for Band, Suite No. 3
- E.G.B.D.S. (Edvard Grieg By David Stanhope)
- Endpiece
- Fanfare and Children's March
- Fantasy on an Original Fanfare
- Folksongs for Band, Suite No. 1
- Folksongs for Band, Suite No. 2 (1984/1991)
- Folksongs for Band, Suite No. 3 (1990/2001)
- Grand Fanfare (with optional antiphonal trumpets)
- The Little Ripper March (1989/2001)
- Olympic Fireworks (2001)
- Petite Suite Française
- Promenade March (2003)
- Retreat and Pumping Song (1979)
- Skye Boat Song (as arranger, with Grainger) (1900/1922)
- Songs Without Words (saxophone quartet and band)
- Two Romantic Tributes (for alto saxophone and band)
Resources
- David Stanhope website. Accessed 178 May 2024
- Perusal score