Hypernikon
Subtitle: More Than Conquerors
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €107.47 | Score Only (print) - €22.42
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium I-II
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Glockenspiel
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Tambourine
- *Triangle
- *Tubular Bells
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Greek word hypernikon roughly translates as "more than conquerors," the motto of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts, the commissioner of this piece. The work is inspired by David Rox’s very own name the first two letters of his name, D and A, sets the first theme is in D major, with these notes being the tonic and dominant of the scale.
After the stately intrada, the tempo accelerates and the festive feel of the march emerges. The trio melody serves as a beautiful contrast before finally ending with the opening theme in a grand tutti.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by Gordon College Department of Music and Gordon College Friends of Music (USA) in honor of Dr. David Rox's retirement as director of bands.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Ritsumeikan Moriyama High School (Moriyama City, Japan) Wind Band (Takeshi Sone, conductor) - 22 December 2023 (2023 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Four Old Dances (Flex Instrumentation) (1986)
All Wind Works
- 4 Old Dances
- Amazonia (1988/1990)
- Apollo (2010)
- Arioso Cantabile (2025)
- Arsenal (1996)
- Avalon
- Balkanya (1999)
- Brasiliana (1985)
- Canterbury Chorale (1991)
- Castellum
- Centennial Prelude
- Ceremonial March
- Christmas Time (1993)
- Colores (2021)
- Concerto Grosso (1986)
- Condacum (1996)
- ConZEnSus (1996)
- Credentium
- Crescent Moon (2011)
- Dances of Innocence (2009)
- Domus
- Dublin Dances (2007)
- Dynamica (1998)
- Et in Terra Pax (1998)
- Finnish Folk Song Suite (2001)
- Firework! (1992)
- Flashing Winds (1989)
- Four Old Dances (Flex Instrumentation) (1986)
- From Ancient Times (2009)
- Helios
- Highland Rhapsody, A (1991)
- Homage (1993)
- Humanos
- Hymnus Antverpia
- Hypernikon (2019)
- I Shall Love But Thee (2018)
- Jubilus
- Jupiter (2007)
- Kebek (2006)
- Manhattan Pictures (1994)
- Mercury (1990)
- Metalla
- Minerva (1999)
- Montana (2008)
- Nemu-Susato (1997)
- Olympica (1993)
- Orion (2000)
- Poeme Montagnard (1996)
- Ponte Romano
- Prima Luce
- Puszta (1988)
- Rhapsody for Horn, Winds and Percussion (1995)
- Rikudim (1986)
- Sayonara
- Seatbelts Fastened! (2019)
- Signature (1988)
- Sinfonia Hungarica (2000)
- Sinfonietta (2004)
- Singapura Suite (1998)
- Slavia
- The Snail (2013), from Bestiarium
- Spartacus (1989)
- Spirit of Independence
- St Martin's Suite (1992)
- Suite Provençale (1989)
- The Swan on the Hill (2005)
- Tanczi (2006)
- Toccata Festiva
- Volcano
- Yokohama Festival Fanfare (2013)
- Yokohama Festival Overture (2013)
Resources
- Jan Van der Roost website. Accessed 1 December 2023
- Perusal score (in Attachments)
- Roost, J. (2019). Hypernikon: More Than Heroes [score]. De Haske: Heerenveen, Neth.