Masada

Boris Pigovat

Boris Pigovat

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General Info

Year: 1997
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boris Pigovat
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

In 1996 I met Michael Delman, the conductor of the Wind Orchestra of the Petah-Tikva Conservatoire (Israel). Before meeting him for the first time, I had never written anything for wind orchestra, and I have viewed wind orchestration as limited to bands performing marches or any entertainment music, like songs, waltzes, polka, fantasy, and potpourri.

Mr. Delman opened a new world to me: the wind orchestra, with abilities and repertoire similar to the symphony orchestra. This type of orchestra is called a symphonic wind band or a wind symphony orchestra.

For more than 20 years, Michael Delman and I have collaborated. He and his orchestra premiered most of my compositions written for symphonic wind band. Mr. Delman himself conceived the theme of some of my wind band compositions, including Massada, Wind Of Yemen, Exile, and The Heroic Song.

Massada was the first piece that I composed for symphonic wind band. It was composed, and also performed for the first time, in 1997.

Massada (or Masada) is a fortress near the Dead Sea, whose defenders resisted the Romans for seven years and then committed suicide rather than being captured and enslaved by the Romans.

- Program Note by composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Murray (Ky.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Dennis L. Johnson, conductor) – 22 February 2006 (CBDNA 2006 Southern Division Conference, Nashville, Tenn.)
• Petach-Tikva Conservatoire Symphonic Band (Israel) (Michael Delman, conductor) – 1997 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• In the Mood to Tango (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Tunes of the Desert (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

• Concert March (2006)
• Dedicated to Marc Chagall (2003)
• Exile (2006)
• In the Mood to Tango (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Jerusalem (2012)
• Light from the Yellow Star (2011)
• Masada (1997)
• Song of the Sea (2005)
• Tunes of the Desert (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• TZFAT (2002)
• Wind of Yemen (2000)

Resources

• Boris Pigovat website. Accessed 13 September 2022
• Pigovat, B. (1997). Masada: Poem for Symphonic Wind Band [score]. [B. Pigovat]: [Israel].