Parallel Universe

General Info

Year: 2009
Duration: c. 16:30
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: mixEnsemble
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $100.00

Movements

1. First Movement - 4:20
2. Second Movement - 6:10
3. Third Movement – 6:00

Instrumentation

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

*Bass Drum

*Crash Cymbals

*Glockenspiel

*Marimba

*Snare Drum

*Suspended Cymbal

*Tam-tam

*Tenor Drum

*Triangle

*Vibraphone

*Wood Drum

*Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This work was originally written, based on the initial idea of expansion elements throughout the speech.

In the first movement some of these elements are latent in constant evolution and expansion in all the register. Subsequently, this initial idea gives rise to a small motif that assumes the main center of evolution in all the musical speech. The second movement presents the central motif in a clear manner, associated to the woodwinds, followed by several developments throughout this process.

In the third movement, in spite of the new materials, there are constantly small allusions to the main motif, and the development of the speech culminates in the motif in its original form. This one is followed by a last expansion, until the tutti orchestra appears in a gesture that is reminiscent of the first movement, thus closing the cycle of events and announcing the end of the Work. Before the end appears a full distension that refers to the end of the first movement, but now, in a sudden gesture, the work ends with a tutti fortissimo.

- Program Note by World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE)

Awards

Parallel Universe has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Orquestra de Sopros da Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa "ESML" (Alberto Roque, conductor)

State Ratings