Remembering
General Info
Year: 2023
Duration: c. 7:40
Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Glass Tree Press
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $150.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Flute I-II-III
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass
- Electric Guitar
- Piano
- Harp
- Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Brake Drum
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Crotales
- *Glockenspiel
- *Hi-Hat
- *Maracas
- *Ocean Drum
- *Shakers
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Triangle
- *Tubular Bells
- *Vibraphone
- *Xylophone
Music Box
Players singing
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This work is scored for wind ensemble and is titled Remembering because it deals with concepts of memory. Specifically, this work explores how the context of memories plays a role in consciousness. When a baby is born everything is new and without context. As the mind grows and experiences recur, the baby begins to recognize repeated experiences as their memories are formed. Eventually, not only is a memory recognized, but the context of that memory is recognized – connections are made, and the world begins to make sense. This is one of the first signs of consciousness in human development and typically happens around five months of age. As one is able to connect a memory to a context and understand their relationship to it, then they are able to connect experiences across longer periods of time and from different settings.
This work evolves in the way a baby’s consciousness evolves over time. At first, there are fragments of sounds and melody that might seem confusing or out of place, but as the piece progresses the fragments are pieced together to create a cohesive experience that makes sense. One might imagine that the wind ensemble is someone having as a series of experiences that are slowly pieced together to create an identity that is finally able to be expressed at the end of the work.
- Program Note by composer
For Tanya, Nick and Miles (but mostly for Miles).
- Program Note from score
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of South Carolina (Columbia) Wind Ensemble (Cormac Cannon, conductor) - 15 October 2024
- Pennsylvania State (State College) University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, conductor) – 24 February 2024 (CBDNA 2024 Eastern Division Conference, Ithaca, N.Y.)
- Penn State University (State College) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, conductor) – 5 April 2023 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Colored Windows (2009)
- Double Percussion Concerto (2014)
- Gradiant 2.0 (2006)
- Refuge (2013)
- Remembering (2023)
- Scope (2006)
Resources
- Baljinder Sekhon II, personal correspondence, February 2024
- Baljinder Sekhon website. Accessed 19 June 2023