Sententiae
Subtitle: For Brass Octet and Percussion
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 8:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Tomas Friberg
Cost: Parts Only - Contact composer | Score Only - Free
For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Movements
1. Nemo saltat sobrius – 4:10
2. Tempus fugit – 4:05
Instrumentation
Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV (4 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Claves
- Cowbell
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tenor Drum
- Tom-toms (4)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This work illustrates two Latin proverbs for brass and percussion: Firstly, Nemo saltat sobrius - a drunken scherzo; and secondly, Tempus fugit - an intense finale which actually almost has enough cowbell.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Anapestic Music (2023)
- Brass Quintet No. 1 (2010/2019)
- Brass Quintet No. 2 (2012/2019)
- Brass Quintet No. 3 (2015/2020)
- Brass Sextet No. 1 (2016/2019)
- Burlesque (2016)
- Dulce et decorum est. See: Saxophone Quartet No. 3
- Fantasia on a Phrase by Monteverdi (2008–09)
- Four Movements of Air
- Idée fixe (2018)
- Karesansui (2015)
- Längs ett oavslutat ögonblick (1989)
- Music for Four Bowler Hats (and Bassoon Quartet) (2009–10)
- Percussion Quartet No 1 (1993–94/2010)
- Polska for Six Percussions (1990–91)
- Prelude & Lament (2016/2020)
- Scherzo, Fantasia and Capriccio (2015/2020)
- Saxophone Quartet No. 2. See: Songs and Dances
- Saxophone Quartet No. 3 (2022)
- Sententiae (2020)
- Songs and Dances (2018)
- Three Japanese Images (2019)
Resources
- Thomas Friberg website. Accessed 5 December 2020