Maslanka Symphony no. 4

NOTE: I DO NOT OWN THIS AUDIO OR THIS SCORE, all credit goes to their rightful owners. If there is a problem with this content, please contact me personally (through my email on youtube) and I will take this video down immediately. Information: David Maslanka Symphony 4 (1993) Performed by: Mallory Thompson and the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (2012) Audio: Score: Program Note (by David Maslanka): “The sources that give rise to a piece of music are many and deep. It is possible to describe the technical aspects of a work – its construction principles, its orchestration – but nearly impossible to write of its soul nature except through hints and suggestions. The roots of Symphony No. 4 are many. The central driving force is the spontaneous rise of the impulse to shout for the joy of life. I feel it is the powerful voice of the Earth that comes to me from my adopted western Montana, and the high plains and mountains of central Idaho. My personal experience of the voice is one of being helpless and tom open by the power of the thing that wants to be expressed – the welling-up shout that cannot be denied. I am set aquiver and am forced to shout and sing. The response in the voice of the Earth is the answering shout of thanksgiving, and the shout of praise. Out of this, the hymn tune Old Hundred, several other hymn tunes (the Bach chorales Only Trust in God to Guide You and Christ Who Makes Us Holy), and original melodies which are hymn-like in nature, form the backbone of Symphony No. 4.“ Instrumentation: Piccolo Flute (3) (3rd dbl Alto Flute) Oboe (3) Clarinet in E♭ Clarinet in B♭ (3) Bass Clarinet in B♭ Contrabass Clarinet in B♭ Bassoon (2) Contrabassoon Alto Saxophone (2) Tenor Saxophone Baritone Saxophone Horn in F (4) Trumpet in C (3) (1st dbl B♭ Piccolo Trumpet) Trombone (3) Bass Trombone Euphonium (2) Tuba (2) Harp Piano Organ (opt. Electric Organ) Timpani Required Percussion (4 players) Xylophone Glockenspiel Small Shaker Vibraphone Suspended Cymbal (1 v-sm., 1 sm., 3 lg.) Marimba (2) Crash Cymbals 5 Tom Set (3) (2 Bongos, sm. and med. toms, tenor drum) Chimes Wood Block (sm.) Bull Roar (lg.) Anvil Bass Drum (2) Crotales Gongs (5) (non-pitched, sm. to lg.) Tam-tam (2) Snare Drum (sm. and 2 med.)