Ensemble (Brass)
Sweet Brass Bells
Blechbläser-Ensemble / Brass Ensemble
Fantasie über "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen"
Fantasy on »Sweeter the bells never sound«
Info
Ensemble Time (Die Musizierstunde) MZ 310
(Brass Ensemble)
With his composition SWEET BRASS BELLS, the Austrian composer Martin Scharnagl presents a creative fantasy about the well-known German Christmas carol "Sweeter the bells never sound". The piece begins with a solemn opening that dresses the thematic material in a harmoniously colorful robe. The first stanza is presented in a chamber-music manner by a brass quartet before the second stanza appears in a sonorous tutti. Over a broad pedal point we reach a first musical climax in the form of a fermata in bar 60. After a short caesura, the composer now takes up the musical ideas of the beginning again and uses them to lead into a sonorous ending, which is characterized by a constantly striding rhythm accompanied by drums. As at the beginning, Martin Scharnagl also uses bell tones at the end of his composition SWEET BRASS BELLS, which give the work a dignified and festive character and symbolize the joy of Christmas.
Set of Parts:
Score
Bb / C Flugelhorn 1
Bb / C Flugelhorn 2
Bb / C Trumpet 1
Bb / C Trumpet 2
Bb / C Trumpet 3
F / Eb Horn
Bb / C Tenorhorn
C / Bb Euphonium
C / Bb Trombone 1
C / Bb Trombone 2
C / Bb Trombone 3
C Tuba 1 / Eb Tuba
C Tuba 2 / Bb Tuba
Timpani
Chimes, Glockenspiel, Triangle
Percussion 1 (Bar Chimes, Snare Drum)
Percussion 2 (Susp. Cymb., Cymb. á 2, Bass Drum)
BeNeLux-Extra-Parts:
Bb Tenor Tuba B.C. (Petite Basse Sib)
Bb Trombone 1 B.C.
Bb Trombone 2 B.C.
Bb Trombone 3 B.C.
Eb Bass B.C. (Contrebasse Mib)
Bb Bass B.C. (Contrebasse Sib)