When Friends Rejoice

Price: 
$150.00

When Friends Rejoice

Arranger/Composer: 

Holmquist, Carl

Item Code:
30210
Publisher: 
C. Alan Publications

Community Bands play a vital and unique role in the band world, offering musicians of all ages and walks of life the opportunity to make music together, enriching the lives of their audiences and themselves. When Friends Rejoice seeks to convey that power of heartfelt music making by honoring the memory of a founding member of the Plymouth Concert Band (MN), for whom the work was commissioned. Take your band on a journey through a variety of styles and emotions, with some familiar strains of familiar tunes along the way.

Program Notes

Commissioned by the Plymouth Concert Band (MN) to celebrate their 20th anniversary season, When Friends Rejoice expresses the spirit of friends coming together to make music, simply for the love of music. Community Bands hold a special place in the band world, where players of all ages and walks of life can create art, making memories for their audiences and for themselves. The piece is also written in memory of Dr. Robert Doan, a founding member of the ensemble, who passed away in the years before this 20th anniversary season. With Dr. Doan being a bass clarinetist, I decided to feature that instrument at the beginning of the piece. The opening solo is the melodic inversion of the hymn tune How Can I Keep From Singing?, with all of the intervals flipped upside down. The music then undergoes many twists and turns, expressing joyful sounds, dance like moments, and heartfelt melodies. Beethoven’s famous Ode to Joy melody makes an appearance later in the piece, combined with How Can I Keep From Singing?, this time with the intervals right side up!

Grade Level: 4
Copyright: 2022
Number of Players: Standard
Duration: 5:30

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    Instrumentation

    Piccolo
    Flute 1
    Flute 2
    Oboe 1
    Oboe 2
    Bassoon 1
    Bassoon 2
    B-flat Clarinet 1
    B-flat Clarinet 2
    B-flat Clarinet 3
    Bass Clarinet
    Alto Saxophone 1
    Alto Saxophone 2
    Tenor Saxophone
    Baritone Saxophone

    B-flat Trumpet 1
    B-flat Trumpet 2
    B-flat Trumpet 3
    F Horn 1
    F Horn 2
    Trombone 1
    Trombone 2
    Bass Trombone
    Euphonium
    Baritone T.C.
    Tuba

    Timpani [4 drums]
    Percussion 1: Glockenspiel, Vibraphone
    Percussion 2: Vibraphone, Chimes, Marimba [4-octave]
    Percussion 3 [2 players]: Snare Drum, Bass Drum
    Percussion 4: Suspended Cymbal, Tambourine
    Percussion 5: Triangle, Wind Chimes, Crash Cymbals, Cajón