Two Mountain Scenes
for orchestra (2007, rev. 2009)
Full Score
Kevin Puts TWO MOUNTAIN SCENES (2007)
PROGRAM NOTE
Two Mountain Scenes was commissioned by Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and the New York Philharmonic in celebration of the Festival’s 20th anniversary. It was premiered by the Philharmonic conducted by Bramwell Tovey at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall on July 3, 2007 and performed again at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail Valley, Colorado on July 25, 2007.
With the impressive backdrop of the Rocky Mountains in mind, I set out to create a true showpiece for the stellar musicians of the New York Philharmonic. The first movement, marked maestoso, begins with a quartet of virtuoso trumpets combined to create the sonic illusion of a single trumpet reverberating across the valley. The strings answer with lyrical melodies which rise and fall in long-breathed arches, suggesting the silhouettes of mountain peaks.
The second movement (Furioso) begins in the swirl of a mountain storm, with torrents of arpeggios played by the strings. Distant bells ring out in the valley far below; the woodwinds adopt their rhythms and press forward insistently, gaining momentum as the music builds to a climactic finish.
INSTRUMENTATION
Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
English Horn
3 Clarinets in B-flat
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
4 Trumpets in C
3 Trombones (2 Tenor, 1 Bass)
Tuba
Timpani
3 Percussion
[triangle, bass drum, crash cymbals, sizzle cymbal, suspended cymbal, woodblocks (4 graded), crotales, tubular bells, glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, tam tam]
Harp
Piano
Strings
DURATION
approx. 13:30
TRANSPOSED SCORE
TWO MOUNTAIN SCENES
KEVIN PUTS (2007)
Cb.
Bsn.
Cbsn.
Hn.
Hn.
Tbn. 1-2
B. Tbn. Tuba
Vln.
Vln.
Cb.
Cl. 1-2
Cbsn. Hn. 1-2
Hn. 3-4
Tbn. 1-2
B. Tbn. Tuba
Vln.
Vc.
Cb.
Bsn.
Cbsn.
Hn.
C
Cbsn. Hn.
Hn.
C
Tbn.
Vln.
Vc. Cb.
C
f marc, (like church bells) (sempre l.v.)
mf (like church bells) (sempre l.v.) (motor off)
f marc, (like church bells)
fff (like church bells)
(sempre l.v.)
f marc, (like church bells)
B. Tbn. Tuba Tub.
Vib.
Hp.
Pno.
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Poco più mosso q = ca. 160; energico
C
C
C
C
C
C
C Tpt. 1-2
C Tpt. 3-4 Tbn.
C
B.
Hn.
C
B.
W.
Hn.
B.
Cl.
Bsn. 1-2
Cbsn. Hn. 1-2
Hn. 3-4
Tbn. 1-2
B. Tbn. Tuba
Timp.
B.
Vln.
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Cl.
Bsn. 1-2
Cbsn.
Hn. 1-2
Hn. 3-4
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Ob.
Cl.
Bsn.
Cbsn.
Hn. 1-2
Hn. 3-4
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Ob.
Eng. Hn.
Cl.
Bsn. 1-2
Cbsn.
Hn. 1-2
Hn. 3-4
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla. Vc.
Cb.
Cl.
Bsn.
Cbsn. Hn.
Hn.
Vln.
Vln.
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Ob.
Cl.
Bsn. 1-2
Cbsn.
Hn. 1-2
Hn. 3-4
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Cl.
Bsn.
Cbsn.
Hn.
Hn.
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Cl.
Cl.
Bsn. 1-2
Cbsn.
Hn. 1-2
Hn. 3-4
T.-t.
Susp. Cym.
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
Cb.
Hn.
Vln.
Vln.
Poco più mosso q = ca. 160; molto energico al fine
C
C