Everything Beautiful
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Everything Beautiful
for orchestra
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GALA FLAGELLO
Program Note
Everything Beautiful (2025) sonically explores the following quote by Herman Melville: "Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic." e work seeks beautiful moments in the small and intimate as well as the intense and bombastic, demonstrating that beauty manifests in myriad forms. Tender solo passages contrast with tutti grandeur in a conversation of strength versus power, what it might mean to impose beauty, and how we can illuminate the magic that bestows it in our everyday lives Everything Beautiful was commissioned by the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in celebration of their 30th season.
— Gala Flagello
Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute 1-2
Oboe 1-2
English Horn
Clarinet in Bb 1-2
Bass Clarinet in Bb Bassoon 1-2 Contrabassoon
Horn in F 1-4
Trumpet in Bb 1-3
Trombone 1-2
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3 players):
Percussion 1: Vibraphone
Percussion 2: Suspended Cymbal, Glockenspiel, Marimba
Percussion 3: Bass Drum, Low Wood Block, Snare Drum
Piano
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola Violoncello Contrabass*
*Bass players without a C extension should play the small notehead pitches where indicated.
Duration: c. 6:30
First printing of this edition, November 2024
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Commissioned by the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in Cleveland, Ohio and dedicated to Barry and Sam Gabel for contributions that inspired generations of young musicians.
Copyright © 2024 Gala Flagello (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Published by Just a eory Press | www.justatheorypress.com
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Flagello: Everything Beautiful JAT-110-037-FS