Bo Holten KAPEL 575
The First 200 years for Symphonic Brass (2023)
Duration: c. 10 min
Commissioned by The Royal Danish Orchestra
Celebrating its 575th jubilee
Full Score
Copyright © 2023 Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S, Copenhagen
Music engraving in Sibelius
Publisher’s editor: Katrine Gregersen Dal
Edition Wilhelm Hansen, A/S Bornholmsgade 1A 1266 København K Denmark
www.wisemusicclassical.com
ABOUT THE PIECE
The title and subtitle to the present work refer to the fact that it was commissioned for the 575th jubilee of The Royal Orchestra of Copenhagen. ”The first 200 years” refers to the fact that a section of the piece is based on a fragment of a composition of Josquin des Prez, the motet Praeter rerum seriem, presumably composed around 1500, and that this piece still is in the archive of the Royal Orchestra, and that we with certainty can presume that the orchestra has played it about 500 years ago. The second part of the work is based on a tune from the middle of the 17th century, used very frequently in Danish spiritual life for the past 400 years, and therefore also has been played and sung by the Royal Orchestra many times over the years.
Holten, Copenhagen, October 2023
INSTRUMENTATION
4 Horn in F
3 Trumpet in C
2 Trombone
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Euphonium
Timpani
Percussion
Transposed Score
Bo
Corno2inF
Trombone2
Trombonebasso
Euphonium
Cor3(F) Cor2(F)
Cor4(F)
Cor4(F)
Cor1(F)
Cor3(F)
Cor2(F)
Cor4(F)
