These two pieces by the great masters of the late Renaissance were originally composed for a capella choir. Introduces students to a late Renaissance-early Baroque style seldom played by concert bands but so well suited to them. There are no significant technical demands, but it requires consistent and thoroughly controlled tone production. Another educational feature of these pieces is helping the students become accustomed to playing purely contrapuntal music in which all the individual lines are quite distinct from one another but of equal importance.

TITLE:
HYMN AND KYRIE

COMPOSER/ARRANGER:
by Giovanni da Palestrina arranged by Carl Hammond

GRADE/LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY:
3.0/3.5

PERFORMANCE TIME:
4:00

KEY(S):
G Minor

INSTRUMENTATION:
Conventional concert band: Flutes, Oboe, 2 Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone and Alto Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, 2 Trumpets, F Horns, Trombones, Baritone & Bassoon, Baritone (TC), String Bass, Basses, Orchestra Bells (Glockenspiel), Percussion.
Also included are parts for brass band instruments: Eb Horns, Bb Trombones (TC), Eb Basses (TC), and Bb Basses (TC).

INSTRUMENTAL RANGES:
1st Clarinets to C above the staff, 2nd Clarinet to A above the staff, 1st Trumpet up to G above the staff, Trombone up to F above Middle C.

TECHNICAL AND MUSICAL CHALLENGES:
The most challenging aspect of this piece is the contrapuntal nature of the music and the tendency for the parts to be quite independent melodically and harmonically from one another. While the independent parts offer few technical challenges, the music from this period of history tends to be unfamiliar to the young musician.

PERCUSSION REQUIREMENTS:
Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle
Mallets: Orchestra Bells (Glockenspiel)