Out of chaos and the fierce joining of opposite comes new life and hope. Psalm reads in part:. I have used Christian Symbols because they are my cultural heritage, but I have tried to move through them to a depth of universal humanness, to an awareness that is not defined by religious label.
My impulse through this music is to speak to the fundamental human issues of transformation and re-birth in this chaotic time. This week, we showcase three recent extraordinary performances of Symphony No. In May , Tiffany Woods emailed David a series of questions in the course of writing a paper. From the Maslanka Archive features media and stories of David's life and work. This week, we are excited to feature one of David's very last interviews. This week, we are excited to feature an episode from Montana Public Radio's Musician's Spotlight featuring John Floridis interviewing David about his music and background as a composer.
This week, we are excited to feature three of David's works that make either direct or indirect reference to angels: Symphony No. The rehearsal footage captures an amazing realization of the "Doxology" from Symphony No. This week, we are excited to feature David's last known public address which was given at The Hartt School at the University of Hartford on May 6, This week, we feature two new performances of favorite symphonies: Symphony No.
This week, we showcase five extraordinary performances of Symphony No. Photo by Zachary C. Rowell, Jr. This week, we take a special look at David's philosophies on music, the creative process, and creating peace through musical tones. We start the beginning of by taking time to remember the life and music of David Maslanka. This week, we feature five of the most extraordinary performances of Symphony No.
Here are more than twenty works for wind ensemble, arranged in approximate ascending order of difficulty, with commentary by David Maslanka. Mark J. Mark Morette of Mark Custom Recording shares his extensive experience in recording wind ensembles. Kate Sutton's Master's thesis is a study on David's Third, Fourth, and Ninth Symphonies with special emphasis on their themes on nature.
She explores the influence that moving to Missoula, Montana had on David for Symphony [ Stephen Bolstad's dissertation on David's Symphony No. The author also includes a brief biographical sketch and provides insight into David's unique compositional approach to [ Symphony No.
Buy Score. Rent Performance Materials. Listen Now. See Available Commercial Recordings. Preview Score. For wind ensembles and concertos, please use one player per part. Errata These are errors in the score: 65 Piano should be 8vb. Tenor Saxophone should have a bass clef. My personal experience of the voice is one of being helpless and torn open by the power of the thing that wants to be expressed — the welling-up shout that cannot be denied.
I am set aquiver and am forced to shout and sing. The response in the voice of the earth is the answering shout of thanksgiving, and the shout of praise. To explain the presence of these hymns, at least in part, and to hint at the life of the Symphony, I must say something about my long-time fascination with Abraham Lincoln. The first is a description of Lincoln in death by his close friend David R. The face had an expression of absolute content, or relief, at throwing off a burden such as few men have been called on to bear — a burden which few men could have borne.
I have seen the same expression on his living face only a few times, when after a great calamity he had come to great victory. It was the look of a worn man suddenly relieved.
Wilkes Booth did Abraham Lincoln the greatest service man could possible do for him — he gave him peace. The second, referring to the passage through the country from Washington D. In the changing red-gold of a rolling prairie sunset, to the slow exultation of brasses rendering Old Hundred , and the muffled boom of minute guns, the coffin was carried out of the rotunda and taken to the funeral train.
He remains a model for this age. Lincoln maintained in his person the tremendous struggle of opposites raging in the country in his time. He was inwardly open to the boiling chaos, out of which he forged the framework of a new unifying idea. It wore him down and killed him, as it wore and killed the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the civil war, as it has continued to wear and kill by the millions up to the present day.
Confirmed in the world by Lincoln was the unshakable idea of the unity of the human race, and by extension the unity of all life, and by further extension, the unity of all life with all matter, with all energy, and with the silent and seemingly empty and unfathomable mystery of our origins.
Out of chaos and the fierce joining of opposite comes new life and hope. Psalm reads in part:. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
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