| Periodically, this page focuses on a work by Jean-Pierre Vial. |
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Happy Birthday, for wind band |
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| a wind band (from Wikimedia) |
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Jean-Pierre Vial composed this piece for a large wind ensemble in 2016. The piece is inspired by the popular song “Happy Birthday”. It borrows the song rhythm, and makes more and more allusive references to the theme of the song, with varying the instrumentation till the end of the piece. To listen to Jean-Pierre Vial's “Happy Birthday” (an MP3 clip), click here. The piece is scored for a wind ensemble that consists of a piccolo, two C flutes, two oboes, three Bb clarinets, a bass clarinet, two bassoons, four saxophones (SATB), two French horns, three Bb trumpets, two trombones, a bass trombone, a euphonium, a tuba, a xylophone, a triangle, a snare drum and cymbals. The score of Jean-Pierre Vial's “Happy Birthday” is published by Musicalion. |
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