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Composed by Frank Ferko. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8078-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8078-E).
The Seasonswas commissioned by the South Bend Chamber Singers, Nancy Menk, conductor, and first performed on March 3, 2013 by the South Bend Chamber Singers with the Euclid Quartet in a concert devoted to music about the weather. The texts for this work were selected by the composer, and they represent three different time periods, the 17th, 19th and early 20th centuries, to show that writers have long been fascinated by the seasons and by the distinct weather conditions that each season brings. Although certain types of weather, such as wind or rain, may occur in any of the seasons, the descriptions of weather in these four poems present specific weather conditions which commonly occur in each of the four seasons: a still, hot, sultry day interrupted by the movement of a light breeze from the hills (summer); the cooling morning mists and light frost which signal the coming of winter (autumn); the bitter iciness of fierce winds and frozen air—in this poem, further compared with man’s ingratitude (winter); the warm rains and southerly winds that melt the ice and bring about new life (spring).
Throughout this piece various musical devices are employed to underscore or even “interpret” the words. These devices include text painting, contrapuntal structures (double canon and fugue), and dramatically shifting harmonic colors as each season unfolds. In this version for mixed chorus and string orchestra, the palette of vocal and string sounds is extended to create a greater depth of resonance and a broader spectrum of colors to present even more vividly the various musical depictions of the weather conditions and characteristics of each of the seasons. -Frank Ferko
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Composed by Frank Ferko. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8078-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8078-E).
The Seasonswas commissioned by the South Bend Chamber Singers, Nancy Menk, conductor, and first performed on March 3, 2013 by the South Bend Chamber Singers with the Euclid Quartet in a concert devoted to music about the weather. The texts for this work were selected by the composer, and they represent three different time periods, the 17th, 19th and early 20th centuries, to show that writers have long been fascinated by the seasons and by the distinct weather conditions that each season brings. Although certain types of weather, such as wind or rain, may occur in any of the seasons, the descriptions of weather in these four poems present specific weather conditions which commonly occur in each of the four seasons: a still, hot, sultry day interrupted by the movement of a light breeze from the hills (summer); the cooling morning mists and light frost which signal the coming of winter (autumn); the bitter iciness of fierce winds and frozen air—in this poem, further compared with man’s ingratitude (winter); the warm rains and southerly winds that melt the ice and bring about new life (spring).
Throughout this piece various musical devices are employed to underscore or even “interpret” the words. These devices include text painting, contrapuntal structures (double canon and fugue), and dramatically shifting harmonic colors as each season unfolds. In this version for mixed chorus and string orchestra, the palette of vocal and string sounds is extended to create a greater depth of resonance and a broader spectrum of colors to present even more vividly the various musical depictions of the weather conditions and characteristics of each of the seasons. -Frank Ferko
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
Preview: The Seasons (String Orchestra Additional Orchestra Score)
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