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It Is Well
Brass choir scored for four trumpets (opt horn) two trombones, baritone BC/TC and tuba. This entire piece is one of serenity, gentleness and great affect. The introduction is in the lower voices producing a rich sound and sense of expectation. The trumpets add in on the melody with long lines of expression, and then the lower voices offer a response in like manner. The next section increases in movement and dynamic until it modulates to a new key center. The phrases now alternate between the low voices in an almost antiphonal fashion. Another modulation elevates the urgency of the piece and the trumpets carry the entire load throughout this section. The rest of the instruments then bolster the ensemble giving increased strength. The pieces quiets and becomes reflective and then settles with an “all is well.”
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It Is Well
This brass trio is score for trumpet, horn (with trumpet sub), trombone (with Bar. TC sub) and piano. It is a piece that features the trombone part musch as a soloist. It begins with an open sound in the horn and piano with motives passed around amongst the brass parts. The middle section is more active with obligati passages that are responsoral with a concluding section that gives a sense of peace.
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It Is Well With My Soul
This piece is highly pensive, incorporating the full range of the instrument. Its nature is certain to cause one to reflect the status of his spiritual condition.