| Instrument | |
|---|---|
| Level | 3 |
| Recording | https://www.despub.com/wp-content/uploads/music/mpt182915.mp3 |
| Occasion | |
| Tune Name | |
| Theme | O Sacred Head |
| Hymn First Line | O sacred Head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed down, |
| Writer | |
| Composer | |
| Publisher | |
| Copyright | 2009 |
| Key | Bb, Eb, G |
| Meter | 4-4, 5-4 |
| Duration | 5'00" |
| Idiom | Concert band |
| Form | Song (ternary) |
| Comments | Built on "O Sacred Head", the piece starts out with sensitive percussion writing and then adds harmonic counterpoint in thw eoodwinds and accented with dynamic splashes by the brasses and then ends in a solemn fashion |
Sacred Head
$40.00
This staple hymn of the Chrsitian literature starts out with the woodwinds presenting the theme with subtle splashes of percussive small instruments. The piece explodes into a tutti statement only to fall back into a solemn style in the woodwinds, colored by mallet percussion obligato. After a brief interlude of imitation in the woodwinds the brass take over with an exchange of choral motives. The piece gains strength with a tutti climax and then continues with thematic repetition to further enhance the theme’s importance. The woodwind choir with percussion underpinning makes a solemn statement and then gently settles back to a sense of peace.
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