I Won'T Go

Choral (ShowTrax CD)

SKU: HL.329887

From Tootsie. Composed by David Yazbek. Arranged by Mac Huff. Pop Choral Series. Broadway, Concert, Musicals, Pop. CD. Duration 185 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.329887).

UPC: 840126907087. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

Broadway veteran David Yazbek hasn't written original music for a production that didn't go on to be nominated for Best Original Score at the Tony Awards. This astonishing 5-for-5 streak is currently capped by his work on Tootsie, a musical adaptation of the 1982 film of the same name. I Won't Let You Down is an in-show audition piece, starting out lethargic, but morphing into something grandiose and memorable by the end--a showstopper!

Bassoon, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello

SKU: PR.16400261S

Composed by Dan Welcher. With Standard notation. Duration 15 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #164-00261S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.16400261S).

UPC: 680160038411.

Since the bassoon is my own instrument, many people have asked me why I've written so little for the instrument. Beyond my early Concerto Da Camera for bassoon and small orchestra, written for Leonard Sharrow in 1975, I've not written a single piece that features the bassoon as a solo vehicle (though I have written three woodwind quintets). When I first began composing seriously, critics were quick to point out that my orchestral writing revealed nothing of my roots as a woodwind player--and bassoonists asked why my pieces didn't have more bassoon solos. Perhaps I was so aware that people were looking at me as a bassoonist/composer that I was determined to remove that stigma. Now that my transformation from performer to composer is complete, however, it's time to re-address my instrument. I wanted this new piece to be serious rather than whimsical. The Wind Won't Listen represents my return to the bassoon as the highly expressive, poetic soul that it is.   As such, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the piece is based on a poem, and that the title of the piece as well as both its movement titles come from lines in that poem. I first read Beth Gylys' poem Split at the MacDowell Colony in the summer of 2001, and it made a big impression on me. My personal life had been ruptured by divorce in the preceding year. This poem, with its dry insistence on observation rather than feeling, expressed the wrung-out state of my emotions at the time better than any I had seen. I set it to music, as a song, immediately. In this format, for voice and piano, I was able to put a musical note to every word of the poem. The first lines of the poem, Everyone I know is crying, or should be crying, became a melody that haunted me even without the words.   The work for bassoon and string quartet is an outgrowth of the song. The first movement is labeled Romanza, and has a loose formal arch structure of A-B-C-B-A, with B and C being fast sections framed by the lamenting A music. In addition to hearing the bassoon's first notes attached to the lines Everyone I know is crying, there's a sense of agitation, of loss, of longing, and at times of desperation in the music. At one point, the opening theme from Tristan even appears in the strings.   The second movement follows, without a real pause--the pizzicato final chords of the first movement becoming the increasingly aggressive opening chords of the second. The recitative is actually a foreshadowing of the basic theme that will be varied, again to the words of the song: Life makes itself without us. Don't let me tell you how it is. Go out. Look. The recitative begins in an anguished state, but subsides into more gentle singing by the end, when it simply falls into an ostinato 5/8-3/4 pattern to begin the variations. Marked Very steady tempo; Dancing, this set of variations consists of three dances, each faster than the previous. The first, in the aforementioned 5/8-3/4 meter, gives way to a 3/8 scherzo, which in turn takes on a furious 2/4 scurrying motion. The music becomes breathless, almost pulse-less, and an ethereal theme appears in the violins while the rushing music continues, sotto voce in the bassoon. This new theme is also from the song: Why do I do this? The wind won't listen. The bassoon re-states its Everyone I know is crying melody from the first movement, and at length the 5/8-3/4 music returns, more subdued this time. The piece ends on a major-minor chord, suspended.   The Wind Won't Listen is dedicated to the man who commissioned it, bassoonist Steven Dibner--who shares my passion for poetry and language. --Dan Welcher.

Grade 2.5

SKU: CL.011-3202-01

Composed by Neeck. Young Concert Band. Command Series. Audio recording available separately (item CL.WFR323). Extra full score. Composed 2002. Duration 2 minutes, 55 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #011-3202-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.011-3202-01).

Bill Bailey not only won’t come home, he’s gone off on an around-the-world trip and he’s taking your band with him. This novel Larry Neeck arrangement of the old favorite Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home and presents it as it could sound in the Far East, Carribbean, France, Italy, Middle East, Mexico and the USA! A terrific addition to any concert and a real audience pleaser!

About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series

The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.

From Tootsie. Composed by David Yazbek. Arranged by Mac Huff. Broadway Choral. Broadway, Concert. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Arranged by Carol Matz. For Piano. Includes instructional pages, and exercises exploring the 12-bar blues, swing rhythm, and the blues scale; historical information; and an explanation of jazz and blues styles (64 pages). Contents include: After You've Gone; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Basses Loaded; Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?; Crazy Blues; Early Morning Blues; Fascination; Fat Cat Boogie; Frankie and Johnny; House of the Rising Sun; I Ain't Got Nobody; I Love a Piano; Quiet Waters; Royal Garden Blues; The St. James Infirmary; St. Louis Blues; Tishomingo Blues; When the Saints Go Marching In. Jazz & Blues. Level: Easy Piano. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company, Inc.

(I Won't Be Back). Composed by James Herndon. Arranged by M. Roger Holland. Mark Foster. Festival, Gospel, Concert. Octavo. 24 pages. Published by Mark Foster Music (HL.35030669).

Arranged by Alan Billingsley. (SATB). Pop Choral Series. Size 6.75x10.5 inches. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.