|
Help keep the WRP alive by making a small donation. Visit here to find out more.
|
Abram’s Pursuit
Contents |
General Info
Year: 1998
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Baritone in Bb
Trombone I-II-III
Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Barchimes
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Chimes
- Crotales
- Cymbals
- Gong
- Marimba
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks
- Timpani
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In the fourteenth chapter of Genesis there is a story of a rebellion led by Chedorlaomer, the King of Elam. Chedorlaomer and three other Kings joined together to ravage and conquer everything that lay in their path. They were met in battle at the Valley of Siddim (the Salt Sea) by an army mustered from the forces of the King of Sodom, the King of Gomorrah (pre-destruction days, of course...), the King of Admah, the King of Zebolim, and the King of Bela. Unfortunately this opposition army was not a match for Chedorlaomer and each of these city-kingdoms, including Sodom and Gomorrah, were overrun. Chedorlaomer's forces, as was the custom, pillaged and fled with all the goods and provisions of the cities. Unfortunately for Chedorlaomer, his men also kidnapped Lot, Abram's brother's son. This, of course, is the same Abram who later became Abraham, Father of the Jewish Nation, and a very close friend of GOD. (In retrospect, this was probably Chedorlaomer's "not-so-bright" decision of the campaign!) When Abram heard that Lot was taken captive, her armed three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born of his house and went in pursuit of the invaders. With his small contingent, he divided his forces against the kings, attacked, and routed Chedorlaomer's entire army, recovering Lot and his goods, as well as all the women and people who had been kidnapped during the conquest!!
-Program Notes by David Holsinger
Commercial Discography
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Abram’s Pursuit
- Adagio
- American Faces
- Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf, The
- Army Ants March and Boogie
- At the Strongholds of EnGedi
- Ballet Exaltare
- Ballet Sacra
- Battle Music
- Canticles!
- Case of the Mysterious Stranger, The
- Chase, The
- Childhood Hymn, A
- Cityscape I (Festive Hours Neon Night)
- Cityscape II (Lonely Hours Anguished Night)
- Cluster Bluster Fluster March, The
- Consider the Uncommon Man
- Deerpath Dances
- Divertimented Dances
- Easter Symphony, The
- Elegy on an American Folk Tune
- Every Morning New
- Falcon Attack!
- Fanfare for Brass and Timpani
- Fanfare for Such a Time as This
- Fanfare for the Glorious NayCart
- Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong
- Festiva Jubiloso
- Festival Music for a Silver Celebration
- Fort Canterbury March
- Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron, The
- Gears Pulleys Chains
- Gmyway’s Revenge!
- Graysondance
- Gypsydance
- Havendance
- Helm Toccata
- Hero Music
- Homage: Three Tapestries
- Hopak Raskolniki
- If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else
- In Praise of Gentle Pioneers
- In the Spring At the Time When Kings Go Off to War
- Jolly Walk in Hibbertland, A
- Kaylen Dreaming
- Kansas City Dances
- Lake Canterbury Regatta
- Little Adventure Music, A
- Little Fantasy on an American Hymn
- Little Mystery Music, A
- Liturgical Dances
- Maelstrom, The
- March of the Combat Patrol, The
- March of the Grand High Poobah
- March on a Russian Hymnsong
- Mobbusters!
- Nilesdance
- On a Children's Sunday Song
- On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason
- On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss
- On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowery
- On a Southern Hymnsong
- On an American Spiritual
- On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances
- On the Cul-de-sac, Three O’clock, Friday Afternoon
- On the Grand Prairie Texas
- On the Overland Stage to El Paso
- One Day in a Small Town
- Otserf II : Revenge of the Warrior Prince
- Partita Allegro
- Peasant Village Dance, The
- Praises! (Ballet in six movements)
- Prairie Dances
- Prelude and Rondo
- Pride of Buxmont, The
- Providence Unfinished
- Riding With the Frontier Battalion
- Scaling the North Wall
- Scootin’ on Hardrock
- Scrappy Bumptoe’s Picture Cards and Ragtag Diary
- Sinfonia Voci
- Song of Moses, The
- Summer to Fall: A Love Song
- Symphonia Glorioso
- Symphonic Movement (Holsinger)
- Texas Promenade
- Til His Hand Grew Tired and Froze to the Sword
- To Live the Life Triumphant
- To Tame the Perilous Skies
- Von Grrrhart’s 613th Regimental March
- War Trilogy: 1971, The
Additional Resources
None discovered thus far.
