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Hill Song II
Percy Aldridge Grainger (ar. Rogers)
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General Info
Year: 1907
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shattinger Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $100.00 | Score Only - $25.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Hill-song II is the result of a wish to represent the fast, energetic elements of Hill-song I as a single-type whole, without contrasting types of a slower, more dreamy nature. To this end the bulk of the fast, energetic elements of Hill-song I (composed in 1901 and 1902) were used together with about the same extent of new material of a like character composed in London in April 1907.
-Note from the composer
Truly one of the inimitable heroes of wind band composition, Percy Grainger's works have maintained their jewel-like quality for almost a century. A lively, single-movement work scored for 15 instruments (including harmonium, organ, and two pianos), it is a delightful challenge for a true wind ensemble.
-Notes from publisher
Considering its early composition, Grainger’s Hill Song No. 2 is unquestionably progressive in its idiomatic wind scoring. Grainger takes advantage of the unique sonorities available for the wind band, and the resulting soloistic nature of the work calls for advanced musicians. Audiences have much to enjoy in this brief piece, from thick chromatic counterpoint to elegant, song-like melodies. This work would program well just after the opener or immediately before the closer of the concert.
- Notes from Great Music for Wind Band
Commercial Discography
Audio Links
Ensemble and conductor unknown
State Ratings
- Georgia: VI
- Iowa: VI
- Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
- Louisiana: V
- Oklahoma: V-A
- Texas: V. Complete
- Virginia: VI
Recent Performances
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- San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 14 May 2011
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Arrival Platform Humlet
- Australian Up-Country Tune (1905)
- Blithe Bells
- Children's March: "Over the Hills and Far Away"
- Colonial Song (1919)
- Country Gardens (1953)
- Died for Love
- Down Longford Way
- Duke of Marlborough Fanfare
- Early One Morning (arr. Kreines)
- English Waltz from "Youthful Suite" (tr. Rogers)
- Faeroe Island Dance
- Gumsucker's March (1942)
- Handel in the Strand
- Hill Song No. 1
- Hill Song No. 2
- The Immovable Do (1940)
- I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (tr. Daehn)
- Irish Tune from County Derry (1918)
- Lads of Wamphray March (1905/1937)
- Lincolnshire Posy (1937)
- Mock Morris
- Molly on the Shore (1920)
- Molly on the Shore (tr Ragsdale) (1978)
- Percy Grainger Portrait, A (ar. Wagner) (2010)
- The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1947)
- Scotch Strathspey and Reel
- Shepherd's Hey (1918)
- Spoon River (ar. Sheldon)
- The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
- Themes from Green Bushes (arr. L. Daehn)
- Two Grainger Sweets - Harvest Hymn and Mock Morris (ar Krienes)
- Walking Tune
- The Warriors
- Willow, Willow
- Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (1949)
Additional Resources
- Nicholson, Chad. (2009). Great Music for Wind Band: A Guide to the Top 100 Works in Grades IV, V, VI. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music Publications. pp 43-44.
