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Title	Redhill (A Symphonic Folklore For Wind Orchestra)
Article no.	4093503
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Programme music
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	A3DirPrt (Oversized score); Stm (set of parts)
Country of publication	Netherlands (nl)
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Year of publication	2017
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Composer	Yeo, Benjamin
Difficulty level	4+
Evaluation level of countries	C4 (Swiss 1st class); D4 (German upper level)
Duration	11:40
Additional info/contents	"Redhill" was commissioned by the Singapore Wind Symphony for their Taiwan Tour Concert 2014. It received its world premiere on 25 April 2014 at the Pingzhen City Social Education Culture Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan under the musical direction of Mr. Adrian Tan. "Redhill" is a programmatic work based on one of Singapore’s most well-known legends: A long time ago, the southern coast of Singapore was infested by numerous fierce swordfish. The villagers and fishermen could not ply their trades at the sea, as they would be attacked by these fearsome creatures if they ever ventured near the waters. The people requested help from the Sultan, but even him and his royal army could not do anything about it. A little boy then proposed a solution to the Sultan – to build a row of barricade made of banana tree trunks along the affected coast. When the swordfish tried to attack the villagers again, their pointed beaks would pierce through the barricade and would be trapped immediately. The plan worked perfectly, and the smart boy became popular among the villagers as their saviour. This invited jealousy from the Sultan. Fearing his rule would be threatened in the future, he sent his soldiers to kill the boy who lived on top of a hill. As the poor boy died, his blood flew down the hill, soaking the whole hill red. The work is made up of six continuous episodes: I. The Redhill II. Village of Peace III. Battle of the Sea IV. The Village Boy V. The Vicious King VI. Finale After the majestic opening in ‘The Redhill’, the ‘Village of Peace’ brings us into the sedateness and misty quality of the Indonesian (Javanese) Gamelan sound-world. This section features the solo piccolo/flute representing the Suling (an end-blown bamboo flute) accompanied by the soft mallet percussion and gong in the background. The music then moves into an ominous setting preparing for the ‘Battle of the Sea’ in which much tension and instability is heightened by the use of irregular rhythmic displacement and meters. The following lyrical section highlights the youth and innocence of ‘The Village Boy’, featuring an oboe solo, accompanied by the piano. This calm is then disturbed by ‘The Vicious King’ with the reprise of the ominous atmosphere before the musical momentum takes off again towards the final section of the work. The ‘Finale’ brings back the oboe theme heard earlier but now performed by the full ensemble in a grandioso style, paying their final tribute to the ill-fated boy who saved the lives of the villagers! Prt PicFlt Flt Ob Fag EsClr Clr 1,2,3 BClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax BsSax Trp 1,2,3 Hrn in F+Eb 1,2,3,4 Trb in C 1,2,3 (BC) Trb in Bb 1,2,3 (BC+TC) Euph in C (BC) Euph in Bb (BC+TC) EsTub (BC+TC) BTub (BC+TC) Tub in C KB Perc 1,2,3 Tmp Mlt Pno
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	Redhill (A Symphonic Folklore For Wind Orchestra) (concert/wind band), Oversized score; set of parts
	Redhill (A Symphonic Folklore For Wind Orchestra) (concert/wind band), Oversized score
	Redhill (A Symphonic Folklore For Wind Orchestra) (concert/wind band), 3 Scores (for Jury at Festials)
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