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Title	Heliades
Article no.	3111848
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Original contemporary music (20th, 21st century)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Italy (it)
Publisher *	Scomegna
Publisher's article no. *	ES B1251.19A
Year of publication	2014
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Composer	Somadossi, Marco
Difficulty level	3+
Evaluation level of countries	D2 (German lower level)
Duration	5:45
Additional info/contents	The Heliades, in ancient Greece, were the legendary daughters of Helium, the God of the Sun, and of the nymph Clymene. Their story is closely linked to the myth of their brother Phaeton who, having received their father's solar chariot, clumsily approached earth too much, drying up the rivers and burning the forests. Zeus, shocked by the destruction, struck the cart with lightning and made Phaeton fall into the waters of the river Eridano (Po) where he drowned. Disconsolate over the death of their brother, the crying Heliades desperately watched over him by the banks of the river for four long months. Zeus, pitying their pain, turned them into poplar trees, and their tears became drops of amber. This story and its respect for the value and preciousness of nature was the starting point for composing Heliades, a composition dedicate to the town of Povolaro (Vicenza)—the name of the town means “poplar grove” in Venetian dialect—for the celebrations of the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the Wind Band "V. Bellini ” conducted by Corrado Vezzaro. The composition is based on sixteenth-century counterpoint techniques, a reference to the music of the Serenissima Republic of Venice, which in this period lived its maximum splendor, and is inspired, simply, by the sound of the bells of the church of Povolaro.
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Programme notes *: In the times of ancient gods and myths, when the sun itself was worshiped as a divine phenomenon, people talked about the Heliads - the daughters of the sun god Helios and the nymph Clymene. These extraordinary beings were inextricably linked to the sun and its radiant light. Helios, who drove the sun carriage in the sky, looked down with pride at his seven daughters. The Heliads, radiantly beautiful and with golden hair, bore the essence of sunlight. They were not only the descendants of the sun, but also its faithful servants. One day, however, something happened that would change the fate of the Heliads forever. Her brother Phaeton, who dreamed of driving his father's sun carriage, finally received permission from Helios to take over the driving duties. But the task proved too overwhelming for the young Phaeton, and the sun carriage spiraled out of control. The earth threatened to burn, and the gods of Olympus were horrified. When the Heliads saw the tragic incident and saw the smoke of the destructive fire rising into the sky, they were filled with grief and pain. To end the catastrophe, the Heliads, out of solidarity with their brother and compassion for humanity, decided to extinguish the flames. They formed a circle around the sky and began pouring golden nectar across the sky to smother the destructive flames. But their efforts proved futile. In desperation, they begged the gods to put them out of their suffering. The gods, touched by the Heliads' willingness to sacrifice, decided to turn them into poplars. These trees, known for their silvery leaves, were meant to become the symbol of their pure love and sacrifice. The Heliads were raised into the sky and became constellations that would watch over the world forever. The poplars that were once the Heliads became sacred trees, and it was believed that they would whisper the stories of their love and courage as the wind blew through their leaves. And so the Heliads remain as a reminder of the heroic act in which the Daughters of the Sun sacrificed their immortality for the good of the world and their family. Quelle/Source: musicainfo.net (KI) Information: Scomegna Wikipedia: Heliaden

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	Heliades (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Heliades (concert/wind band), full score

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