WALKABOUT: CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA
Full Score
From the G. Schirmer Rental Library
Date of Printing________________
Schirmer, Inc. New York, NY
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Gabriela Lena Frank WALKABOUT: CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA
Commissioned by the Detroit Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, Music Director
First performance on February 17, 2017 at Orchestra Hall, Detroit, by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michelle Merrill
New York, NY
G. Schirmer, Inc.
3 Flutes (3rd doubling Piccolo)
2 Oboes
English Horn
3 Clarinets in Bb (2nd doubling Clarinet in Eb, 3rd doubling Bass Clarinet)
3 Bassoons
2 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
2 Trombones
Timpani
Percussion (3 players)*
1: Marimba, Suspended Cymbal, Crash Cymbal, Tamtam, Police/parade whistle
2: Marimba, Suspended Cymbal, Crash Cymbal, 2 Triangles (large, small), Thundersheet, Bass Drum
3: Xylophone, Triangle, Snare Drum, Slapstick, Police/parade whistle
Piano Harp
Strings
*Perc. 1&2 can share the cymbals, Perc. 2&3 can share a triangle
duration: ca. 30’
PROGRAM NOTE
Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra is inspired by my travels in Perú, my mother’s homeland. Born in the States, I did not begin these fateful trips until my time as a graduate student at the University of Michigan where my teachers encouraged me to answer questions of identity that long persisted for me: what does it mean to be American born yet with such a motley crew of forbearers hailing from Lithuania, China, and Andean South America? For more than twenty years, I’ve been answering this question, with each piece raising yet more to address.
In four movements, Walkabout uses both musical and extra-musical influences. The first movement, Soliloquio Serrano, features our string principles prominently in an introspective yet lyrical “mountain soliloquy.” The second movement is lively and bold, a portrait of huaracas, the slingshot weapons favored by the soldiers employed during the 16th century in the dominant Inca empire. Haillí, the Quechua word for “prayer,” is our third movement and is both lyrical and passionate. The last movement, Tarqueada portrays, after a mysterious opening, one of my favorite scenes of Perú: a great parade of tarka flutists who can number up to a hundred at once. These musicians also blow whistles and beat a variety of different drums, creating a sonic effect of controlled chaos that never stops building.
—Gabriela Lena Frank
WALKABOUT: CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA
I. Soliloquio Serrano
Gabriela Lena Frank (2017)