David Sampson (b. 1951)
General Info
Year composed: 1990
Approximate duration: c. 18:00
Publisher: Editions BIM
Cost: CHF 41.00 – Score and Parts
Difficulty:
Movements
- James Agee: Writer – 6:10
- Bobby Hackett: Jazz Cornetist – 3:20
- Paul Diveny: Benedictine Monk – 4:00
- Ben and Mark: My Sons (to the memory of Jim Henson) – 4:30
Instrumentation
- Full score
- Trumpet 1 in B flat
- Trumpet 2 in B flat
- Horn
- Trombone (tenor clef & bass clef)
- Bass Trombone or Tuba
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Commission
American Brass Quintet
Premiere
American Brass Quintet
Program Notes
The curious titles of the movements (1. James Agee: Writer; 2. Bobby Hackett, Jazz Cornetist; 3. Brother Paul Diveny: Benedictine Monk; 4. Ben and Mark: My Sons) were chosen from a long list of people who have had a profound effect on the composer’s life. We are all the result of our continuous filtering of myriad influences. The ‘distant voices’ referred to in the title are simply the voices in one’s mind that guide one’s thoughts and actions. Distant Voices is meant to honor these people.
Commercial Discography
Other Works for Brass Ensemble by David Sampson
- Chants and Flourishes (2009) for double brass quintet
- Chesapeake (2010) for brass quintet
- Crosscurrents (2009) for brass ensemble
- Distant Voices (1990) for brass quintet
- Echoes and Other Ghosts (1986)
- Edge (2008) for brass ensemble
- Entrance / Exit (2003) for brass quintet
- A Family Portrait (2008) for brass quintet
- Fanfare for Canterbury Cathedral (1978) for double brass quintet
- Hommage JFK (1995) for brass ensemble
- Morning Music (1986) for brass quintet
- Points (1983; revised in 1987) for brass ensemble
- Reflections On a Dance (1988) for brass ensemble
- Westfield Fanfare (1993) for brass ensemble
- Strata (1999) for brass quintet
- Smoky Mountain Fanfare (2010) for brass quintet
- Still (2013) for brass quintet