CONSIDERING ICARUS
for solo trombone and orchestra (2021)
Score
Maja S. K. Ratkje
CONSIDERING ICARUS
for solo trombone and full orchestra
(2021)
Duration: c. 18 mins
Commissioned by Trondheim Symphony Orchestra 2022
Dedicated to Ole Jørgen Melhus and Stephen Menotti
Copyright © 2021 Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS, Copenhagen WH 33499
ISBN: 978-87-598-4492-2
ISMN: 979-0-66134-801-6
Music engraving in Sibelius
Publisher’s editor: Katrine Gregersen Dal
Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS Bornholmsgade 1A 1266 København K Denmark
www.wisemusicclassical.com
Instrumentation
Piccolo Flute, Flute, Alto Flute
2 Oboes
English Horn
Clarinet in Eb/Clarinet in Bb, Bass Clarinet in Bb
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
Piccolo Trumpet, 2 Trumpets in Bb
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone (with independent F and G flat valves)
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion 1
Crotales (shared with Perc. 2)
Large mounted cymbal
Glockenspiel
Grand Cassa
Guiro
small Peking Cymbals
Slapstick
high Slide Whistle
Triangle
Vibraslap
Percussion 2
Crotales (shared with Perc. 1)
Finger Cymbals
Flexatone
small to large pitched Gongs
5 small Opera Gongs with ascending pitch
Ocean Drum
medium high Slide Whistle
large Tam-Tam
Tambourine
Wind Machine
Woodblock
Trombone solo (with F-valve, or valve modification at the end of the piece can be skipped)
Harp (2 lowest strings are always tuned in C and Db)
Piano
Approximate number of strings
14 Violin 1
12 Violin 2
10 Viola
8 Violoncello
6 Doublebass (with 5 strings)
The score is written in C
The piece was first performed for small orchestra by: Stephen Menotti and SWR Symphonieorchester at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2021. The version for large orchestra was first performed by Karoline Trondsen and Trondheim Symphony orchestra 2023.
The work’s title is derived from the poem
To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph (1962) by Anne Sexton (1928-1974).
CONSIDERINGICARUS
