utubesucks2003's video: Alan Hovhaness - Symphony No 66 Hymn to Glacier Peak Op 428 Rockwell Kent

Conducted by Gerard Schwarz Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra I. Andante maestoso II. Love song to Hinako - Andante espressivo - 9:08 III. Prelude and Fugue- Largo maestoso - 11:56 Album: Mysterious Mountains Liner Notes excerpt by Hinako Fujihara Hovhaness: The Seattle Youth Symphony commissioned this work for their fiftieth anniversary season in 1991. It was premiered on May 10, 1992 on Mother's Day. In 1991 he was eighty years old, and had just had a hip operation. He walked with a cane, majestically slow, like the first movement of the symphony. But soon he recovered completely. He saw Glacier Peak from his living room windows. To look at the mountains was his daily ritual and inspiration. Original Unedited Draft of Program Notes by Alan Hovhaness: I. The music for the first movement was inspired by Glacier Peak (in the Cascade Range) and begins with a hymn to the mountain in 7/4 meter. Trumpet, trombone, and English horn solos lead to an orchestral crescendo. Horn and trumpet lead to a lively dance in canon form for three flutes. The movement ends with horn, trumpet, and strings. II. The movement begins with strings and harp, leading to a quicker allegretto section for solo oboe and solo flute over pizzicato strings. I hope this music will please my wife, Hinako. III. Prelude and Fugue, with a tempo marking of largo maestoso, the movement opens with trumpet, chimes, and timpani, followed by strings and clarinet. Falling flute and bell sounds lead to the fugue marked allegretto molto. The fugue becomes a canon, ending with a grand climax for full orchestra in praise of Glacier Peak. *All due credit and respect to the original photographers of the North Cascades in Washington. *Artwork by Rockwell Kent