About the Ninth Hour
| Instrumentation | Solo Violin, Vn. I, Ib, II, IIb, Va, Solo Vc., Vc, DB, and Timpani |
| Length | 5-6 minutes |
| Difficulty | Moderate (Solo parts have expressive, exposed solos, all others are late highschool/early college level. Use of Gliss., Jete, and some Lutoslawski style repeated phrases, but it was easily read by a moderate level university group. A good introduction to these performance techniques) |
| Comments | Harmonically - Basically modal with increased dissonance at the climax. Rhythmically - Simple Adagio String parts, except solos. Part of a set of works based on the Passion Story in Mark, this work focuses on the final moments before the death of Christ, the earthquake that occured (Timpani!) and the "giving up of the ghost". |
| Sources | for Score/Parts: EMail: frank@cube.cemi.unt.edu Rob Frank, 2330 Castle Rock Road, Carrollton, TX 75007 |
| Extras | Tape of premiere available March 1995 |
| History | Written in 1989 on Maunday Thurs. -Good Friday. Premiere Feb. 1995- Richardson Symphony, Anshel Bruslow, Con. |
| Contributor | The composer, Robert J. Frank, ASCAP frank@cube.cemi.unt.edu |
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For the Oppressed
| Instrumentation | 2,2,2,2, 4,2,3,1 2 Percussionists, Strings (Flute 2 doubles on Picc.) |
| Length | 9 Minutes |
| Difficulty | Moderate to Advanced |
| Comments | Based on a Kyrie, this 1987 work was inspired after a friends trip to the former USSR in 1986, and the tales of conditions there. As per my typical style, there is a mixture of Lutoslawski-style repeated figures and standard, metered music. Middle section has quite a few meter changes. Opens and closes quietly. |
| Sources | for Score/Parts: EMail: frank@cube.cemi.unt.edu Rob Frank, 2330 Castle Rock Road, Carrollton, TX 75007 |
| Extras | Study Score and Tape are available. |
| History | Winner of the 1988 Chicago Symphony Assn. Young American Composers Reading Session. Public taping by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Kenneth Jean, Con. John Corigliano, Supervising Composer. |
| Contributor | The composer, Robert J. Frank, ASCAP frank@cube.cemi.unt.edu |
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In the Upper Room
| Instrumentation | WW:2,2,2,0 BR:2,2,2,0 2 Perc (vibes,timp., asst.) Strings |
| Length | 9 minutes |
| Difficulty | Moderate, University Level. Oboe solos. |
| Comments | the companion work to About the Ninth Hour (previously submitted) Based on a Hebrew Folksong, "Hena ma tov." Jeff Harrington said: "This is definitely the most impressively orchestrated piece I've heard from a new composer in a long time!" (Thanks, Jeff!) |
| Sources | for Score/Parts: EMail: frank@cube.cemi.unt.edu Rob Frank, 2330 Castle Rock Road, Carrollton, TX 75007 |
| Extras | Tape, Study Score are available |
| History | Written for Claren McQueen, The New Immigrant Orchestra of Jerusalem and the Christian Embassy, Jerusalem, Israel.Premiered April, 1993 as the winning work of the UNT Orcestra Composition Contest, by the UNT Symphony Orchestra, Ron Cummings, Dir. |
| Contributor | The composer, Robert J. Frank, ASCAP frank@cube.cemi.unt.edu |
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Voice on Many Waters: Concertpiece for Solo Tuba and Orchestra
| Instrumentation | 2,2,2,1 4,2,2, solo Tuba 2 Ast. Perc., Timp., Strings |
| Length | 15 Minutes ca |
| Difficulty | Moderate Orchestral Parts, College Level/Community Orchestra + Solo Tuba Part is idiomatic but challenging. |
| Comments | This work is in two movements connected by a solo cadenza. The first mvt. is free, with a dramatic theme in the solo over "rippling water-like" passages in the orchestra. Mvt. II features the soloist and ensemble in a musical thunderstorm, with brilliant chords punctuating the melodic themes in a fast, changing-meter environment. Tonal language mixes triadic accomp. with 12-tone themes/motives. Some very simple "Lutoslawski-like" repeated figures are used in the orchestra. A great showpiece for both soloist and orchestra. |
| Sources | for Score/Parts: Robert J. Frank (ASCAP), 2330 Castle Rock Road, Carrollton, TX 75007, EMail: frank@cube.cemi.unt.edu |
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| History | - |
| Contributor | the composer |
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