{"product_id":"symphony-no-9-op-160-294816","title":"Symphony No. 9, Op. 160","description":"\u003cp\u003ePremiered on September 21, 2018 in Lawrence, Kansas by the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Dr. Paul Popiel, conducting), James Barnes' \u003ci\u003eNinth Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e was composed between January and late June of that same year. This large work was commissioned by a consortium of twenty-one college bands, community bands, professional bands and individuals to help mark the 70th birthday of the composer (b. 1949). It is an expansive forty-minute work in four movements, of which the composer writes, “This is my last symphony... this work represents a compendium of all that I have learned during the fifty years of composing and scoring for this wonderful new medium: the modern wind band.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first movement, subtitled \u003ci\u003eElegy\u003c\/i\u003e, is based around G minor. It is the longest movement of the symphony. Tragic and despondent in character, it is cast in sonata-allegro form. The second movement is entitled \u003ci\u003eScherzo.\u003c\/i\u003e Barnes claims that “I have always wanted to write a waltz,” and that is how this movement is cast, in a modified rondo form in D minor. In contrast to the mood of the first movement, the \u003ci\u003escherzo\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightful posy of expansive melody, splashy color, humor and rhythm. The third movement, which is in a modified tertiary form, is entitled \u003ci\u003eNight Music\u003c\/i\u003e. In contrast to the \u003ci\u003escherzo\u003c\/i\u003e, this movement begins with a mysterious incantation, first displayed by solo Alto flute. The music becomes even darker and more mysterious, while overall the movement effectively expresses an “otherworldly” mood, ending with a solo soprano offstage which suddenly emerges, eerily singing a modified version of the opening incantation. Cast in sonata-allegro form, the fourth movement is most definitely a rousing \u003ci\u003eFinale\u003c\/i\u003e, beginning with a brilliant fanfare and undergoing several mood transformations before emerging into the final coda, ending the symphony with an energetic splash of color.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Music Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53486731526462,"sku":"00294816","price":350.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/1396\/9982\/files\/00294816_Page-1.jpg?v=1778728127","url":"https:\/\/themusiciansclub.net\/en-eu\/products\/symphony-no-9-op-160-294816","provider":"The Musicians Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}