FaloerWind Band Series MASQUE for symphonic wind band (2000) ie. 3 OR Kenneth Hesketh FABER ff MusicPROGRAMME NOTE HE MASQUE has had a varied history, certainly a varied spelling (‘masque’, a ‘maske', even ‘maskeling’). However, the historian E K Chambers in his book The Medieval Stage defines the word in the following way: ‘A form of revel in which mummers or masked folk come, with torches blazing, into the festive hall Uninvited and call upon the company to dance and dice.’ The above description, | think, can also serve as a description to the piece. The main theme is certainly bravura and is often present, disguised, in the background. The form of the piece is a simple scherzo-trio-scherzo. Colourful scoring (upper wind solos, trumpet and horn solos alternating with full bodied tuttis) with a dash of wildness is the character of this piece—I hope it may tease both player and listener to let their hair down a litle! Kenneth Hesketh INSTRUMENTATION piccolo 2 flutes 2 obves (second doubling cor anglais) Eb clarinet 3 Bb clarinets Bb bass clarinet 2 bassoons 2 Eb alto saxophones Bb tenor saxophone Eb baritone saxophone 4 homs in F 3B} comets 2 Bb trumpets 2 tenor trombones ‘bass trombone 2 euphoniums 2 tubas string bass timpani percussion (3 players) bass drum, glockenspe tangle, snare dum, aretam, vbraphore,afophone, cash cymbal, ‘ship, woodblock temple block upended cymbal, tambourine PERFORMANCE NOTE This work really requites two tuba players. Where two tuba players are not available an alternative tuba partis included which combines the two parts.2 Atos Ter Soe ed 2 mp Jost To Adrian Comell Masque KENNETH HESKETH sais Pano= ef a = —— == apt tet Hah el wo osai — = Ses 254 = Wt + : = pote ; E +eeteFoy eaatPy r ee2 heene: om ww w wwef pet = 7 - SSF EL oat 2 = ; : . Se 22 | Si f saa ~wy kk aay kat mm” 7a. aT AT 1 esEs 2 2 = = = if = : é f = Si ip ——— ao eeew ow au To ww wow1 alt ' SALA] Sete i P| rT fe sssu 8 uy uae wwww ow a ~ u¥ SS v f ou as i i |e ie 7 mt = = a 2 eee ee —je - uf in|” Lee ot ES [oe = soo 7 : a7 {2 : : ‘ : ae . = fo 4 a - 2 = _ .