Piosenki by David Bruce - score follow @davidbrucescores7639

David Bruce Scores Commissioned by Carnegie Hall
for Soprano, Baritone and Chamber Ensemble of Nine Players

Flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), Clarinet (doubling Bass clarinet), French Horn, Trumpet, Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
Orchestral Version: 2 1 2 1 - 2 2 2 1- perc(2) - strings

Duration 23 mins
Composed 2006
First performance Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, April 15th 2007
Melissa Wegner Soprano, Kyle Ferrill Baritone

More Info including rental and score info: http://www.davidbruce.net/works/piosenki.asp

Piosenki is an attempt to reflect the varied and beautiful images of and from childhood, found in the wonderful children's poems of Polish poet Julian Tuwim. Tuwim's poems range from simple 'playground rhymes' like Dwa Michaly and Idzie Grzes through to the poetic sophistry of Dwa Wiatry and Mroz, the very words of which ('Chrest I brzek, zgrzyt I stek') so vividly capture the sound of the crunching, rattling sleigh.

Dwa Michaly (Two Michaels)- two Michaels dancing and spiralling round each other. The words similarly spiral around until the two Michaels collapse on the ground.
Mroz (Frost)- the peasant boy is riding through the forest on his sleigh with sticks he has gathered. The frost, the sticks and the sleigh all scrape and screech, but as the poem's last line says, together they create a music which makes the load seem lighter and the frost less harsh.
Pani Zosia (Mrs Zosia - playground chant)- The words mean "Mrs Zosia has a husband who is always drinking"
Smierdziel (Smelly)- The smelly boy complains about a terrible smell wherever he goes. He marches around complaining "Disgrace! Comrades, stand firm against from the stink!" - the last line says to the boy "Don't protest when it's you who's the smelly one!"
Siedzi Baba na cmentarzu (Granny in the cemetary - playground chant) , Granny sits in the cemetary and a ghost makes her jump, continuing without a break into:
Stary Kowal (This Old Cobbler - playground chant) - this old cobbler cobbles, the music continues without a break into:
Idzie Grzes(Grzes walks along) - A comical rhyme about the hapless Grzes who walks along carrying a bag of sand. He doesn't notice the sand is leaking and is just happy the load is lighter; but when he gets home and finds the bag empty he has to go and get some more - and so on, and so on, and so on.
Rok i Bieda (The year and misery)- there are four miseries in the world - spring, summer, autumn and winter. Though reluctantly in each case, the poet admits there are some advantages, such as the tasty blueberries growing in the summer forest.
Dwa Wiatry (Two Winds) - a poetic description of two winds who chase each other around the orchard, before disappearing into the silence.
Ptasie Plotki (Gossiping birds) - the cockrel came to the turkey and gossipped about the duck's down. The duck came to the guinea-fowl and gossipped about the turkey's beak - and so on, until in the end the whole yard was filled with flying feathers
Trumf Trumf (Nonsense Chant)

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Piosenki by David Bruce - score follow

David Bruce Scores 2022-07-21 | Commissioned by Carnegie Hall
for Soprano, Baritone and Chamber Ensemble of Nine Players

Flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), Clarinet (doubling Bass clarinet), French Horn, Trumpet, Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
Orchestral Version: 2 1 2 1 - 2 2 2 1- perc(2) - strings

Duration 23 mins
Composed 2006
First performance Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, April 15th 2007
Melissa Wegner Soprano, Kyle Ferrill Baritone

More Info including rental and score info: http://www.davidbruce.net/works/piosenki.asp

Piosenki is an attempt to reflect the varied and beautiful images of and from childhood, found in the wonderful children's poems of Polish poet Julian Tuwim. Tuwim's poems range from simple 'playground rhymes' like Dwa Michaly and Idzie Grzes through to the poetic sophistry of Dwa Wiatry and Mroz, the very words of which ('Chrest I brzek, zgrzyt I stek') so vividly capture the sound of the crunching, rattling sleigh.

Dwa Michaly (Two Michaels)- two Michaels dancing and spiralling round each other. The words similarly spiral around until the two Michaels collapse on the ground.
Mroz (Frost)- the peasant boy is riding through the forest on his sleigh with sticks he has gathered. The frost, the sticks and the sleigh all scrape and screech, but as the poem's last line says, together they create a music which makes the load seem lighter and the frost less harsh.
Pani Zosia (Mrs Zosia - playground chant)- The words mean "Mrs Zosia has a husband who is always drinking"
Smierdziel (Smelly)- The smelly boy complains about a terrible smell wherever he goes. He marches around complaining "Disgrace! Comrades, stand firm against from the stink!" - the last line says to the boy "Don't protest when it's you who's the smelly one!"
Siedzi Baba na cmentarzu (Granny in the cemetary - playground chant) , Granny sits in the cemetary and a ghost makes her jump, continuing without a break into:
Stary Kowal (This Old Cobbler - playground chant) - this old cobbler cobbles, the music continues without a break into:
Idzie Grzes(Grzes walks along) - A comical rhyme about the hapless Grzes who walks along carrying a bag of sand. He doesn't notice the sand is leaking and is just happy the load is lighter; but when he gets home and finds the bag empty he has to go and get some more - and so on, and so on, and so on.
Rok i Bieda (The year and misery)- there are four miseries in the world - spring, summer, autumn and winter. Though reluctantly in each case, the poet admits there are some advantages, such as the tasty blueberries growing in the summer forest.
Dwa Wiatry (Two Winds) - a poetic description of two winds who chase each other around the orchard, before disappearing into the silence.
Ptasie Plotki (Gossiping birds) - the cockrel came to the turkey and gossipped about the duck's down. The duck came to the guinea-fowl and gossipped about the turkey's beak - and so on, until in the end the whole yard was filled with flying feathers
Trumf Trumf (Nonsense Chant)

Lully Loops by David Bruce (score follow)

David Bruce Scores 2024-04-30 | Lully Loops
for Violin and String Orchestra
Commissioned by Zurich Chamber Orchestra
First performance Daniel Hope, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Sept 6 2023 Bielefeld, Germany

Duration c.30mins
Composed 2022-2023

Performed here by Daniel Hope and Zurich Chamber Orchestra

More info:
http://www.davidbruce.net/works/lully_loops.asp
Learn more about the Vaporwave ideas in the 3rd movement in this video on my main channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=apPqiVXJkUs

0:00 1. Soul Shards
8:53 2. Earworms
15:23 3. Vaporwave Loops
23:25 4. The Cure for Melancholy

The Consolation of Rain by David Bruce (score follow)

David Bruce Scores 2023-07-04 | The Consolation of Rain

for Oboe, Cello, Harp, Percussion

Percussion: 5 Oct Marimba, Glockenspiel Timpani (28" or 29" range from F2 to C3) Tam Tam with drumkit bass drum pedal (the Tam Tam needs to be played with the pedal)

Commissioned by Commissioned for Camerata Pacifica by Bob Klein & Lynne Cantlay
First performance Camerata Pacifica, April 2016
Duration c.20mins
Composed Sept 2015-Jan 2016

Performed here by Camerata Pacifica. Watch the full performance here: youtube.com/watch?v=to0tDlSIgHo

Available on the album 'The North Wind was a Woman' from Signum Records, and on streaming services

More info:
http://www.davidbruce.net/works/the_consolation_of_rain.asp
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0:00 Movement 1
5:00 Movement 2
8:20 Movement 3
14:44 Movement 4
18:36 Movement 5

Steampunk by David Bruce - score follow

David Bruce Scores 2023-03-16 | Steampunk - for mixed octet
1 Oboe (doubling Cor Anglais)
1 Clarinet (doubling Bass clarinet)
1 Bassoon (doubling contrabassoon -optional)
1 French Horn
1 violin
1 Viola
1 Cello
1 Bass

Commissioned by Carnegie Hall Corporation
Ensemble ACJW, Zankel Hall, Saratoga Springs, NY, 5 Feb 2011
Duration 23 mins
Composed Sept-Nov 2010
Performed here by Camerata Pacifica. Watch the full performance in amazing Steampunk costume here: youtube.com/watch?v=kVowWXGXqrE

More info:
http://www.davidbruce.net/works/steampunk.asp
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0:00 Movement 1
2:11 Movement 2
6:31 Movement 3
11:51 Movement 4
15:34 Movement 5

Gumboots by David Bruce - score follow

David Bruce Scores 2022-10-19 | Gumboots for Clarinet (dbl Bass Clarinet) and String Quartet
Commissioned by Carnegie Hall Corporation
First performance Todd Palmer, St Lawrence String Quartet, Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, NYC, 23rd Oct 2008
Duration 23 mins
Composed Feb-Sept 2008
Performed here by Julian Bliss and Carducci String Quartet
Recording commercially available and on streaming services.

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0:00 Part 1
11:29 Part 2 Dance 1
13:35 Part 2 Dance 2
15:06 Part 2 Dance 3
17:03 Part 2 Dance 4
20:13 Part 2 Dance 5

To the power of 10 for 10 oboes by David Bruce - score follow

David Bruce Scores 2022-07-20 | Written for 10 oboes, "To the Power of 10" was commissioned by the Wigmore Hall for oboist Nicholas Daniel. It then underwent a substantial re-write and was performed in this revised version for Nicholas Daniel's 60th birthday concert at the hall. The piece is a playful consideration of the power of ten oboes, often playing in canon to create an overwhelming blast of pure oboe joy (-:

Duration c.3.30 mins
Composed March-April 2019 revised 2022
First performance Nicholas Daniel and friends, Wigmore Hall, 8 June 2019
Commissioned by Wigmore Hall

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