EQUUS PRoomam Norns YOR RQUUA a lh trl E— Aa a acapned end We ene otal eae fu ae fee er faireiaditgon tnt agence “That's not to say I hadn't writen anything. On the contrary, had about 100 pages of material for theee diferent ploces, but | wanted to give Cary something very special and just couldn't find that perfect spare Around this time my great friend and fellow Julliard composer Steven Bryant (Monkey, Chester Leaps In) was ‘siting me in Los Angeles, and as I had just bought a new computer I was throwing out old sequencer files, most of them sketches and improvisational ideas. As I played one section Steve dashed into the room and the following conversation ensued! Steve: “What the hell was that?!" ‘Me. "Just an ola idea I'm about to trash." Steve: "Mark my words, Ifyou don't use that I'm stealing it ‘The gauntlet had been thrown, ‘That was the spark, but i took me a full eight months to work out, There are a LOT of notes, and I put every one ‘on paper before sequencing it into the computer. I wanted to write a moto perpetuo, a plece that starts running and never stops (Equus is the Latin word for hotee) that would alo be a viruoste show plece for winds. The final result {s something that I call Dynamic Minimalism, which basically means that I love to employ repetitive patterns a= long as they don't get boring, We finally premiered the piece in March 2000, nearly theee years after the original commission date, and the University of Miam! Wind Ensemble played the bejeezts out off Equus is dedicated to my friend Gary Green, the most passionate and patient conductor I know. AnouT THE ComPosER ‘An accomplished composer, conductor and lecturer, Eric Whitacre is one of the bright stars in contemporary concert ‘musie. Regularly commissioned and published, Whitacre has received composition awards from ASCAP, Barlow International Composition Competition, the American Choral Directors Association, and the American ‘Composers Forum. In 2001 le became the youngest recipient ever awarded the coveted Raymond C. Brock commission by the American, Choral Directors Association: commercially he has worked with such Tuminaries a8 Barbra Strelsand and Marvin Hamlisch Born in 1970, Whitacre has already achieved substantial erica and popular acta. The American Record Guide named his fst recording, "The Masi of Ere Whitacre", one ofthe fop ten classical albums in 1997, and the Los ‘Angeles Times praised is music as “electric ching harmonies; works of unearthly beauty and imagination” His Wier Right become one ofthe mon pope choral work of he la deca, and one ofthe p sling {hors publications inthe last ave years, Chost Tain his frst instrumental work wnten atthe age of 25 isa {suing phenomenon; it has received thousands of performances in over 0 counties and has Been featured on 40 Sitereneecordingn. His music has been the subject of several recent scholarly works and doctoral dissertations, and his publishes works have aold well over 350,000 copies worldwide ‘As a conductor, Mr. Whitacre has appeared with hundieds of professional and educational ensembles throughout the worl. In the last five years he has conducted concerts of his choral and symphonic music in Japan, Austell, Singapore, much of Europe, and dozens of American universes and colleges. Bic received his MM. in compesition from the Julliard School of Musle, where he studied composition with Pulitzer Prize winner John Conigliano. ALSO AVAILABLE FROM ERIC WHITACRE & CARPE RANAM ‘Muse for Symphonie Winds: Ghost Train Godzilla "Hats Las. Vegas Noisy. Wheels of Joy October cloudburst ‘Sleep Lux Aurumque AND FINALLY... Please vist Eric and Carpe Ranam Productions at www etiewhitacre.comINSTRUMENTATION 1 - FULL SCORE 4-FLUTE1 4-FLUTE2 ~ 4-PICCOLO/FLUTE 3 1- OBOE 1 1-OBOE2 1- ENGLISH HORN 1- CLARINET in Bb 4- CLARINET in Bp 1 4- CLARINET in By 2 4- CLARINET in Bb 3 2- BASS CLARINET 1 - CONTRABASS CLARINET in By 2- BASSOON 1 & 2 1 - CONTRABASSOON 2- ALTO SAXOPHONE 7 2- ALTO SAXOPHONE 2 2- TENOR SAXOPHONE 1 - BARITONE SAXOPHONE, 3 - TRUMPET in B> 1 3 - TRUMPET in B> 2 3 - TRUMPET in B> 3 2-FHORN 1&2 2-PHORN3 &4 4- TROMBONE 1 & 2 2- BASS TROMBONE 2- BARITONE 4-TUBA 1 - HARP 1- PIANO 1- TIMPANI & GLASS CHIMES 2- PERCUSSION 1 2.- PERCUSSION 2 2.- PERCUSSION 3 2.- PERCUSSION 4Equus _— Moto Perpetuo J=108 sempre hoo Evie Whitare Moto Perpetuo J=108 sempre Ist edition 10/1/2000 (© 2000 Eric Whitacre, forall countiesTeateat atapirigsueeee-20-eel29m 127=24-ase335)34.-36-nore-38--42-259271[S] Poco Mosso-48-aye-50-on poco piu mosso J= poco piu mosso )=\12-115 poco piu mosso J =112-115-52-313-56-10 Accent 337 [U] Moto decent [) Motto AccentPoco Mossools373391-or--68--74-Molto stringendo al fine Molto stringendo al fine -| - =-76- Los Angeles, Janiary 2000