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Note from Robert Boudreau: An outstanding, virtuosic concerto for clarinet - Kudos to Efrain!
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*AMRAM, David, b.1930 USA Concerto for Horn and Wind Orchestra,1967 12 min. $600
Remark from Robert Boudreau: David Amram was the principal horn with the National Symphony for a
number of years. This is an amazing work for horn and wind orchestra, with a great deal of jazz
influence. Following the premiere performance in Pittsburgh, Leonard Bernstein programmed this work
with the New York Philharmonic.
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*ANGEL, Amparo, b. 1950 Colombia Adagio for English Horn and Wind Orchestra,2007
16min. $500
EH solo, 2(pic) 2 4(Eb)(Bcl) 2 4 2 3 1 T P Gloc Cymb
Remark from Robert Boudreau: Beautifully written – an outstanding work for the English horn.
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*ARUTIUNIAN, Alexander 1920-2012 Armenia Rhapsody for Solo Trumpet and Winds,1990
10 min. $500
Trumpet solo, 4(picc), 2, 3(Eb), 2,4,4,4,1, T, P(5)
ATEHORTUA, Blas Concerto for Bass Trombone and Wind Orchestra 15min $500
Bass tbn solo, 3(pic, alt) 2(EH) 3(Bcl) 3(Cbsn) 4 4 3 1 T P(4) Hp
Remark from Robert Boudreau: I know no better concerto for bass trombone.
ATEHORTUA, Blas Concerto for Oboe and Wind Orchestra,1980 15 min. $500
Ob.solo 3(pic,alto)3(EH)3(Eb,Bcl)3(Cbsn) 4,4,4,1 T P(4) Hp, Cel
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Remark from Robert Boudreau: I had the honor of visiting with Auric when he was director of L’Opera in
Paris. The AWSO Editions is so fortunate to have a work by such a master, who represents a unique time
in the history of French music. As you perform this elegant work, you will be walking down the Champs
Elyssee into the Place de la Concorde.
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Remark from Robert Boudreau: Enjoy the challenges of a sophisticated work with many jazz influences,
one to be enjoyed by musicians, conductor and audience as well.
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BENNETT, Robert Russell, 1894-1981 USA CHRISTMAS OVERTURE , 1981 5 MIN $400
3333 4442 T, P(1)
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BOERTZ, Daniel b. 1943 Sweden Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Instruments 13 m. $500
3(pic, alto) 3(EH) 4(Eb 2Bcl) 3(Cbsn) 4 4 4 2 T P(4) Hp Cel
Remark from Robert Boudreau: How was I ever so fortunate to have as soloist for the premiere
performance of this work the great Swedish soloist Hans Samuelsson. Really a work for a master
bassoonist.
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*BOLCOM, William b. 1938 USA Liberty Enlightening the World,1986 6 min. $500
4(pic) 4(EH) 4(BCL) 4(Cbsn) 5 5 5 1 P(6)
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Note from Robert Boudreau: No better work for a children’s concert, or for adults as well – singing along
with all the wonderful French children’s songs incorporated in this work.
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*BRACEGIRDLE, Lee b. 1952 USA Threnos for Solo Horn and Wind Orchestra,2007 8min $500
Solo Horn 4(picc, alt) 3(EH) 3(Bscl) 3(Cbsn) 4 3 2 1 T 3 Hp Pf/Cel
*BRANT, Henry 1913-2008 USA An American Requiem, 1975 - 18 min. $600
For symphonic woodwind, brasses and percussion in widely separated groups, plus
organ, church bells and soprano solo
4 4(2EH) 4(2Bcl) 4(2Cbsn) 4 4 4 2 T PO(4) Org (Sopr solo ad lib)
Note from Robert Boudreau: Henry came to my home; we went into the barn, where there was some old
copper tubing. He began arranging the different lengths, strung them up and began hitting them, saying
“This is exactly the sound I want!” He not only captured the essence of a wind orchestra, he went far
beyond. Of the 500+ works, his may be the most important masterpiece in the AWS Editions. I find it sad
that prominent artists and educators, when confronted with the name Henry Brant, are unaware of this
unique genius. Once he organized a concert in Holland on four different canal boats, each playing its
own music, and creating such a cacophony when they met at an intersection of the extensive canal
system. The Chicago Symphony commissioned Brant to do a work for its Centennial celebration, and he
composed a piece for90 trombones and a Native American drummer! (They could never find the
drummer because he spent his time riding up and down the elevator in his hotel…) Many flute players
may know Brant’s work for thirteen flutes, “Angels and Devils.”
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Note from Robert Boudreau: A package arrived from Cuba in 1980 – inside, a full score for wind
orchestra, with a note saying, “This is my gift to you for what you have given to my brothers and sisters.”
An explanation: Ever since my meetings with Villa Lobos, I have had a penchant for developing more
concrete relationships with my fellow musicians in the Americas. In -79 I had traveled extensively in Latin
America and Central America. I had auditioned a wonderful horn player in Bogota, actually the principal
with the National Symphony. When he told me that his only teacher had been a drunken clarinetist, I
asked if he would have an interest in studying with Rainer D’Intinnis, who had been a colleague at
Juilliard and was then principal with the New York Philharmonic. He was excited about the idea. From
that conversation developed the concept of bringing 12 “Caribbean Scholars “ - young musicians from
Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, Puerto Rico, who came to
Pittsburgh and studied at Pitt, Carnegie-Mellon and Duquesne Universities, while the AWSO housed, fed
and provided winter clothing for them. Out of that program came Pedro Dias, principal English horn with
the Met, Fernando Meza, percussion faculty at the University of Minnesota, and Rolando Morales-
Matos, on the faculty of Curtis Institute. These were the “brothers and sisters” whom Leo Brouwer
indicated. The thematic material of this epic voyage of “the boat loaded with future” is based on
Handel’s Water Music; dramatic use of percussion reappears again and again.
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CASTEREDE, Jacques 1926-2014 France Aria for English Horn and Winds,1977 $400
3(alt,bass) 3(Bcl, Cbcl) 3(2Cbsn) 4 3 3 1
*CASTEREDE, Jacques Divertissement D’Ete, 1965 $500
5(pic 2alt) 3(EH) 4(2Bcl) 4(2Cbsn) 4,4,4,1 T P(5) Hp Pf
Remark from Robert Boudreau: Certainly one of Casterede’s most well-designed and accessible
audience-pleasers. Three very French movements
CASTEREDE, Jacques Music for a Tale of Edgar Allen Poe 18 min. $500
Narrator 4(3pic) 3(EH) 6(Eb Bcl Cbcl) 4(Cbsn) 4 4 4 1 T P Cel Pf Hp Cb
Remark from Robert Boudreau: Casterede was a master at focusing on a text. This is the first work he
did for the AWSO.
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Note from Robert Boudreau: During the 1976 Bicentennial Tour, Agnes DeMille choreographed this
jubilant work for a dance troupe that traveled with the tour – a great way of combining a schools’ dance
program with the instrumental one
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*EUROPE, James Reese 1881-1919 USA Castle House Rag 5 min. $350
Orchestrated by Hale Smith
4(2alt) 2 2 2 4 1(solo) 4 1 3 Pf
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Remark from Robert Boudreau: We visited Prague when the Russians were still occupying
Czechoslovakia. Lubos invited us to his home, and told us that any commissions he would receive the
Russians would take; so we sent his commission to his account in Holland. He asked us for a favor – to
take a set of his father’s architectural drawings (which had been sent to a firm in Vienna) with us and
mail them back, as the Russian authorities wanted to hold his father in ransom for them. I had placed
the plans on top of our luggage so that the border guards would not think we were trying to hide
something. The Russian guard wanted extra money for us to leave; I refused. Finally, after a half-hour
delay, he shouted “Go!” This work shows through music Fiser’s view of the “Prague Spring,” when the
Russians marched back in force to put down unrest. The opening call in the trumpet is a dramatic call to
action on behalf of freedom.
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Remark from Robert Boudreau: Francaix was with us on board Point Counterpoint II for the premiere of
his work and the Centennial celebration of the Statue of Liberty.
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*FRANKE, Bernd b. 1959 Germany Three Marches for C.I.,2002 14 min. $600
For solo trumpet, solo bassoon & wind orchestra
Solo tpt, solo bsn 3(pic) 3(EH) 3(Eb) 3(Cbsn) 4 3 3 1 T(2)P(6)
Note from Robert Boudreau: This unusual work opens with three snare drummers with different
tonalities spread across the stage, moving sounds from one end of the stage to the other. The solo
trumpet and bassoon present a wonderful counterpoint to the rest of the wind orchestra.
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GALINDO, Blas 1910-1993 Mexico Concerto for Flute & Wind Orchestra,1980 15 min. $500
Fl solo 3(pic,alt,bass)3 4(Bcl 2Cbcl in Eb and Bb) 4(2Cbsn) 4 4 4 1 T P Hp Cel(ad lib)
Note: Galindo and his son came to Pittsburgh for the first performance of this challenging concerto.
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Note from Robert Boudreau: Inasmuch as Blas Atehortua worked closely with Ginastera, his
orchestration of this work that was originally written for piano is outstanding, and displays what a wind
orchestra is really about.
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GUARNIERI, Camargo 1907-1993 Brazil Homenagem a Villa-Lobos, 1966 8.5 min $500
5(pic, alt) 4(EH) 4(Bcl) 4(Cbsn) 4 3 4 1 T P Hp Pf Cel
Note from Robert Boudreau: One of my favorites, beautifully conceived. This is truly a composer who has
been overlooked.
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*HANDEL, George Frederic, 1685-1759 Music for the Royal Fireworks 23 min $400
0303(Cbsn) 3 3 0 0 T P Cb
Note from Robert Boudreau: I personally visited the British Museum in London, where I studied Handel’s
original manuscripts for both these works. I only made small changes – using contrabassoon instead of
the serpent, and doubling the oboe parts with flutes. I was amazed to see how many different
instrumentations he had for any particular work. Besides being a remarkable composer, Handel was truly
a great entrepreneur, creating new venues and occasions for memorable performances.
HOVHANESS, Alan 1911-2000 USA Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places,1966
11 min $450
Trp solo 3 3(EH) 3(Bcl) 3(Cbsn) 4 2 3 1 T P(2)
Remark from Robert Boudreau: Alan came to every premiere performance in Pittsburgh. A very unique
and sensitive individual, who wrote music from his heart. The story as I understand it: He was a very
prolific writer, and apparently on a trip by ship to Europe, he threw all his works to date overboard,
vowing to start over again and do much better. This work contains a hauntingly beautiful solo for
trumpet, which certainly could be illustrative of what is happening in our world today.
Remark from Robert Boudreau: A great program piece for children’s concerts, introducing all the
instruments of the wind symphony with a charming narration. The first performance had David Amram
as an innovative and hilarious narrator.
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Remark from Robert Boudreau: A hard-driving work with contrasting rhythms in each of the sections, in
combat mode, with a long, meditative conclusion.
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*LANG, Philip 1911-1986 USA American Tribute $500
4(pic) 4 4 4 5 5 5 1 T P(3) hp pf
Remark from Robert Boudeau: Robert Russell Bennett told the story of how he was doing a show, and
there were so many last-minute changes being made, that he needed help, and brought in the young
orchestrator Philip Lang; and that was the beginning of Lang’s long career on Broadway.
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LOPATNIKOFF, Nikolai 1903-1976 Russia Concerto for Wind Orchestra 19 min. $500
3(pic) 3(EH) 4(Eb, Bcl) 3(Cbsn) 4 4 3 1 T P Hp
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Remark from Robert Boudreau: An outstanding one-movement work – challenging and very
rewarding, as all of Loudova’s works are.
LOUDOVA, Ivana Concerto for Organ, Percussion and Wind Orchestra,1975 12 min $600
4 4 4 4 5 5 5 1 P(6) Cel Org
Remark from Robert Boudreau: Toshiro captured the wonder of percussion playing in this concerto. A
real audience-pleaser.
*McPHEE, Colin 1901-1966 Canada Concerto for Wind Orchestra, 1960 13 min. $500
4(pic) 3 3 3(Cbsn) 4 3 3 1 T P(3) Hp Pf Cb
Note from Robert Boudreau: One of the “top twenty” – oh, how I wish I had commissioned more works
from Colin McPhee!
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*MITCHELL, Lyndol 1923-1963 USA Battle Hymn of the Republic 6 min. $500
3(pic) 2 4(Bscl) 2 4 3 3 1 T P(4) Cb
Note from Robert Boudreau: Mitchell was an outstanding orchestrator, on the faculty at Eastman, and
dying much too young.
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*MIYOSHI, Akira 1933-2013 Japan West Wind, 2003 $600
Concerto for Timpani and Wind Orchestra
Timp. Solo 4(2pic) 4 4(Bcl) 4(Cbsn) 4 4 4 1 5 Hp Pf
Note from Robert Boudreau: One of the finest works for timpani solo and wind orchestra
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Note from Robert Boudreau: A beautifully evocative tribute written in memory of Robert Fitzer, AWSO
alumnus and clarinet professor at Youngstown State University, who died an untimely death from
cancer.
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NELSON, Oliver 1932-1975 USA Fugue and Bossa, 1978 8 min $500
4(2pic) 4(2EH) 4(2Bcl) 4(2Cbsn) 5 5 5 1 T P(5) Org or Pf
Note from Robert Boudreau: Oliver was introduced to me by Dizzy Gillespie – a great encore piece
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Note from Robert Boudreau: A unique and virtuosic work for accordion solo and winds. Olczak himself
performed the solo with the AWSO in Oslo, Norway in 1990.
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Note from Robert Boudreau: Any of these Petrov works add a particular glow to your programming. I
met Maestro Petrov for the first time when we were planning our Leningrad performance, and his
Russian Capriccio was premiered there in 1989.
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PNIEWSKI, Zbigniew. Poland Suite for Brass Quartet & Wind Orchestra,1990
12 min. $600
Three movements: 1-Joy! 2-Oberek 3-Ragtime
Solo Quartet: 2Tpt Hrn Tbn 4 4(EH) 4 4(2Cbsn) 4 4 4 1 T P(2) Syn
Note from Robert Boudreau: If you have a brass quartet that you would like to feature with wind
orchestra, this is the work!
PUIG-HATEM, Carlos b. 1968 Cuba Ochumare, 2015 $500
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Note from Robert Boudreau: This powerfully evocative work was first performed in Louisiana and
Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Rolf Rudin stated, “I think of horrendous storms and natural
catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina as being Nature’s answer to the misuse of our environment by
careless human beings. So this work is about the storm and its destructive aftermath for people…The
final chorale represents a human response of hope and encouragement not to give up in finding an
answer for the future.”
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SANTOS, Enrique b.1931 Mexico Concertino para Arpa & Orquesta de Alientos 7min. $500
Solo harp, 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 1 T P(2)
Remark from Robert Boudreau: Simply done, but the result is outstandingly successful.
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SAPIEYEVSKI, Jerzy Morpheus, 1974 8 min. $500
4(pic) 4 4 3(Cbsn) 5 5 5 1 T P(3) Hp
Remark from Robert Boudreau: A hauntingly beautiful evocation of Morpheus, the child of sleep,
entering the world of men. The characteristic sound and rhythm give the impression of journey to a
strange land.
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*SMITH, Hale, 1925-2009 USA Abide with Me, 1993 4 min. $200
2 2 4(2Bcl) 4)Cbsn) 2 1 4 0 glock
SMITH, Hale Recitative and Aria for English Horn & Winds,1995 10min. $500
4 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 P(3)
Note from Robert Boudreau: Hale was a remarkable musician, having played piano with Dizzy Gillespie.
This work captures the beauty of the instrument and gives the soloist a lovely freedom, especially in the
cadenza. It is a work and a composer that I am sure you will come to enjoy, as I have.
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SURINACH, Carlos 1915-1997 Spain Paeans and Dances of Heathen Iberia,1960 14min. $600
6(2pic)6(2EH)6(Eb, Bcl) 6(2Cbsn) 6 6 6 1 T P(3), Hp, Cb
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TCHEREPNIN, Ivan, 1943-1998 USA Concerto for Oboe and Wind Orchestra,1981 14min. 600
Ob solo 3(pic, alto) 3(Ob d’amor, heck) 4(Bcl, Cbcl) 3, 5 5 5 1 P(4) Hp
Note from Robert Boudreau: Ivan came from a long line of composers, going back to St. Petersburg,
Russia, where his grandfather taught Prokofiev. He is another major composer who has not been
acknowledged sufficiently. This virtuoso piece is an exciting work and should have many performances.
It is one of the works that we will be scheduling for the AWSO’s 60th anniversary.
*TCHEREPNIN, Ivan Concerto for Two Continents, 1989 8 min $600
For Synthesizer and Wind Orchestra
4(pic) 4(EH) 4(Bcl, Cbcl) 4(Cbsn) 4 3 4 1 T P(5) Hp
Remark from Robert Boudreau: This work was premiered during the AWOS’s 1989 appearance
in Finland, with Ivan Tcherepnin as synthesizer soloist.
*TUUR, Erkki-Sven b.1959 Estonia In Memory of Clear Water, 1990 9 min. $500
4(alt) 4(EH) 4(2Bcl) 4(2Cbsn) 5 5 6 2 T P(5) Pf
Remark from Robert Boudreau: A powerful one-movement work – the title refers to the now-polluted
Baltic Sea, which was once “clear water.”
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Note from Robert Boudreau: I met with Leonardo Velazquez in Mexico in 1959, upon the
recommendation of Heitor Villa Lobos. In 1961 Leonardo toured the Thames River in London with the
AWSO and me, where this work told of a young Aztec chief who rebelled against the Spanish.
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*VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor 1887-1959 Brazil Concerto Grosso, 1959 15 min $600
for Woodwind Quartet and Wind Orchestra
Fl, ob, cl, bsn soli; 4(pic) 4(EH) 6(Bcl, Cbcl) 4(Cbsn) 6,4,6.1 T P(4) Hp, Cel, Cb
8 (2pic) 8(2EH) 10(Eb,alt, Bcl, Cbcl) 8(2Cbsn) 6 6(2C, flugel) 6 1 T P(4) Hp Pf ad lib, Cb
Remark from Robert Boudreau: I met Villa Lobos in 1956 at the Essex House in New York. Both of us
spoke bad French, and he said to me “I no write for band!” He preferred the winds and brass of the
symphony orchestra, and that is how the AWSO was conceived. He attended the premiere performance
of the Fantasia in Pittsburgh in 1958. The following year, when we performed the Concerto Grosso, he
had already passed away.
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*WADA, Kaoru b. 1962 Japan Three Fragments Concertante, 2006 11 min $600
Concerto for timpani with traditional Japanese Instruments in 3 movements
3(3pic) 3(EH) 3(Bcl) 3(Cbsn) 4 4 3 1 T P(2, 3Japanese) Hp
Remark from Robert Boudreau: Each of these works combines with genius the percussion instruments of
the western world with traditional Japanese instruments. Spectacular crowd-pleasers! Triptych Mange is
remarkably written for the concerto grosso, which includes the entire flute family and harp.
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Remark from Robert Boudreau: We premiered this work in Ireland in 1989, when Patrick Zuk was a mere
20 years old. A lively and energetic opener.
CHAMBER MUSIC
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Note from Robert Boudreau: While a student at Boston University, I had the privilege of performing with
the Boston Brass Quartet, with Robert King (of King Editions’ Music for Brass) playing euphonium. He
was exceptional in bringing new knowledge to me about the subtlety and finesse of brass choir and brass
quartet performance. In performing in King’s brass choir, I learned that some of the greatest music ever
written came from the 16th and 17th century Italy.
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HAYDN, Josef Divertimento no. 1 $100
Chorale St. Antony
2 ob, 3 bsn, Cbsn, 2 Hrn in Bb
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Note from Robert Boudreau: Rorem received the commission for this work when he returned from his
studies in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. I do remember the reaction of some of my board members in
1957, who felt that the work was too contemporary. Upon hearing the work again fifteen years later,
they enjoyed it very much. An excellent, lively work with challenges for all the musicians.
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VIVALDI, Antonio 1678-1741 Concerto for Piccolo and Winds 10 min. $200
Orchestrated by Blas Atehortua)
3(alt, bs) 3(EH, hkfn) 0 3(Cbsn) 1 1 0 0