Works - Wind Ensemble

Metropolis

3 (2 picc), 2, E flat Cl, 4, Bcl, Cbcl, 2, Cbsn, 4 Sax,
4, 4, 3, Euph, 1. DB, Pno, 6 Perc.
15 mins. (pub. Maecenas)

First Performance:
Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music Wind Ensemble cond. Edward Gregson
8th March 1993

CD recording - RNCM Wind Ensemble cond. Timothy Reynish KLAVIER K1115Z (1996.)

CD Recording - Ithaca College Wind Ensemble cond. Rodney Winther MARK 6537-MCD (1995)

Winner of the 1994 Walter Beeler
memorial prize (USA)

"A talented young composer, Adam Gorb, whose bold piece Metropolis was full of striking effects."
Edward Greenfield, The Guardian, March 1993

"His splendid opening piece, Metropolis, was a 15 minute one movement tour de force. This work is a must for professional groups who want a challenging work, which is rhythmically complex, but tonal enough to attract a lay audience. Here is an original voice of whom we shall hear more."
Timothy Reynish, Winds Magazine, Spring 1993.

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Scenes from Bruegel

Commissioned by the National Youth Wind Orchestra.
1(picc),1,E flat Cl, 2 (Bcl.) 2, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, 2 perc.
16 mins. (pub. Maecenas)

First Performance:
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
National Youth Wind Orchestra cond. David Campbell
5th April 1994

"…Racy red-blooded score…driven by powerful jagged rhythms…scored with an ingenious and original spacing,"
Stephen Dodgson, Winds Magazine, Autumn 1994.

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Bermuda Triangle

Commissioned by the Northampton Schools Wind Ensemble.
Picc. 2, 2, 4, Alto cl. Bcl. 2, Cbsn. 4 sax..
4, 3, 3, euph. 1, DB, 4 perc.
6 mins. (pub. Maecenas)

First Performance:
Northampton Schools Wind Ensemble cond. Martin Sutton
28th October 1994

CD Recording - Northamptonshire Orchestral Winds cond. Andrew Bassey NOWCD 2006001 (2006)

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Ascent

Commissioned by the Uster Festival
Picc. 2 (2+3 picc.)2, E flat cl. 2, Bcl. 2, Cbsn. 4,3,3,1
DB, 3 perc.
12 mins. (pub. Maecenas)

First Performance:
Uster Festival, Switzerland
28th September 1996

"Clearly influenced by Impressionism, Adam Gorb's Ascent, about a painting by Paul Cezanne, presented itself with sophistication and skill in dealing with a specific language of music…. "
NZZ, Switzerland, September 1996.

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Awayday

Commissioned by the Royal Northern College of Music
Picc. 2,2,E flat Cl. 4, Bcl. 2, Cbsn. 4 sax.
4, 4, 3, euph. 1, DB, pno, 5 perc.
6 mins. (pub. Maecenas)

First Performance:
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester cond. Timothy Reynish
17th November 1996

CD Recording -University of North Texas Wind Ensemble cond. Eugene Corporon, Klavier KCD 11091 (1998)
CD Recording -US Marine Band cond. Timothy Foley, Mark 3171- MCD (1999)
CD Recording - Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra cond. Douglas Bostock, KOCD 3905 (2000)
CD Recording - RNCM Wind Ensemble cond. Clark Rundell, CHANDOS CHAN 10409 (2007)

"…A creative artist with the same gift for heightened use of vernacular musical language that made Bernstein so successful. One to watch."
Robert Beale, Manchester Evening News, April 1998.

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Sample 1

Sample 2 - Symphony Orchestra Version

Euphonium Concerto

Commissioned by Richmond School
Euph solo, Picc. 2, 2, E flat cl. 3, Alto cl. Bcl. 2,
4 sax. 4, 3, 3, 1, DB, timp. 3 perc.
15 mins. (pub. Maecenas)

Soloist Ian Whitwham

First Performance:
Richmond School Wind Ensemble cond. Richard Jones,
Richmond School, N. Yorkshire
10th May 1997

"The strength and coherence of this work stems largely from its unashamed acknowledgement of tradition. Nevertheless, structural and tonal security do not preclude a boldly innovative style. Indeed, Gorb approaches a contemporary idiom that issues just the right challenge to an ensemble of this age and calibre. The work patently brought much excitement and gave a great deal of pleasure to its youthful performers."
Kenneth Birkin, Winds Magazine

Yiddish Dances

Commissioned by Timothy Reynish
Picc. 2, 2, E flat cl. 3, Bcl. 2, 4 sax,
4, 3, 3, Euph, 1, DB, 4 perc.
16 mins.(pub. Maecenas)

First Performance:
Royal Northern College of Music Wind Ensemble cond. Timothy Reynish
Royal Northern College of Music, 9th March 1998

CD Recording - Rutgers Wind Ensemble cond. William Berz, Mark 3570-MCD (1999)
CD Recording -RNCM Wind Ensemble cond. Clark Rundell, Chandos CHAN 10284
CD Recording - National Jeugd Harmonie Orchest. O.C.V. cond. Alex Schillings
NJH005001-2 (2005)

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Sample 1 - Piano Duet Version

Sample 2 - Piano Duet Version

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Elements

For percussion solo and Wind Ensemble
Commissioned by the Royal Northern College of Music
Perc. Solo, picc. 2,(picc 2 +3,) 3 (cor ang.) E flat cl. 2, Bcl. 2, Cbsn.
2 sax. 4, 4, 3, 2, Harp, Pno. DB. 3 perc.
28 mins. (pub. Maecenas)

First Performance:
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Soloist Evelyn Glennie
RNCM Wind Ensemble cond. Clark Rundell
6th April 1998

CD recording, RNCM Wind Ensemble cond. Timothy Reynish, DOYDOY CD 27 (2001)

"Everything I have heard by Adam Gorb has intrigued and delighted me, and this work does not let us down. It is full of inventiveness and an extraordinary sense of tone colour."
Robert Beale, Manchester Evening News, April 1998

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Symphony No. 1 in C

Commissioned by Tom Hill for a private party
2,(picc 2) 2, 2, 2, 4, DB
16 mins. (pub. Maecenas)

First Performance:
First public performance Royal Northern College of Music
RNCM Wind Ensemble cond. Clark Rundell
28th June 2000

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