DEREK M. JENKINS – COMPOSER​

​Duration: 7'00"



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Instrumentation:

Wind Ensemble -

3 Flutes (3° dbl. Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons, 3 Bb Clarinets, 1 Bass Clarinet, 2 Alto Saxes., 1 Tenor Sax., 1 Baritone Sax., 3 Bb Trumpets, 4 Horns, 3 Trombones, 1 Euphonium, 2 Tubas, 4 Percussion

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Brass Band -

1 Eb Soprano Cornet, 4 Bb Solo Cornets, 1 Bb Repiano Cornet, 2 2nd Bb Cornets, 2 3rd Bb Cornets, 1 Flugelhorn, 3 Eb Tenor Horns, 2 Bb Baritone Horns, 2 Bb Tenor Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone, 2 Bb Euphoniums, 2 Eb Basses, 2 Bb Basses, 4 Percussion



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Program Notes:

​"And long he'd been without his heart's desire

While he preferred to woo with words not force.

But when fair speeches failed him, anger stormed,

The north wind's too familiar mood at home."



​- Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI​

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Boreas was an ancient Greek deity, personifying the north wind. He was a winged god of ruthless disposition, which was rivaled only by the harsh wintry winds at his command. Boreas fell in love with Orithyia, the King’s daughter. Contrary to his genuine nature, he attempted to woo her with sweet words of devotion. His efforts were in vain, and Orithyia failed to yield to his advances. With this rejection, Boreas’s temper flared and he, once again, was overcome by his icy and merciless nature. Like Boreas, this work begins with slow, lyrical lines that quickly fade into an unrelenting fury of anger. Moments reminiscent of Boreas’s words of affection appear, but they are quickly washed away as the piece escalates.





Commissioned by Timothy Shade and the Bethel College Wind Ensemble.

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The version for brass band has been prepared by the composer for the Fountain City Brass Band as a small token of thanks.

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