VACLAV NELHYBEL'S
DIVERTIMENTO
for brass quintet and orchestra
VACLAV NELHYBEL: COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR
“I compose because that is me, that is what I am.”
Continuing in his interview with author Peter Boonshaft, Nelhybel said, “The only answer I have is that it is the best means for me to manifest my existence as a human being.”
The Nelhybel Collection was dedicated at the University of Scranton, in the fall of 1999. It provides scholars, performers and students with access to Nelhybel’s published and unpublished compositions, personal papers, manuscript scores and other materials.
“He would be very delighted to have his works at the University. It is, in a sense, the closing of a circle,” his wife Dorothea Nelhybel said. “His Jesuit background was very important to Vaclav in nurturing his talent. Having his works housed at a Jesuit university and available for research feels so right in so many ways.”
His drive to write music left little time to consider publication of a completed piece, as the next would rise in his mind demanding release. The result is a library of works performed but once, and even some major compositions written for no particular occasion and never performed at all. The musical legacy and genius of the composer became even clearer shortly before his death in 1996, when his family began cataloguing more than 160 unpublished works to add to the over 400 that had already been published. Read More
Continuing in his interview with author Peter Boonshaft, Nelhybel said, “The only answer I have is that it is the best means for me to manifest my existence as a human being.”
The Nelhybel Collection was dedicated at the University of Scranton, in the fall of 1999. It provides scholars, performers and students with access to Nelhybel’s published and unpublished compositions, personal papers, manuscript scores and other materials.
“He would be very delighted to have his works at the University. It is, in a sense, the closing of a circle,” his wife Dorothea Nelhybel said. “His Jesuit background was very important to Vaclav in nurturing his talent. Having his works housed at a Jesuit university and available for research feels so right in so many ways.”
His drive to write music left little time to consider publication of a completed piece, as the next would rise in his mind demanding release. The result is a library of works performed but once, and even some major compositions written for no particular occasion and never performed at all. The musical legacy and genius of the composer became even clearer shortly before his death in 1996, when his family began cataloguing more than 160 unpublished works to add to the over 400 that had already been published. Read More
Vaclav Nelhybel's Divertimento
for brass quintet & orchestra
June 6, 1991 world premiere performance
by the
Salisbury Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Elliot, Conductor
and the
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Bob Suggs, trumpet; David Cran, trumpet; Sharon Tiebert, horn;
Wayne Wells, trombone; Elliot Weir, bass trombone
To listen Tap > Below:
(There may be a 10 to 20 sec. delay before sound begins.)
Duration: 09' 46"
for brass quintet & orchestra
June 6, 1991 world premiere performance
by the
Salisbury Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Elliot, Conductor
and the
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Bob Suggs, trumpet; David Cran, trumpet; Sharon Tiebert, horn;
Wayne Wells, trombone; Elliot Weir, bass trombone
To listen Tap > Below:
(There may be a 10 to 20 sec. delay before sound begins.)
Duration: 09' 46"
Salisbury Symphony Orchestra
Salisbury, Maryland
Salisbury, Maryland
Dedicated to providing live orchestral music to the Delmarva Peninsula, the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, was founded in 1986 by Dr. Thomas Elliot with the support of then Salisbury State College President Thomas Bellavance.
The SSO is a partnership comprised of university students, community members and professional musicians. Now celebrating its 35th season, the SSO has a history of artistic excellence and of creating exceptional musical experiences for Eastern Shore audiences.
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Nelhybel's epilogue from his Let There Be Music:
“Let music speak for me the last kind words forgotten in the haste of living.
With music, then, let me return to peace, at last. Let there be music of dreams, music of hope, music of love, music of joy, music of life. Music of peace.” ~ Vaclav Nelhybel ~ For full Nelhybel biography Tap Here |
FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
The score and parts for Vaclav Nelhybel's Divertimento for brass quintet and orchestra, along with
the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory.
For direct access: ABQ Special Collection @ Oberlin Conservatory Library
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The score and parts for Vaclav Nelhybel's Divertimento for brass quintet and orchestra, along with
the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory.
For direct access: ABQ Special Collection @ Oberlin Conservatory Library
Tap HERE