1

The Stairway Suite

Joe Wolfe

Theme and Variations for Orchestra and Big Band upon an air by Plant & Page

2

The Stairway Suite

Joe Wolfe

Theme and Variations for Orchestra and Big Band ad lib upon an air by Plant & Page

Instrumentation

Orchestra 2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in Bb 2 Trombones 1 Bass trombone or Tuba 4 Timpani (one player) Strings Bigband movement 2 Alto Saxophones in Eb 2 Tenor Saxophones in Bb 3 Trumpets in Bb 2 Trombones 1 Bass trombone Continuo Bass Drums Performance variations: The section for bigband (section 3) may be omitted in the absence of saxophones.

This requires deleting all but the first chord in the last two bars in the 5:4 movement. (The third section may also be performed by a bigband without orchestra.) The choir is required only for two short sections. The choral section in the C major movement may be omitted if no choir is available, and the coda may be performed by orchestra without choir or saxophones.

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Allegro Moderato

Allegro Moderato

The Stairway Suite Joe Wolfe

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet in Bb

Bassoon

Horn in F

Trumpet in Bb

Trombone

Tuba

Timpani

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Violoncello

Double Bass

Soli pizz.

mf

pizz.

arco

mf

pizz.

8

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

mp

pp

mp

pizz.

pizz.

f

f

sfz

mf

mf

2

16

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

Rit.

arco

pp

arco

pp

pp

pp

pizz.

pp

pizz.

3

20

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

SOLO

4

23

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

5

26

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

arco

pizz.

sfz

arco

pizz.

6

29

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

pp

pp

pp

pp

pp

7

32

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

8

35

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

p

sfz

p

sfz

p

sfz

p

sfz

p

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

arco

sfz

arco

sfz

arco

sfz

9

39

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

sfz

p

sfz

p

sfz

fp

p

sfz

fp

p

sfz

fp

p

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

p

sfz

p

sfz

p

10

43

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

ff

ff

ff

f

ff

f

ff

ff

ff

f

ff

f

ff

f

ff

f

ff

f

ff

11

47

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

pp

pp

(bass)

pp

sfz

ff

sfz

ff

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

pp

sfz

sfz

12

55

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

13

61

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

pp

14

67

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

f

p

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

15

Tempo marziale

Tempo marziale

73

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

p

p

3 3 3 3

col legno

3 3 3 3

col legno

3 3 3 3

col legno

3 3 3 3

col legno

naturale inside

3 3 3 3

col legno

3 3 3 3

16

77

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

3 3 3 3

naturale inside

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

naturale inside

3 3 3 3

outside

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

17

81

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

mp

mf

p

3 3 3 3

naturale

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

outside

3 3 3 3

naturale inside

outside

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

18

85

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

mf

f

f

f

mf

mf

mf

mf

f

3 3 3 3

f

3 3 3 3

f

3 3 3 3

f

3 3 3 3

f

3 3 3 3

f

3 3 3 3

19

89

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

p

3 3 3 3

p

3 3 3 3

p

3 3 3 3

p

3 3 3 3

p

3 3 3 3

p

3 3 3 3

20

93

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

mf

mf

mf

3 3 3 3

mf

3 3 3 3

mf

3 3 3 3

mf

3 3 3 3

mf

3 3 3 3

mf

3 3 3 3

21

97

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

mf

p

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

22

101

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

ff

3 3 3 3

ff

3 3 3 3

ff

3 3 3 3

ff

3 3 3 3

ff

3 3 3 3

ff

3 3 3 3

23

105

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

f

f

3 3 3

f

3 3 3

f

3 3 3

f

3 3 3

f

3 3 3

f

3 3 3

f

3 3 3

f

3 3 3

24

108

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

25

112

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

fff

fff

fff

fff

fff

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

fff

3

fff

fff

3 3 3 3

fff

3

fff

3

fff

3

fff

3

fff

3 3 3 3

26

116

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

3

3

3

3

3

3

3 3 3

3 3 3

27

119

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3

28

123

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

fff

fff

fff

fff

29

126 Attaca

Attaca

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Trap drums

3

3

mf

solo

attaca

3 3

30

Joe Wolfe

130

-3-Tempo facile de swing

Tempo facile de swing

Alto Saxophone

Tenor Saxophone

Trumpet in Bb

Trombone

Double Bass

Continuo

Drum Set

mp

mp

snare only

3

3

134

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

p

tutti ad lib.

138

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

mp

f

mp

f

C

D

Fmaj7

C

G/C

D4 D

play ad lib, written part is guide to rhythm

142

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

mp

f

mp

f

f

SOLO (freely)

C

� �

D

� �

Fmaj7

� �

Am

� �

C

� �

D

�

Fmaj7

�

�

�

2

146

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

pp

3

3

3

3

pp

3

3

3

3

soli

Am

� �

G#+

� �

C/D

� �

D/F#

� �

Fmaj7

� � � �

Am

� � � �

150

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

sfz

� �

G#+

� �

C/G

� �

D/F#

� �

Fmaj7

� � � �

Am

� � � �

3

154

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

p

f

p

p

f

p

Am7

Em

D

C

D

Am

� � � �

D

� � � �

158

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

f

p

f

p

high notes optional

Am

Am7

Em

D

C

D

Am

� � � �

D

� � � �

4

162

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

solos

p

sfz

sfz

sfz

� � � � � � � �

p

sfz

sfz

solos

p

sfz

sfz

sfz

� � � � � � � �

p

sfz

sfz

solos� � � � � � � � � � � �

mp

sfz

� � � �

� � � � � � � � � � � �

p

� � � �

(solos)

(solos)Am

� �

G#+

� �

C/D

� �

D/F#

� �

Fmaj7

� � � �

Am

� � � � � �

G#+

� �

(solos)

167

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

sfz

� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �

sfz

� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �

� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �

� � � � � � � �

p

� � � � � � � �

C/G

� �

D/F#

� �

Fmaj7

� � � �

Am

� � � �

C

� �

D

� �

Fmaj7

� � � �

5

172

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

p

� � � � � � � �

p

p

� � � � � � � �

p

� � � � � � � �

p

� � � �

� � � �

p

p

C

� �

G/B

� �

D

� �

�

C

� �

D

� �

Fmaj7

� � � �

C

� �

D

�

Fmaj7

�

177

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

mp

mp

� � � �

f

3

33

f

�

�

fill

� �

6

181

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

p

p

mf

3

33

185

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

ff

p

solo

freely

3

ff

p

ff

ff

ff

p

ff

Am

Am7

Em

D

C

D

p

Am

� � � �

D

� � � �

ff

p

7

190

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

ff

p

ff

p

ff

ff

solo

3

ff

p

ff

Am

Am7

Em

D

C

D

p

Am

� � � �

D

� � � �

ff

p

194

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

mp

mp

pick up beater

8

198

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

pp

pp

mute

pp

pp

pp

pp

BTT

BD

202 attaca

attaca

Alto Sax.

Ten. Sax.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Db.

Cont.

Dr.

ppp

ppp

ppp

ppp

ppp

9

-4- Joe WolfeRepeat ad lib, rit to new tempo

Repeat ad lib, rit to new tempo

Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen

Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen

Flute

Oboe

Cor Anglais

Clarinet in Bb

Clarinet in Bb

Bassoon

Horn in F

Horn in F

Trumpet in Bb

Trombone

Tuba

Timpani

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Violoncello

Double Bass

solo

pp

solo, arco

p

6

Fl.

Ob.

C. A.

Cl.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

p

p

2

11

Fl.

Ob.

C. A.

Cl.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

Tuba solo

p

3

16

Fl.

Ob.

C. A.

Cl.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

mp

solo

p

p

p

p

4

20

Fl.

Ob.

C. A.

Cl.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

p

5

24

Fl.

Ob.

C. A.

Cl.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

ppp

p

p

p

p

p

divisi

divisi

inside

outside

6

28

Fl.

Ob.

C. A.

Cl.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

mp

p

p

3rd clar. cue mute

pizz.

p

pizz.

p

divisi

7

32

Fl.

Ob.

C. A.

Cl.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

p

8

35

Fl.

Ob.

C. A.

Cl.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

ppp

ppp

ppp

9

Tempo de Habanera

Tempo de Habanera

-5- Joe Wolfe

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet in Bb

Bassoon

Horn in F

Trumpet in Bb

Trombone

Tuba

Timpani

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Violoncello

Double Bass

pp

mp

soli, pizz.

pp

8

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

p

3

divisi, pizz.

p

p

arco

sfz p

2

15

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

soli

p

3

3

p

3

3

pp

gliss

f

3

arco

mf

p

p

sfz p

3

22

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

3

3

3

3

solo

mp p

gliss

divisi, pizz.

p

p

pizz.

p

p

pizz.

4

29

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

ff

3

3

ff

ff

ff

ff

ff

solo

ff

ff

ff

p

arco

ff

p

arco

ff

p

ff

p

ff

p

5

36

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

ff

mf

3

3

ff

mf

ff

mf

ff

mf

ff

mp

ff

ff

ff

m

m

ff

pizz.

mf

ff

mf

ff

mf

ff

mf

ff

mf

6

42

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

ff

ff

ff

ff

ff

ff

mf

solo

ff

ff

arco

ff

pizz.

p

ff

p

ff

p

ff

p

ff

7

48

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

ff

ff

ff

ff

arco

ff

pizz.

ff

mf

ff

mf

ff

mf

p

ff

8

55

Fl.

Ob.

Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Tpt.

Tbn.

Tba.

Timp.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

ff

ff

ff

ff

arco

ff

pizz.

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Recit

Recit

-6- Joe Wolfe

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet in Bb

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27

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5

33

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39

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63

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11

68

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14

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soli

15

89

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16

94

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17

99

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sfz

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f

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soli, stopped

8va ad lib

sfz

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mp

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18

105

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ff

ff

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19

110

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Cl.

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Tbn.

Timp.

Vln. 1

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attaca

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20

-6 (cont'd)- Joe WolfeRecit

Recit

113

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet in Bb

Bassoon

Horn in F

Horn in F

Trumpet in Bb

Trombone

Timpani

Soprano

Alto

Tenor

Bass

Violin 1

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Viola

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122

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Db.

p

TACET 2nd time

p

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mp

TACET first time

There's

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129

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7

-Coda-Steady Rock

Steady Rock

Joe Wolfe

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet in Bb

Alto Saxophone

Alto Saxophone

Tenor Saxophone

Bassoon

Horn in F

Horn in F

Trumpet in Bb

Trumpet in Bb

Trombone

Tuba

Timpani

Drum Set

Electric Guitar

Choir

Violin

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Violoncello

Double Bass

mf

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f

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8

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Dr.

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Choir

Vln.

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f

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mp

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mp

2

15

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3

21

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f

pp

fp

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gliss to

8va ad lib.

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4

25

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(2nd trom cue)

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31

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9

49

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crash

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ride

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52

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mp

mp

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mp

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TACET

11

3

The Stairway Suite - Joe Wolfe. Orchestral variations upon an air by Plant & Page. The Led Zepplin song “Stairway to Heaven” is regarded as a rock classic by many critics. Its notoriety is assured by the thousands of would-be guitarists who can play the first dozen bars badly: it is to the guitar what “Chopsticks” is to the piano. In 1989 and 1990, on the ABC’s “The Money or the Gun”, each featured musician or group was obliged to perform a version of “Stairway”. For 25 programmes the tune was presented in a wide range of styles, from country to operatic, but there was no orchestral version. “Version 26” was commissioned in January 1991 by the UNSW Orchestra. The result is a set of orchestral variations, each in the style of a famous composer.

1. The first movement gives the introduction to the violas and flutes, then the two principal themes of ‘Stairway’ (oboe and clarinet, then cellos) appear in an orchestration borrowed from Schubert’s 8th Symphony (the ‘Unfinished’). This movement establishes the rules of the game: the pieces of the jigsaw have to be fitted together, but none may be bent so far as to be unrecognizable.

2. In the second movement, an augmented fourth and an extra beat per bar give the ‘Stairway’ themes a resemblance to Holst’s ‘Mars’ from ‘The Planets’.

3. Here the straight quavers of rock are replaced by the triplet rhythm of swing, and the orchestration is that of a Glen Miller big band.

4. The ‘Stairway’ themes can, with a few small changes, be used as canon fodder. Mahler used the canon ‘Frère Jacques’ as an infamous bass solo in his first symphony - what would it sound like if he had chosen ‘Stairway’?

5. And if the smugglers in Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ had been climbing a Stairway? The fifth movement explores this possibility.

6. Ludwig cannot be left out. The ‘Stairway’ theme - in a major key - appears first in the cellos and basses, then is shared around among the strings and wind like the ‘Freunde’ air in Beethoven’s ninth.

7. The finale starts with just a string trio, then adds a bassoon, then the string orchestra, some pyrotechnics for solo violin, then winds, then big band; and so on until the whole of the large score is covered with notes. The final solo typifies the gravity of the work.

About the composer. Joe Wolfe has mainly written music for jazz and fusion groups, including incidental music for plays and films. This was his first orchestral work. His next work for the UNSW Orchestra was "Sydney Sketches" - a set of tone poems, each of which is based in different Sydney location at a different time of day. His other orchestral works include "Circle of Fourths", using that unusual chord as its harmonic basis and a jazz-influenced Trumpet Concerto. These may be found at www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/Joe.html. Joe is also a Professor of Physics at UNSW.