Unbounded Love (Brass Band)

Unbounded Love is a simple fantasia on the hymn tune, ‘Blaenwern.’ This setting seeks to draw out the substance of the text and the narrative it possesses. The words tell of a love that was the “joy of heaven”, that “to earth come down”; it’s what Christians describe as the incarnation. That essence of God, manifest on earth in the person of Jesus Christ – to be with humanity and bear with it in adversity and trial, and to lift up it up in choruses of praise – is the core of the hymn’s message.

Genre: Brass Band | # of Players: Standard
Series: Opus Brass Band Series
Level: 4 | Duration: 6:35

Instrumentation
Conductor's Full Score

E-flat Soprano Cornet
B-flat Solo Cornet
B-flat Repiano Cornet
2nd B-flat Cornet
3rd B-flat Cornet

B-flat Flugel Horn
Solo E-flat Horn
1st E-flat Horn
2nd E-flat Horn

1st B-flat Baritone Horn
2nd B-flat Baritone Horn

1st B-flat Trombone
2nd B-flat Trombone
Bass Trombone

B-flat Euphonium
E-flat Bass
B-flat Bass

Timpani
Mallets (Chimes, Glockenspiel)
Percussion (Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle)

French Horn and Bass Clef parts (Baritone, Trombone, Euphonium and Tubas) are available for free download from the product page at www.brolgamusic.com

Program Notes
Unbounded Love is a simple fantasia on the hymn tune, ‘Blaenwern.’ This setting seeks to draw out the substance of the text and the narrative it possesses. The words tell of a love that was the “joy of heaven”, that “to earth come down”; it’s what Christians describe as the incarnation. That essence of God, manifest on earth in the person of Jesus Christ – to be with humanity and bear with it in adversity and trial, and to lift up it up in choruses of praise – is the core of the hymn’s message. ‘Blaenwern’ was composed by William Rowlands during the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905. The text is the hymn “Love Divine, all loves excelling”, by Charles Wesley, written sometime before 1747. The title of this setting emanates from the second half of the first verse where Wesley speaks of “Jesus” who is “all compassion”, and that He is “pure, unbounded love”. The fantasia opens reverently, concluding on a note of triumph – “Till we cast our crowns before Thee, lost in wonder love and praise” – before ebbing away into contemplative reverence once more.