Nobra

1 Full Score - 1 Piccolo - 6 Flute I + II - 2 Oboe I + II - 2 Bassoon - 1 Clarinet Eb - 4 Clarinet I - 4 Clarinet II - 4 Clarinet III - 1 Alto Clarinet Eb - 1 Bass Clarinet - 1 Soprano Saxophone - 4 Alto Saxophone I + II - 2 Tenor Saxophone I + II - 1 Baritone Saxophone - 1 Bass Saxophone - 2 Flugelhorn I and II - 2 Trumpet I - 2 Trumpet II - 2 Trumpet III - 2 Horn I + III Eb - 2 Horn I + III F - 2 Horn II + IV Eb - 2 Horn II + IV F - 2 Trombone I C - 1 Trombone I Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone I Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone II C - 1 Trombone II Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone II Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone III C - 1 Trombone III Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone III Bb (BC) - 1 Trombone IV C - 1 Trombone IV Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone IV Bb (BC) - 2 Baritone C - 2 Baritone Bb (BC) - 2 Baritone Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (BC) - 2 Bas Eb (TC) - 2 Bas Eb (BC) - 4 Tuba I + II C - 2 Cello - 1 Percussion - 2 Percussion II - 1 Percussion III - 1 Timpani

This composition is subtitled 'Rhapsodic Sketches on a two days journey through a Dutch province (county)'. Penders originally composed this music to illustrate a series of slides on the Dutch province of Northern Brabant (NOord BRAbant). This is entertaining programme music with a musical evocation of a series of familiar sounds such as an alarm-clock going off, the ticking of grandfather's clock or a musician playing scales.