Vendre le Vent: Full Score

Globokar's writing for mixed chamber ensembles demands genuine collaboration and communication between players. The full score reveals how he orchestrates texture and space across woodwinds, brass, percussion, and piano, making this an excellent study document for conductors learning to shape ensemble sound with economy and intention.

A carefully constructed conversation among distinct instrumental voices, where piano and percussion create textural anchors while the nine woodwinds explore layered melodic and rhythmic ideas. The piece unfolds with deliberate sparse moments and gradual textural density, creating an introspective yet dynamic chamber experience.

Conductors, composers, and ensemble directors studying 20th-century wind and percussion scoring. This full score serves musicians preparing to conduct or perform Globokar's work and students analyzing contemporary approaches to chamber orchestration.

• Study the full score alongside individual parts to understand how each wind line interacts with the piano and percussion; this guides balance and entrance clarity.
• Pay close attention to the ensemble's internal cues rather than conducting every beat; Globokar's writing often calls for players to listen and respond to one another.
• Establish clear sectional rehearsal strategies, as the interaction between the nine wind instruments and the rhythm section requires tight coordination of articulation and phrasing.
• Use this score to develop your conducting vocabulary for contemporary chamber music; mark entrances, dynamic shapes, and textural transitions that may not follow traditional metric patterns.

Include this as a study score in a contemporary chamber music series or advanced conducting class. Its modest instrumentation and 14-page length make it suitable for concert programming that showcases 20th-century European compositional approaches without requiring a large ensemble.

• Reading scores for mixed ensembles (woodwinds, piano, percussion) and understanding vertical alignment
• Analyzing contemporary compositional techniques including texture-based form and extended instrumental range
• Conducting independent lines and coordinating ensemble response without relying on regular metric patterns
• Interpreting graphic or non-traditional notation elements common in mid-20th-century composition