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Air (arr. Lambrecht)
Billy Joel (arr. Barbara Lambrecht)
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Subtitle: Dublinesque
General Info
Year: 2001 / 2016
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50; (digital) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-VI
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Written with a Grainger-like sensibility and an Irish charm, Billy Joel's emergence as a serious composer includes this beautiful air. The lyric opening, featuring optional piano and solo for English horn or alto sax, leads to an invigorating dance-like movement with creative rhythmic and harmonic devices.
Air (Dublinesque) was released on Joel's 2001 album Fantasies & Delusions.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Spring High School Wind Ensemble (Gabriel Musella, conductor) - 2008
State Ratings
- South Carolina: IV
Performances
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- Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore, Md.) Preparatory Wind Band (Karen Seward, conductor; Alan Mao, piano) – 13 May 2017
- Plano (Tex.) Community Band – 2012
- Spring (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Gabriel Musella, conductor) – 19 December 2008 (2008 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air (arr. Arndt) (2001/)
- Air (arr. Lambrecht) (2001/2016)
- Billy Joel in Concert (arr. Barker) (1979)
- Billy Joel Portrait (arr. Bocook)
- Just the Way You Are (Arr. Cofield) (1979)
- Lullaby (tr. DeJonge) (1993/)
- Piano Man (arr. Lowden) (1974)
- Root Beer Rag (arr. Sweeney) (1974/1981)
- Root Beer Rag (arr. Warner) (1974/)
Resources
- Fantasies & Delusions, Wikipedia Accessed 18 May 2017