Art in the Park

Robert Sheldon

The work bears the designation Opus 95.

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $90.00; (digital) - $90.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00

Movements

1. Le Cycliste – 2:30
2. The Shadowed Stream – 2:30
3. Excavation – 1:45
4. Transfiguration – 1:45

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Bongos
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Gong
Sandpaper Blocks
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Triangle
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Four paintings inspired this piece, and in each case the composer attempted to not only capture the character and energy of the painting, but to recreate the style of the brushstrokes musically as well. The first movement is an example of cubism, and depicts Gino Severini’s Le Cycliste. The music begins ominously before exploding through the streets of Paris. A wild ride ensues as the cyclist weaves through traffic and eventually out of sight. The second movement is a musical depiction of aquarelle, representing The Shadowed Stream by John Singer Sargent. The tempo is relaxed as we float down the stream seeing many peaceful scenes.

The third movement is an example of sgraffito, and was inspired by Willem de Kooning’s highly energetic and complex painting Excavation. In this style of painting, the actual artwork is covered in a layer of paint, before it is scratched off to see elements of what lies beneath. Consequently, this movement is a percussion ensemble, and the wind section helps by playing sand paper blocks, which mimic the sound of the "scratching." The final movement was inspired by Raphael’s Transfiguration, a classic example of chiaroscuro. The music is noble in character but shifts between various shades of darkness and light before ending in a triumphant fanfare.

Commissioned by the 2003 Plymouth Canton Educational Park Band Program, Plymouth, Michigan, Amy Boerma, Director.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

North Carolina: VI

Performances

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Lenoir-Rhyne University Wind (Hickory, N.C.) Wind Symphony (Christopher Nigrelli, conductor) - 16 November 2021
College of the Sequoias (Visalia, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Michael Tackett, conductor) – 6 October 2019
Orchestra di Fiati della Brianza (Talamona, Italy) (Alessandro Pacco, conductor) – 12 April 2015

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Appalachian Morning (2008)
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As a Wind from the North (2006)
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Century Point (1998)
Chanteys (2000)
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The Final Voyage (2003)
The Fires of Bandai (2014)
Flight of the Piasa (2008)
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Four Winds (1993)
From Glen to Glen (2022)
Garden of the Black Rose (2001)
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"Halo Suite" from Video Games Live (2006)
Harbinger (2015)
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Hill Country Holiday (2001)
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Images (1994)
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Intrada for Winds (1983)
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Korobochka (2003)
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A Lantern in the Window (1998)
Legend of Starved Rock (1996)
Let Evening Come (2000)
Lindbergh Variations (1991)
Lion's Gate (2019)
Lone Eagle (2020)
A Longford Legend (1999)
The Lords of Greenwich (2010)
Lost Colony (1994)
Lost in Mammoth Cave (2006)
Lydian Lullaby (2006)
Manatee Lyric Overture (1986)
Maqamat (1974/2005/2021)
March Ceremonial (2005)
March Mixolydian (2005)
March of the Hyperion Guards (2014)
March of the Majestics (2004)
Mark of Triumph (1985)
Melody Park (2014)
The Message on the Rock (2004)
Metrix (2011)
Metroplex (2006)
Mills on the Merrimack (2015)
The Monster Under the Bed (2005)
Moon Rocks (2016)
Moravian Folk Rhapsody (2004/2008)
Morning Mist (2012)
A Most Wonderful Christmas (as arranger) (1934/2006)
The Mystery of Duffy's Cut (2007)
Mystic Journey (2004)
Noel Francais (2003)
Northwest Rising (1999)
Ocean Ridge Rhapsody (1989)
Ode to Joy (as arranger) (2013)
Of Distant Peaks (2012)
Of Kindred Spirit (1997)
On Placid Seas (2015)
Once the Man (2005)
One Thousand Cranes (2010)
Open Road (2013)
Oracles of the Sirocco (2018)
Overdrive (2015)
Overture to a New Horizon (2014)
Palimpsest (2003)
Paragon (2005)
Patriotic Salute (2003)
Patriotic Snippets (2008)
Pevensey Castle (1993)
Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
The Phantom of Dark Hollow (2006)
Phrygian Phantasy (2003)
Piedmont Festival Overture (2016)
The Pilgrimage (2011)
The Pioneer's Passage (2000)
The Pioneers (2010)
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Praeludium and Dance (2008)
A Prairie Portrait (2006)
Prairiescape (1996)
Prelude on an Old English Hymn (2000)
Presto! (2014)
Prevail! (2018)
Pride of the Grenadiers (2005)
Pursuit of the Centaur (2016)
Quest of the Knights Templar (2011)
Quixotic Episode (2002)
The Red Covered Bridge (2014)
Red Rock Canyon (1994)
Reflections on a New Tomorrow (2012)
Renaissance Fair (2017)
Requiem to a Land Forgotten (2007)
Resurgences (2013)
Rhapsodic Celebration (2011)
Ritmico! (2001)
River Trail Expedition (2011)
Riverside Overture (2019)
Rock Island Trail (2002)
Rock That Bach! (as arranger) (2012)
Rock This Band! (2019)
Royal March (2012)
Sag Harbor Sunset (2011)
Sandcastle Sketches (1987)
Savannah River Rhapsody (2012)
A Scandinavian Folk Tale (2003)
A Scottish Ballade (2004)
Serenade (2015)
Shadows of the Equinox (2012)
Shenandoah (as arranger) (2003)
Shenanigans (2009)
Sugar Creek Overture (2007)
The Siege of Harlech Castle 2012)
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Storm Warning! (2014)
The Stormchasers (2012)
Storybrook Mountain (1998)
Sugar Creek Overture (2007)
The Swords of Stavanger (2009)
A Symphonic Celebration (2019)
A Symphonic Narrative (1992)
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Synergies (2008)
Tales of Dundee (2005)
Tango Argentina (2016)
There Will Come Soft Rains (2007)
Three Carols for a Celebration (as arranger) (2007)
Three Georgian Vignettes (2008)
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Tidings! (as arranger) (Traditional/2022)
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To Conquer the Skies (2004)
To a Wild Rose (as arranger) (2014)
Travelin' Music (as arranger) (2016)
Triumph of the Argonauts (2014)
A Ukrainian Christmas (as arranger) (2017)
Uptown Strut (2013)
Variants on a Sea Shanty (as arranger) (2014)
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Velocity (2009)
Visions of Flight (1990)
Voices from the Battlefield (1995)
Walking Tune (as arranger) (2020)
Wallaby Walkabout (2003)
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West Highlands Sojourn (1993)
West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)
Willow Grove (1992)
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A Yiddish Lullaby (as arranger) (2012)

Resources

Perusal score
Robert Sheldon website Accessed 3 September 2021