As Spring Arrives
General Info
Year: 2013
Duration: c. 7:52
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse Company
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $78.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibes
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned by and dedicated to the Shiei Junior High School Band, Satoru Yoshihara, director.
-Program Note from score
As Spring Arrives is dramatic, lyrical and playful, based on a single melodic theme that appears in variations.
- Program Note adapted from composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Jackie Fischer, conductor) - 1 April 2023
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Flower Crown (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- In Seizing the Distant Light (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
- Latte Macchiato (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Londonderry Air (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
- The Moon Illuminates the Love Tenderly (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1934/2018)
- To a New Horizon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- The Wind Blows Where It May (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
All Wind Works
- Across the Sunlit Path (2002/2018)
- Amber Moon (2006)
- As Spring Arrives (2013)
- As The Dawn Breaks (2006)
- Beyond the Light and Darkness (2022)
- The Explorers of Orion (2005)
- Fanfare and Festive Hymn (2016)
- Flower Crown (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- The Hope of Tomorrow (2020)
- In Seizing the Distant Light (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
- Latte Macchiato (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Liberty Fanfare (2006)
- Line of Ants (2007)
- Londonderry Air (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
- The Moon Illuminates the Love Tenderly (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- On Wings of Magic (2006)
- Pacifica (2006)
- A Portrait of Henry C. Work (as arranger) (2018)
- The Promise of Hope (2007)
- Soaring (2017)
- The Sounds of Spring (with Sato) (2013)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1934/2018)
- To a New Horizon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- The Wind Blows Where It May (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
Resources
- Naoya Wada website Accessed 3 April 2023
- Perusal score