Banks of Newfoundland, The
General Info
Year: 2009
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Eighth Note Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $125.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Howard Cable, still active at age 95, is a Canadian icon revered by all in the Canadian band world. The Banks of Newfoundland is a revision of his Newfoundland Rhapsody of the 1950s. It contains eight great tunes in a colourful and wildly modulatory setting.
- Program Note by David Branter for the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble concert program, 16 July 2015
Awards
- The Banks of Newfoundland has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Media
State Ratings
- MusicFest Canada: B600
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Seacoast Wind Ensemble (Kittery, Me.) (Mark Stickney, conductor) - 12 March 2022
- Foothill Symphonic Winds (Palo Alto, Calif.) (David Bruce Adams, conductor) – 5 June 2016
- Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) (David Branter, conductor) – 16 July 2015 - WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.
- Toronto (Ont., Can.) Youth Wind Orchestra (Colin Clarke, conductor) - April 2014 (Shanghai Spring International Music Festival, Shanghai, China)
- Wellington Winds (Elmira, Ont., Canada) (Daniel Warren, conductor) – 13 November 2011
- University of Alberta (Edmonton) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Angela Schroeder, conductor) – 11 March 2010 (CBDNA 2010 Western/Northwestern Division Conference, Reno, Nev.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Banks of Newfoundland (2009)
- Canadian Brass Christmas, A (as arranger) (1990)
- Cortege (1959)
- Good Medicine (2005)
- Highlights from "The Sound of Music" (as arranger)
- Marchmanship (1959)
- McIntyre Ranch Country (2002)
- Newfoundland Rhapsody (1956)
- O Canada (as arranger) (1967)
- Old Fort Henry
- Ontario Pictures (1993)
- Quebec Folk Fantasy (arr. Dutoit) (1953)
- Scottish Rhapsody (1966)
- Showboat Highlights (as arranger)
- Snake Fence Country (1954)
- Stratford Suite (1964)
- Triphonic Fanfare (1979)
Resources
- Cable, H. (2009). The Banks of Newfoundand [score]. Eighth Note Publications: [Markham, Ont.].
- Perusal score