Blue Streak
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General Info
Year: 2005 / 2014
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Contact Clifton Jameson Jones
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, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A ‘blue streak’ usually refers to something fast or quick. For example, there was a train named the Blue Streak that for years was the fastest scheduled freight train in the U.S.
This original piece for the Austin Symphonic Band is a fast, lively overture from the fanfare-like introduction to the final coda, with one brief stop along the way. There are two thematic ideas presented in the opening exposition; in the closing section they are performed simultaneously because we’re in a hurry.
Blue Streak is written for and dedicated to the Austin Symphonic Band, and its musical director Richard Floyd.
- Program Note by composer
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Austin (Texas) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) - 19 February 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air from Ancient Ireland
- Alpha Patrol March
- An American Songbook (2006)
- Blue Streak (2005/2014)
- Canyon Lake Reflections
- Canyon of the Eagles
- Chorale Prelude on "Nettleton" (2020)
- Highclere Castle
- Holy Night, Silent Night (as arranger) (1847/2014)
- Latin American Dances #2 (2012)
- Louisiana Sketches (2015)
- Make Sail!
- New Orleans Sunday Morning
- Rising (2022)
- Rondo Picoso
- Saddle Up! (2012)
- Sandringham Castle
- Song of a Summer Night
- Tango en Siete
- Variations on "La Folia"
- Vision (2007)
- Westwood Manor
Resources
- Clifton Jameson Jones, personal correspondence, August 2018