Blues for a Squirrel in the Rain

From Wind Repertory Project
Jess Langston Turner

Jess Langston Turner


General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 2:10
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute (div.)
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone (div.)
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F (div.)
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Castanets
  • Glockenspiel
  • Guiro
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Temple Blocks
  • Triangle
  • Wind Chimes
  • Woodblock
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

The squirrels ate all the birdseed. We greased the feeder’s pole so they couldn’t climb it. It rained. Hard. Out my window, I watched one lonely squirrel with his tail spread over its head scrounging under the bird feeder for dropped seeds. Occasionally, it would make a half-hearted attempt at climbing the pole, only to slowly slide back down. The squirrel cast baleful looks at me periodically. I felt sorry for it. So I wrote this piece.

- Program Note by composer.


The music is marked "Mournful, yearning, as if for food just out of reach."

- Program Note from score


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