Burst

Sean O'Loughlin

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00; (digital) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tam-Tam
Triangle
Whip

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The music starts in a powerful statement from the brass that sets the tone for the wild ride to follow. The four-note idea blossoms into a full melody a little later on in the piece. Throughout the piece, it features the pairing of triplet and eighth-note rhythms. Along the way, some dissonant harmonies are utilized to create a heightened feeling of tension and release. The four-note motive returns one final time at the fermata to bring the piece to a rousing finish.

Burst is a spirited piece for wind band that was commissioned by the Allegro Youth Wind Ensemble and the G. Ray Bodley High School Bands in Syracuse, New York, under the direction of Terrance Caviness and John Coggiola.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
Tennessee: V

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Florida (Gainesville) Concert Band (Archie G. Birkner IV, conductor) – 26 February 2018
Iowa City (Iowa) West High School Wind Ensemble (Rob Medd, conductor) – 13 April 2017
Troy (Ala.) University Symphony Band (San O'Loughlin, conductor) – 5 February 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Achilles' Wrath (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2013)
Amazing Grace (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2014)
Exhale (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2021)
Hidden Wonders (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
The Ides of March (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2015)
Visigoths (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012)
Waltz of the Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

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Amazing Grace (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2014)
Ancient Hunters (2004)
Ancient Irish Hymn (as arranger) (2006)
Arrival at Normandy (2005)
Azimuth (2017)
Back to the Future (as arranger)
Battlefront (2017)
The Best of INXS (as arranger) (2016)
Beyond the Crest (2018)
The Blessing (as arranger) (2010)
Burst (2008)
Canyon Winds (2004)
Carol of the Bells (as arranger)
Christmas Sketches (as arranger) (2000)
Commence! (2018)
Convergence (2017/2019)
Convergence (Trumpet sextet) (2017)
Counting Stars (as arranger) (2015)
Daedalus' Labyrinth (2014)
Dawn of the Spartans (2017)
Dominion (2013)
Doppler Effect (2014)
Eclipsys (2003)
Edge of Destiny (2016)
Elation (2013)
Emblazon (2011)
Embolden (2018)
Enchanted Village (2007)
Exhale (2018)
Exhale (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2021)
Fairytale of New York (as arranger) (2015)
Fortitude (2009)
A Gleeful Christmas (as arranger) (2012)
Hawaii Five-O Theme (as arranger) (2011)
The Heart's Cry (as arranger) (2014)
Hidden Wonders (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Hidden World (2013)
Highlights from "Brave" (as arranger) (2012)
Highlights from "Frozen" (as arranger) (2013)
Highlights from "Mary Poppins" (as arranger) (1963/2011)
Holiday Ornaments (as arranger) (2003)
Holiday Portraits (as arranger) (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon (as arranger) (2010)
Huron Trail (2009)
The Ides of March (2013)
The Ides of March (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2015)
I'm Shipping Up to Boston (as arranger) (2004/2012)
Imani (2001)
Impact (2008)
Incursion (2018)
Intensity (2005)
Into the Mist (2002)
Irish Vision (as arranger) (2002)
Ironclad (2011)
Jam! (2010)
Journey to Illyria (2018)
Joy to the Season (2013)
Jubilant Holiday (2005)
Lady Gaga in Concert (as arranger) (2017)
Legacy (2012)
The Lost Tomb (2010)
Lost in Space (as arranger) (1993)
The Ludlows (2011)
Magellan (2015)
Mammoth (2014)
Mary Poppins (as arranger) (2011)
Metal! (as arranger) (2014)
Mighty Mite (as arranger) (1951/2003/2013)
Monuments (2002)
Moonlit Skies (2020)
Mountains of Mohon (2008)
Mystic Portal (2010)
Mythos (2012)
Not So Silent Night (as arranger) (2007)
Omicron (2013)
Oscillation (2011)
Osmosis (2015)
Overlords (2006)
Passacaglia Variants (2019)
The Past is Always Present (2017)
Path of Destiny (2009)
Path to Victory (2012)
Phantasm (2016)
Poker Face (as arranger) (2011)
Primal (2016)
Promised Land (2010)
Prophesy (2004)
Pulse Pounding (2014)
Redhawk (2008)
Relics of the Past (2011)
Resolution (2004)
Ricochet (2009)
Ruminations (2008)
Santa's Toy March (as arranger) (2011)
Silent Night (as arranger) (2014)
Skyburst (2014)
Soaring (2013)
Sonic Fusion (2002)
Spectral Landscapes (2006)
Spirals of Light (2007)
Spirit of the Sea (2004)
The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2017)
Strength and Honor (2020)
Strong of Heart (2019)
Stronghold (2015)
Supremacy (2009)
Temblor (2017)
Terminus (2020)
Theme from "Lost in Space" (as arranger) (1965/1993)
Thrive (2015)
Thunderbound (2019)
Thunderstruck (2015)
Traditions (2016)
Tribal Quest (2003)
Turning Point (2012)
The Twelve Days of Christmas (as arranger) (1999)
Twinkle Little Christmas Star (as arranger) (2016)
Unbound (2012)
Unforgotten Friends (2006)
Urban Invasion (2007)
Venture (2012)
Vigor (2003)
Visigoths (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012)
Waltz of the Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Waves of the Revolution (2005)
Wigan Warriors (2006)
Winds Along the Whippany (2010)
Zig Zag (2019)

Resources

O'Loughlin, S. (2008). Burst [score]. Carl Fischer: New York.
Perusal score