Cambrian Explosion

Richard Saucedo

Richard Saucedo

Subtitle: Dedicated to the Bethune Environmental Action Team

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00; (digital) - $95.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bongos
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Glockenspiel
• Marimba
• Ride Cymbal
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Cambrian period of our planet's geological history, about 500 million years ago, saw an explosion of plant and animal diversity evolving into many of the complex life forms familiar today. An "explosion" of music forms and surprises are presented in this fast-paced and powerful work for mature bands. A recurring mallet and timpani pattern provides unity amidst a diverse musical palette ranging from jazzy to celebratory. The sudden appearance of the familiar hymn For the Beauty of the Earth is both stunning and dramatic as it ties the entire work together.

- Program Note from publisher

Commissioned by the Bethune Collegiate Institute Concert Band, Dennis Carpenter, Director, Toronto, Ontario. Dedicated to the Bethune Environmental Action Team.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: Solano Winds (Bill Doherty, conductor) - 2011

State Ratings

• Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP I

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Concert Band (Randall O. Coleman, conductor) – 6 November 2016
• Redwood High School (Larkspur, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (John Mattern, conductor) – December 2012
• Bethune Collegiate Institute (Toronto, Ont., Can.) Senior Concert Band (Dennis Carpenter, conductor) – 2010 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
• Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)

All Wind Works

• Along an English Countryside (2012)
• American Barndance (2009)
• Andante and Tranquillo (as arranger) (1943/2009)
• Angelic Festival (1998)
• Antares (1999)
• As Tears Fall on Dawn's New Light (2013)
• Asian Folk Rhapsody (2001)
• Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
• At the End of the Rainbow (2016)
• Awakening Hills (2003)
• Beyond the Clouds and Into the Heavens (2013)
• Bobbleheads! (2014)
• Brick Street Encounter (2008)
• A Brass Thing (as arranger) (2005/2007)
• Cambrian Explosion (2010)
• Caravan (as arranger) (1937/2000)
• Carol of the Night (2003)
• Celebrating My Three Best Friends (2016)
• A Celtic Christmas
• Chorale and Presto (2001)
• Christmas Festival Overture
• Cloud Dancing (2022)
• Concerto No. 1 (2016)
• Confluence (2010)
• Copacabana (as arranger) (1978/2002)
• Coventry Carol (as arranger) (2010)
• Dashing Through the Snow (2005)
• Dreamsong (2006)
• Duelin' Xylos (as arranger) (1998)
• Eagles Awake! (2017)
• Earth, Wind and Fire in Concert (as arranger) (1996)
• Everything for a Dream
• Fanfare and Call to the Post (2014)
• Fanfare for Justice (2018)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (2004)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
• Fanfare to New Beginnings (2019)
• Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber (as arranger) (1931/2005)
• Fantasy on "Deck the Halls" (2019)
• Fantasy on Keystone Chorale
• Fantasy on an Irish Air (2001)
• Finale to "Symphony No 3" (as arranger)
• The Fives Prevail! (2013)
• Flash in the Pan! (2014)
• Flight of the Thunderbird (2004)
• Forever Holding Close the Memories (2008)
• French Carol Festival (as arranger) (2002)
• Full Tilt (2008)
• Funky, Rockin' Choo Choo (2011)
• Georgian Court Fanfare (2008)
• Grasshopper Dance (2008)
• Groovee! (2010)
• A Guide Along the Pathway (2011)
• Heroes Near and Far (2016)
• Hymn for the Cream and Crimson (2006)
• Hymn to Loved Ones Lost (2016)
• If It Were Easy... (2020)
• Imagine (as arranger)
• In Perfect Silence, I Often Gaze at the New Stars (2012)
• In Search of Ancient Aliens (2020)
• Incandescence (2012)
• Interstellar Fanfare (2017)
• Into Moonlight's Mist (2016)
• Into the Clouds! (2007)
• Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
• An Irish Party in Third Class (as arranger) (1999)
• Jubilancelation! (2017)
• Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
• Lady Marmalade (as arranger)
• Legacy (2021)
• Lodestar Fanfare (2020)
• Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
• Lord of the Dance (as arranger)
• Lullaby From a Distant Star (2011)
• The Lullaby in the Mirror (2017)
• March of the Hyperion Robots (2010)
• Meeting at Tyron Palace (2009)
• Nightsong (2003)
• Noel (as arranger) (2006)
• Northwest Odyssey (2020)
• Ode to Greensleeves (as arranger) (2002)
• Of Gale Force Winds (2014)
• On Cloud Nine! (2012)
• On to the Next Frontier (2020)
• One Hit Wonders (as arranger) (2002)
• Poem Romantic No. 1 (2015)
• Persistence (2004)
• Pulsation (2009)
• Purple Whispers (2014)
• Quest for the Mountain Top
• Regal Fanfare (2002)
• Rendezvous With the Other Side (2003)
• Rhythm Danse (2007)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (2015)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
• Rondo for Band (1999)
• Scherzo for Horn and Wind Ensemble (2021)
• Scorpion! (2013)
• Shooting Stars (2011)
• Short Ride in a Fast Machine (as arranger) (1986/2006)
• Silhouette of a Dream (2018)
• Sky Dance (2010)
• Smooth (as arranger)
• Sneak Attack! (2011)
• Snow Caps (2004)
• Song and Dance (2006)
• Song of the Gandy Dancers (2007)
• Spirit of the Falcon (2003/2008)
• Spy Ring (2017)
• Sure on this Shining Night (as arranger)
• Symphony No. 1 (2007)
• Temecula Valley Fanfare (2008)
• Theme and Fugue from "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" (as arranger) (2019)
• Theme and Tirade (2009)
• Three Trails Turning West (2020)
• Through the Wormhole! (2019)
• To All Things Left Behind (2018)
• To Dance With Storm Clouds (2019)
• To This Heartbeat There Is No End (2006)
• Toccata Rhapsodic (2016)
• Triumphant Fanfare (1997)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (as arranger) (1904/2004)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)
• Valley Montage and Celebration (2015)
• Walking into History (2009)
• Waterdrops Come Spring (2017)
• What a Wonderful World (as arranger)
• When the Lovely Miss (as arranger) (2016)
• Whirlwind(s) (2005)
• Wind Dances (2018)
• Windsprints (2003)
• With Each Sunset (2005)

Resources

• Saucedo, R. (2010). Cambrian Explosion [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.