Capriccio Furioso
Subtitle: For Euphonium and Band
General Info
Year: 1976
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Euphonium
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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 I-II
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Claves
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Toms (2)
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Capriccio Furioso is a one-movement work for solo euphonium and band. The movement is in four distinct sections in the pattern ABCA'. The first and last sections are very similar and are in a march-like mood. The second section is much more relaxed and consists, principally, of a dialogue between the solo euphonium and the first Eb Alto Saxophone. The C section is a waltz which allows some technical display on the part of the soloist. The mood of the opening returns and the piece ends with a sprightly flourish. The melodic and harmonic language of the work is quasi-tonal, somewhat in a Bartokian manner.
The work is dedicated to Brian Bowman who encouraged me in its composition.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) Wind Ensemble (James Popejoy, conductor; Brian Bowman, euphonium) – 9 March 2006 (CBDNA 2006 North Central Division Conference, Evanston, Ill.)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Capriccio Furioso (1976)
- Concerto for Tuba (1997)
- Midnight Variations 1972)
- Old Joe’s Fancy
- Prelude, Fugue and Big Apple
- Toward the Empyrean (1972)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Ross, Walter." Accessed 12 September 2022
- Perusal score
- Walter Ross website Accessed 12 September 2022