Cardiff Castle
General Info
Year: 2000
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $48.00; (digital) - $48.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
Piano
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The sounds of a valiant knight going into battle are heard in this powerful original by Mark Williams. Named after the famous castle in Cardiff, Wales, this selection is an excellent introduction to the modal sounds of Medieval and Celtic music.
- Program Note adapted from publisher
Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a third-century Roman fort.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA JH/MS/ELEM BAND GROUP IV
- North Carolina: I
- Virginia: II
Performances
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- Mapleton High School (Denver, Colo.) Concert Band (Zach Brake, conductor) - 16 December 2021
- South Pasadena (Calif.) Middle School 5th Grade Band – 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 1812 Overture (as arranger) (1880/1997)
- Ave Verum Corpus (as arranger) (1791/2006)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger, with Althouse) (1861/1997)
- Barber of Seville, The (as arranger)
- Beethoven's Fifth Christmas
- Capriccio Espagnol (as arranger) (1887/1993)
- Cardiff Castle (2000)
- Cascade Festival Overture (1994)
- Cedar Canyon Roundup (2002)
- Celebration Fanfare (1998)
- Colonel Bogey (as arranger) (1914/2001)
- Elizabethan Dance (2008)
- Fantasy on "Yankee Doodle" (1995)
- Finale from Symphony No. 1 (as arranger) (1862-76/2008)
- Finale from Symphony No. 2 (as arranger) (1872/1880/2002)
- Friday Harbor (2001)
- Grant County Celebration (1991)
- Greenwillow Portrait (1988)
- Hawkeye Festival Overture (2006)
- Highbridge Excursions (1995)
- Highland Park Overture (1991)
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (as arranger) (1853/2001)
- Korean Hill Song (2000)
- Largo from "New World Symphony" (as arranger) (1893/2007)
- The Last Rose of Summer (as arranger) (1813/2006)
- Mallet Maniacs (2003)
- March to the Big Top (1995)
- Nessun Dorma (as arranger) (1926/2000)
- Night in the Tropics (as arranger) (1859/2001)
- Night on Bald Mountain (as arranger) (1867/1991)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem (as arranger) (2007)
- Plaza de Toros (1997)
- Plaza Park Escapades (1994)
- Primordium (1999)
- Riverside Rag (1988)
- Russian Sailors' Dance (as arranger) (1927/1998)
- Santa at the Symphony (as arranger) (1990)
- Santa Meets Sousa (1992)
- Scenes of Wonder (1994)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/1998)
- Southgate Fantasy (1995)
- Tunbridge Meadows (1992)
- Twenty Carols in 2 Minutes (as arranger) (1998)
- Two Classic Miniatures (as arranger) (1991)
- Variants on a Nautical Hymn (1993)
- A Winter's Carol (as arranger) (1996)
- Zuni Legend (1993)
Resources
- Cardiff Castle. Wikipedia. Accessed 19 January 2022
- Perusal score