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Children of a Different Sun
Contents
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 4:45
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00; (digital) - $72.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Brake Drum
- Chimes
- Gong
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Timbales
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Vibra-slap
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The 15th-century Inca citadel Machu Picchu inspired this stunning original work. After the opening heroic fanfare, the work continues in an intense, almost frenzied manner, reflective of its bustling population of that time. Pausing for a pensive musical remembrance of this long-lost empire, the work concludes with a bold majestic tribute to this magnificent landmark.
- Program Note by publisher
Inspired by the composer's research into the pre-Columbian Americas and the associated 12th-century Inca Indians of southeastern Peru, this work opens with percussion, featuring the combined timbres of bells, chimes, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, brake drum, suspended cymbal, and triangle. A bold fanfare from the brass, saxophones, and bass clarinet follows, setting the dramatic mood for this tone poem. One particularly noteworthy section is the brief woodwind chorale. This beautifully-crafted, pensive, chorale transitions to the concluding, relentless unified block scoring of this work toward its quick ending, which features brief percussion solos that underpin the drama from the brass's rhythmic motives.
- Program Notes from The Instrumentalist
Many historians have come to refer to the Incans as "Children of the Sun," and the title of this piece is a paraphrased reference to that name.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Thornapple Kellogg High School (Middleville, Mich.) Symphonic Band – 18 December 2017
Works for Winds by this Composer
- All Through the Night (2013)
- American Salute
- Ancient Visions
- And in the End It Was Earth (2012)
- Arabian Dances (2008)
- Appalachian Dreams (2015)
- Autumn Sketches
- Blessed Are They (2019)
- Burn (2014)
- Capricorn Moon
- Centavo
- Chants Long Forgotten
- Cheyenne
- Children of a Different Sun (2017)
- Christmas Montage, A
- Cimarron Sketches
- Cimarron Sunset
- Clockwork
- Convergence
- Courtland Hills
- Desert Voices
- Dramatic Sessions
- Dreams And Proclamations
- Fanfare and Dance Segments
- Fanfare And Jubilation
- Festival Sinfonia
- Fiesta
- Fireburst Fanfare
- Firefall
- Fourth Angel, The
- Ghost Dances (2010)
- Ghost Riders (2007)
- Golden Eagle
- The Jaws of Fenris (2016)
- Legend of Killarny, The (2014)
- Lightning Spirit, The (2006)
- Ludlow (2014)
- Month of the Cold Moon (2008)
- New Dawn
- Ode to Joy (as arranger) (1824/1965/1995)
- Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (1995)
- Of Men and the Sea (2004)
- Of Wizards and Warriors
- On The Wings Of The Chosen
- Prelude and Firestorm (2014)
- Prelude and Passages (2018)
- Riders On The Southern Front
- Rituals
- Roswell, 1947 (2004)
- Sahara
- Scirocco (2013)
- Sentinels
- Seventh Resolution, The (2015)
- Silent Stands the Elm
- Soar The Untamed Spirit
- Song Of Freedom
- Structures
- Sunchasers
- Sunrise Song (2001)
- Symphonic Journey I
- Tangents Angulár (2009)
- They Stood At The Edge Of The Sky
- Third Vortex, The
- Variations On A March Tune
- Ventures
- Winter Memory, A
- Zydeco Cajun Crawdad Dance (2013)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 73/4 (November 2018), p. 36.
- Perusal score
