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Children of a Different Sun
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 from 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
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 (as arranger) (2013)
- American Salute (1997)
- Ancient Visions (2003)
- And So He Also Loves the Bow (2019)
- And in the End It Was Earth (2012)
- The Andromeda Connection (2012)
- Appalachian Dreams (2015)
- Arabian Dances (2008)
- At the Edge of Chaos (2013)
- Australiana (2016)
- Autumn Sketches (1996)
- Believe (as arranger) (2009/2010)
- Blessed Are They (2019)
- Burn (2014)
- Capricorn Moon (2006)
- Centavo (1995)
- Chants Long Forgotten (1998)
- Chasing Orion (2010)
- Cheyenne (2004)
- Children of a Different Sun (2017)
- A Christmas Fantasy (as arranger) (2010)
- A Christmas Montage (as arranger) (2007)
- Cimarron Sketches (1994)
- Cimarron Sunset (2004)
- Clockwork (1993)
- Convergence (2006)
- Courtland Hills (1994)
- Desert Voices (2008)
- Dramatic Sessions
- Dreams and Proclamations (2007)
- Dream Variants (2012)
- Fanfare and Dance Segments
- Fanfare And Jubilation (2007)
- Fanfare and Modal Apparitions (2018)
- Fanfare Nobilise (2021)
- Festival Sinfonia (1999)
- Fiesta! (2003)
- Final Impact (2009)
- Fireburst Fanfare (2008)
- Firefall (2006)
- Flight of the Banshee (2009)
- The Fourth Angel (1999)
- Ghost Dances (2010)
- Ghost Riders (2007)
- Golden Eagle (2002)
- Guardians of the Canyon (2010)
- I Was Born for This (as arranger) (2012/2013)
- In the Realm of Kings (2014)
- The Jaws of Fenris (2016)
- Just the Way You Are (as arranger) (2010/2011)
- The Legend of El Muerto (2017)
- The Legend of Killarney (2014)
- Lennon (as arranger) (2013)
- Let it Rock (2009)
- The Lightning Spirit (2005)
- Ludlow (2014)
- Medal of Freedom (2013)
- Month of the Cold Moon (2008)
- New Dawn (2005)
- 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 (2005)
- On The Wings Of The Chosen (1992)
- Paint it Black (as arranger) (1966/2014)
- Prelude and Firestorm (2014)
- Prelude and Passages (2018)
- Racing the Sun (2011)
- Riders On The Southern Front (1998)
- Ritual Images (2012)
- Rituals (2008)
- Roswell, 1947 (2004)
- Sahara (2005)
- Samba de Soleil (2014)
- Scirocco (2012)
- Sentinels (2006)
- The Seventh Resolution (2015)
- Silent Stands the Elm (2010)
- Soar The Untamed Spirit (1998)
- Song Of Freedom (2002)
- Structures (2011)
- The Summoning (2020)
- Sunchasers (2005)
- Sunrise Song (2001)
- Symphonic Journey No. 1 (1993)
- Tangents Angulár (2009)
- They Stood At The Edge Of The Sky (2001)
- They Walked in the Valley of Fire (2016)
- The Third Vortex (2000)
- Tick Tock (as arranger) (2011)
- Variations On A March Tune (2000)
- Ventures (1993)
- A Winter Memory (1999)
- A Yuletide Holiday (as arranger) (2016)
- A Yuletide Memory (2009)
- Zombie Dreams (2013)
- Zydeco Cajun Crawdad Dance (2013)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 73/4 (November 2018), p. 36.
- Perusal score