Cloud Factory

Johan de Meij

Johan de Meij

General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 12:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Amstel Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €222.00   |   Score Only (print) - €45.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo (doubling Finger Cymbal)
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (doubling Triangle)
English Horn (doubling Triangle)
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet (doubling Bellows)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Flugelhorn I-II (optional)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

• Anvil
• Bass Drum
• Bass Steel Pan
• Break Disk
• Chain
• Chinese Gong
• Cowbell (2: in B and C)
• Flexatone
• Glockenspiel
• Rainstick (2)
• Rattle
• Siren
• Sizzle Cymbal
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal (2)
• Tambourine
• Tam-tam
• Thundersheet (3: small, medium large and large)
• Vibraphone
• Vibraslap

Cans (wind players doubling)
Tin Foils (woodwind players doubling)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This industrial piece is inspired by a huge Tata Steel factory in The Netherlands. The locals call the compound Cloud Factory because of the massive amounts of steam and smoke produced day and night. The opening section recalls the North Sea shore, the backdrop to the industrial site. The factory trains are heard next: they are transporting the raw materials to the various furnaces. A lengthy working process follows, in which obstinate pounding rhythms suggest the 24 hour activities of the factory. Towards the end, all wind players join the percussion section in making "metal" sounds with empty cans and tin foil.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: Texas All-State 4A Symphonic Band (Johan de Meij, conductor) - 2014

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisc.) Wind Orchestra (James Ripley, conductor) – 17 May 2019
• Tata Steel Symfonisch Blaasorkest (Netherlands) (Hennie Ramaekers, conductor) – 31 October 2008 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

• African Harmony (2017)
• Aladdin Suite (as arranger)
• American Prelude
• Aquarium (1991)
• At Kitty O'Shea's (2011)
• Beatles Collection (as arranger) (1982)
• Canticles (2007)
• Casanova (2000)
• Celtic Classics (2016)
• Ceremonial Fanfare (2005)
• Chanson de Matin (as arranger) (c. 1890/1988)
• Clair de lune (as arranger) (1890/1905/2017)
• Cloud Factory (2011)
• Continental Overture (1997)
• Copacabana (as arranger)
• Downtown Divertimento (2014)
• Dutch Masters Suite (2008)
• Echoes of San Marco (2016)
• Edgar (as arranger) (1889/2008)
• Extreme Make-Over (2004)
• Extreme Beethoven (2012)
• Fellini (2015)
• Festive Hymn (2007)
• Fifty Shades of E (2016)
• Highlights from "Riverdance" (as arranger) (1994/2014)
• Highlights from the Seville Suite (as arranger) (1992/2011)
• Hobbits Dance and Hymn (arr. Lavender) (1987/2006)
• Honky Tonk Ragtime (as arranger) (1985)
• James Bond 007 (1983/2021)
• Jazz Suite No. 2 (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
  • March (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
  • Lyric Waltz (as arranger) (post-1956/1995)
  • Dance I (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
  • Dance II (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
  • Waltz No. 2 (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
  • Finale (as arranger) (post-1956/1994)
• Joropo (as arranger)
• Jupiter Hymn (as arranger)
• Klezmer Classics (2004)
• La Fanciulla del West (as arranger) (1910/2008)
• La Quintessenza (1990/1998)
• Les Papillons (as editor)
• Loch Ness (1988)
• Lord of the Rings. See: Symphony No. 1
• Lord of the Rings (arr. Lavender) (1987/2001)
• Los Cuatro Vientos (2021)
• Madurodam (1997)
• March to Mars (as arranger) (1987)
• Marche Americana (as editor) (1997)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (as arranger) (1826/2022)
• Moment for Morricone (as arranger) (1966/1996)
• Mondriaan (2021)
• Musical Highlights from "Chess" (as arranger) (1993)
• The Painted Bird (2021)
• Pavane (as arranger) (1899/1991)
• Pennsylvania Faux Songs (2018)
• Phantom of the Opera (as arranger)
• Polish Christmas Music, Part I (1995)
• Ratatouille Satirique (as arranger) (/1994)
• Romeo and Juliet (as arranger). See: Suite from the Ballet "Romeo & Juliet"
• Rotterdam 1945 (2019)
• Sinfonietta No. 1 (2011/2012)
• Songs from the Catskills (2012)
• Spring (2010)
• Star Wars Saga (as arranger) (1987)
• Suite for Variety Orchestra (as arranger) (post 1956/1994)
• Suite from the Ballet "Romeo & Juliet" (as arranger) (1935/1990)
• Summer (2013)
• Symphony No. 1 (1987)
  • Gandalf (The Wizard)
  • Lothlorien (The Elvenwood)
  • Gollum (Smeagol)
  • Journey in the Dark
  • Hobbits
• Symphony No. 2 (1993)
• Symphony No. 3 (2007)
• Symphony No. 4 (2013)
• Symphony No. 5 (2018)
  • Ancalagon, the Black (2018)
• UFO Concerto (2012)
• T-Bone Concerto (1996)
• Te Deum (as transcriber) (1900/2010)
• Two-Bone Concerto (2016)
• Teddy Trombone (as arranger)
• Triptychon (2023)
• Triumphal March (as arranger) (1872/2003)
• Un Momento Dado (2021)
• The Venetian Collection
  • Empire of Light
  • Magic Garden
  • The Red Tower
  • Voice of Space
• Via Claudia (2012)
• Wind in the Willows (2002)
• Windy City Overture (2006)
• The Witches' Sabbath (as arranger)
• The Woman in White (as arranger) (2006)
• The Year 2020 (2022)

Resources

• Johan de Meij website
• Meij, J. [2011]. Cloud Factory: (For Wind Orchestra) [score]. Amstel Music: Amsterdam.
• Perusal score