Clouds
General Info
Year: 1994
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Queenwood Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet or Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bells
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Clouds is an original composition based on the imagery of different cloud forms. The first section depicts cirrus clouds, the white delicate clouds usually found at high altitudes, and is played by the upper winds. Thunderclouds begin at measure 23 and accents and tone clusters are used to symbolize the increasing electricity associated with thunder and lightning producing clouds. This section provides an opportunity for the percussion to creatively simulate a thunderstorm for approximately 8-10 seconds. Eventually, the sun comes out and the sky has the rounded cumulus clouds that gracefully float away.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio CD: William Mason High School Wind Symphony (Timothy Holt, conductor) - 2004
State Ratings
- California: D
- New York: I
Performances
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- Eldred (N.Y.) Central School Junior High Band (Brian D. Nivison, conductor) - 8 June 2017 (NYSSMA Majors Kingston, NY)
- William Mason (Mason, Ohio) High School Wind Symphony (Timothy Holt, conductor) – 17 December 2004 (2004 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alabama Folksong Fantasy (2007)
- All the Pretty Little Horses (as arranger) (1998)
- American Rhapsody
- Amphion
- And the Heart Replies (1992)
- Athenian Festival (1990)
- Atlantis (1986)
- Bach: Air (as arranger) (c. 1730/)
- Bach: Chorale and Variation (as arranger) (1994)
- Chant Fantastique (2004)
- Chorale Prelude (1992)
- Clouds (1994)
- Emily (The Ghost) (2008)
- Equinox (2009)
- A European Christmas (1984)
- A European Christmas II (1985)
- Glory (2005)
- Greensleeves Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
- Hall of Heroes (2000)
- Hieroglyphs (2003)
- Holton-Arms Fanfare (2001)
- Japanese Folk Trilogy (as arranger) (1996/2002)
- Kachina: Chant and Spirit Dance (1994)
- Kingstree Overture (2003)
- Kokopelli (2007)
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (2008)
- Long Way from Home
- Madrigal for Band (as arranger) (1994)
- Masques (1989)
- A Medieval Quest (2008)
- Neon (2004)
- The Power of One
- Prelude to a Festival (1983)
- Prometheus Overture (1984)
- Rachmaninoff Prelude (as arranger)
- The Red Balloon (1993)
- Riversong (2005)
- Satie: Three Gymnopédies (as arranger) (1888/1993)
- Sea Song Trilogy (1986/2014)
- Spirals (1995)
- Syntonos (1986)
- Tis a Gift (1997)
- To Keep Thine Honor Bright (2001)
- Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (as arranger) (1987)
- Variations and Theme (1979)
- Victorious (2006)
- The Wexford Carol (2002)
- Wolsey's Wilde (as arranger) (2001)
Resources
- Anne McGinty website Accessed 12 September 2021