Clouds That Sail in Heaven

Todd Stalter

Subtitle: A Concert Fanfare Based on the Hymn All Creatures of Our God and King

General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 2:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $9.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-III, including:

Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Crash Cymbals
Chimes
China Cymbals
Gong
Orchestra Bells
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

[An] enthralling fanfare based on the hymn All Creatures of Our God and King. Short fragments of the melody are effectively combined with syncopated figures and dynamic percussion in this brilliant display of musical fireworks.

- Program Note from publisher

Commissioned by the Washington High School (Ill.) Symphonic Winds, Jim Tallman, conductor. A concert fanfare based on the hymn All Creatures of Our God and King.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Cedar Park Middle School Symphonic Band (Manuel C. San Luis, conductor) – 2007

State Ratings

Georgia: III
South Carolina: III

Performances

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Ohio University (Athens) University Band (Justin G. McCrary, conductor) – 3 October 2023
Iowa State University (Ames) Concert Band (Javan Shields, conductor) - 5 December 2021
Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Eric Criss, conductor) - 16 April 2021
Sierra Pacific High School (Hanford, Calif.) Symphonic Band (Jeff Detlefsen, conductor) -15 March 2019 (2019 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Washington Union High School (Fresno. Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Robert Madrid, conductor) -15 March 2019 (2019 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Louis Pizitz Middle School (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) Symphonic Band (Kim Bain, conductor) – 22 February 2018 (CBDNA 2018 Southern Conference, Tampa, Fla.)
Bismarck (N.D.) State College Wind Ensemble (John Darling, conductor) – 6 November 2017
Lovinggood Middle School (Powder Springs, Ga.) 8th Grade Symphonic Band (Joseph Heiberger, conductor) – 18 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southern Division Conference, Charleston, S.C.)
Ventura County (Calif.) Concert Band (Julie Budd, conductor) – 31 January 2016
Antelope (Calif.) High School Concert Band (Sonora Mello, conductor) - 22 March 2014 (2014 Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)
The King's Academy (West Palm Beach, Fl.) Band (Eric Dunn, conductor) - 2014
Cedar Park (Tx.) Middle School Symphonic Band (Manuel C. San Luis, conductor – 20 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Escape Route (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

As the Robin to the Meadow (2006)
The Capital March (as arranger) (1920/2014)
Castles and Dragons (2005)
Christmas Fanfares (2004)
Clouds That Sail in Heaven (2007)
Counterbalance (2013)
Critical Mass (2010)
Cut to the Chase (2012)
The Dragon's Lair (2008)
Dynamo (2015)
Écossaise for Military Band (as arranger)
Escape Route (2020)
Escape Route (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Fighting Falcon March (2006)
Gather Ye Rosebuds (2019)
Glen Crossing (2010)
Ignition (2011)
In tantum lux (2016)
Knox Bridge Jubilee (2018)
Lightning! (2004)
Loco Motion (2015)
Longthorpe Tower (2019)
March, Opus 108 (as arranger) (1841/2011)
Mechanism (2014)
My Soul a Canvas (2019)
Noel! (2010)
Poème (2007)
Quasars (2009)
Rampage! (2009)
Rephrygeration (2016)
Scramble (2012)
Shadows Unseen (2017)
Shady Grove (2011)
Sketches on a Kentucky Hymn Tune (2005)
Three Welsh Songs (2013)
Then I Saw the Lucent Sky (2008)
Trumpets of Symphony Hall (2012)
Two Renaissance Sketches (2009)
Vier Deutsche Weihnachtslieder (as arranger)
Whirlybird (2013)
Wildflowers (2018)
With Uncommon Valor (2017)

Resources

Stalter, T. (2007). Clouds That Sail in Heaven: A Concert Fanfare Based on the Hymn All Creatures of Our God and King [score]. Alfred Publishing: Van Nuys, Calif.