Earth, The, from "The Planets" by Trouvère
General Info
Year: 2003 / 2014
Duration: c. 7:40
Difficulty: IV-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Saxophone quartet
Publisher: Foster Music
Cost: Score and Parts – Rental
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Whip
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Jun Nagao arranged Gustav Holst’s Planets suite for the Trouvère [saxophone] Quartet in 2003, adding Pluto and Earth since they were scientifically part of the planets then. This is the concert band version of the arrangement. The first theme begins with a Jig from St. Paul’s Suite. The second is Earth, an original based on E-A-D-C-H, followed by other fragmented themes from the Planets and various popular Holst melodies. The music was composed with the hope that the earth will become a peaceful planet.
- Program Note by Showa Wind Symphony concert program, 18 July 2015 (WASBE, San Jose, Calif.)
Awards
- The Earth, from The Planets by Trouvere has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Media
- Audio CD: North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) - 2017
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Lone Star High School (Frisco, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Mark Poole, conductor) – 9 February 2024 (2024 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Symphony Band (Don Linn, conductor) - 21 April 2022
- Indiana University (Bloomington) Concert Band (Jason H. Nam, conductor) – 5 April 2022
- Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.) Symphonic Winds (Todd Nichols, conductor) - 12 December 2021
- University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond) Wind Symphony (Brian Lamb, conductor) - 3 December 2019
- Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 9 October 2019
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Wind Ensemble (Kenneth Ozzello, conductor) - 26 September 2019
- North Hills High School (Pittsburgh, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Len Lavelle, conductor) - 4 April 2019
- Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Dallas, Tx.) (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 29 April 2018
- Waxahachie (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Richard Armstrong, conductor) - 16 February 2018 (2018 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- West Chester University (Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Yozviak, conductor) – 30 April 2017
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Wind Ensemble (John R. Locke, conductor) – 4 December 2016
- CBDNA North Central (Ames, Iowa) Intercollegiate Band (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 27 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 North Central Division Conference, Ames, Iowa)
- University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) - 18 December 2015 (2015 Midwest Clinic)
- Showa Wind Symphony (Tokyo, Japan) (Shintaro Fukumoto, conductor) – 18 July 2015 - WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.
Works for Winds by This Composer
- A ce qu'il y avait (2011)
- Der Grucksdrache (2005)
- Die Heldenzeit (1998)
- Earth, The, from "The Planets" by Trouvère (2003)
- Fluttering Maple Leaves (2003)
- Il faut tenter de fleurir (2018)
- La saison lumineuse du vent vert (2002)
- Lovers on the Celestial Sphere (2005/2013)
- Nami no Ho (2000)
- Octet for Saxophones (2000)
- Paganini Lost in Wind (2008/2011)
- Perspective on Time (2015)
- Reminiscence (1998)
- Sharing the Sunset (2010)
- Souten no Shizuku (2001)
- Triton (2008)
- Un Moment Parfumé (2012)
- Un Morceau du Ciel (2008)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Jun Nagao." Accessed 26 July 2015
- Jun Nagao website
- Kopps, Amy M. "'The Earth' from The Planets by Trouvère." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 826-836. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.