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East Coast Pictures
General Info
Year: 1985
Duration: c. 15:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Faber Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $216.00
Movements may be purchased separately.
Movements
1. Shelter Island – 4:50
2. The Catskills – 5:55
3. New York – 4:45
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Claves
- Crash Cymbals
- Flexatone
- Glockenspiel
- Guiro
- Jaw Bone
- Maracas
- Mark Tree
- Police Whistle
- Siren
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tenor Drum
- Tom-Tom (2)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
In parts:
- Horn I, mvt III, m.81: 1st note should be written C, not B-flat.
Program Notes
East Coast Pictures was commissioned by the British Youth Wind Orchestra. These three short 'pictures' were inspired by several visits to a small part of the American East Coast, an area that provides great extremes in the geography and the people.
Movement 1: Shelter Island is a small island situated near the end of Long Island, a few hours drive east of New York. In the summer it becomes a crowded tourist trap; but in the winter it is gloriously deserted and bravely faces the onslaught of the turbulent Atlantic, shrouded in sea mists and driving rain. This 'picture' is a fond memory of a winter weekend on Shelter Island.
Movement 2: In upstate New York lie the Catskills Mountains -- an extraordinary combination of tranquility and power, peace and majesty. Once seen, they call you back again and again.
Movement 3: New York -- or to be more precise, Manhattan. For anyone who is familiar with this bizarre and wonderful city, here is a 'picture' that needs no explanation. For those not yet hooked this is a foretaste of things to come!
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio CD: Tokyo Geidai Wind Orchestra (Masaharu Yamamoto, conductor) – 2018
- Audio CD: London Symphonic Wind Orchestra - 1999
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Delaware Winds (Jordan E. Kinsey, conductor) – 2 April 2019
- United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.) Band (Tod Addison, conductor) – 18 April 2018
- Oxford University (U.K.) Wind Orchestra (Chloe Rooke, conductor) – 8 December 2017 (at Providence, R.I.)
- Tokyo University of the Arts Geidai Wind Orchestra (Will Sanders, conductor) – 1 May 2016
- Buchholz High School (Gainesville, Fla.) Wind Symphony (Paula Thornton, conductor) – 19 December 2002 (2002 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Chansons de Normandie (2014)
- A Christmas Overture (2007/2010)
- East Coast Pictures (1985)
- Shelter Island (1985)
- The Catskills (1985)
- New York (1985)
- Global Variations (1990)
- Ladies in Lavender Theme (2004/2010)
- The Lochnagar Suite
- March Barnes Wallis (2013)
- Monck’s March (2010)
- New London Pictures
- Scramble! (1994)
- Shakespeare Pictures (2010)
- Stephenson's Rocket
- Thames Journey (1991)
- The TV Detectives
- To the Stars!
- The Winds of Power
Resources
- Nigel Hess website Accessed 31 December 2017