Ever More Distant
General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $52.00; (digital) - $52.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bells
- Chimes
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The compelling nature of this simple and moving melody has an emotional impact that's surprising in its effectiveness. Combined with creative harmonic cadences, it creates a work that is almost spellbinding.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- California Band Directors Association All-State Junior High School Concert Band (Emily Moss, conductor) - 14 February 2016 (2016 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
- Oahu Band Director's Association Middle School Select Band (Richard Mayne, conductor) – 2009
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Albion (1994)
- An Angel Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
- Awaken to the Morning Light
- Canarios Fantasia (1999)
- Cheyenne Cañon (2005)
- Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (as arranger) (1995)
- Entry of the Nobles (2003)
- Ever More Distant (2007)
- A Farnaby Prelude (2000)
- Fire Dance (2001)
- Flourish & Festivity (2003)
- Joy Fantastique
- Mountainbrook March (2001)
- Mystic Battle
- Over Slope and Summit (2006)
- Overture Jubilate (2013)
- Overture on an American Folk Tune (1999)
- Peregrin (1994)
- Pirates (1995)
- A Praetorius Prelude (1997)
- Riders on the Wind (2004)
- Rocky Mountain Carnival (2003)
- Rhapsodie Noel (1997)
- The Sorcerer's Procession (2004)
- A Susato Prelude (1994)
- Tales of the Emerald Isle (2003)
- A Tallis Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
- Voyage Through the Night (2001)
- The Wayfarer's Journey (2010)
- Wild Dance (2011)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Douglas Akey." Accessed 3 March 2016.