Fantasia Variations on "Eternal Alleluias"
General Info
Year: 1995
Duration: c. 7:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Celesta
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbal
- Crotales
- Cymbal (Not specified)
- Gong
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Whip
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Chorus (optional)
Errata
In score:
- Bassoons, m.20: Add accent to first note
- Bassoons, m.67: crescendo should start on second note of the measure and end just before fifth note
- Bassoons, m.145: Add tenuto marking to first note
- E-flat Alto Clarinet, B-flat Bass Clarinet, Bassoons, Trombone III, Tuba; m.110: crescendo markings in each part are inconsistent
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone, m.144: Add tenuto marking to first note
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone, m.145: Add tenuto marking to first note
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone, m.20: add accent to first note
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone, m.144: add tenuto marking to first note
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone, m.145: add tenuto marking to first note
- B-flat Trumpet III, m.194: add staccato marking to final note
- B-flat Trumpet III, m.245: add accent markings to both notes
- Tuba, String Bass, m.20: add forte marking to first note
- Crotales are called for in one of the percussion parts, but this is not made clear on the instrumentation page.
Program Notes
Fantasia Variations on Eternal Alleluias is based on a hymn by the composer, "Let Us Raise Eternal Alleluias", which was commissioned by Ezekiel Lutheran Church in River Falls, Wisconsin, in celebration of their Centennial in 1990.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the Austin High School Concert Band, Austin, Minnesota; Brian Koser, Conductor.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Minnesota Symphonic Winds, Miles Johnson, conductor
- Audio CD: Illinois Music Education Association All-State & Honors Bands (Margene Pappas, Timothy Mahr, conductors) – 2001
- Audio CD: St. Olaf Band (Timothy Mahr, conductor) – 1997
State Ratings
- Alabama: Band Class AA
- North Carolina: VI
- Virginia: VI
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alyeska: The Great Land
- An American Jubilee
- An American Tapestry (2003)
- Fantasia Variations on "Eternal Alleluias" (1995)
- Galop (2015)
- The Groundhog's Lament (2004)
- A Halama Christmas (2004)
- The Jig Is Up (2003)
- March Emeritus
- Metamorphosis (1986/2005)
- Overture from "Yankee Doodling"
- Promenade and Galop
- Sea Creatures
- Streets of Honor
- There Was a Composer of Genius
- The Vanishing Snows of Kilimanjaro
- A Visit With Old Joe
- Yankee Doodling (1997)
Resources
None discovered thus far.