Four Winds, The
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General Info
Year: 1985 / 2013
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Edward B. Marks, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $85.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Each of the four winds in this work changes styles, tempos, and key signatures, effectively creating a medley of four short musical vignettes. Starting with fanfarish brass and sixteenth woodwind lines, it proceeds to a mixed- meter section featuring mid-range voices, followed by an adagio section featuring beautiful legato melodies and muted trumpets, and then ending rather like it began.
-Program Note from The Instrumentalist, November 2014, p. 40
The Four Winds is an homage to some of the well-known band composers appreciated by the composer growing up playing percussion in bands in North Carolina, such as Clifton Williams, Ron Nelson, and John Barnes Chance, as well as earlier wind masters like Holst and Mahler. This fantasy-overture contrasts brisk fanfare music with variations on a Romantic theme.
-Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Branching (2021)
- Concerto for Electric Guitar and Symphony Band (2000)
- The Four Winds (1985/2013)
- Ghosts of the Revolution (2005)
- James Brown Loops (1993)
- Kaleidoscope (Hause) (1992)
- Rome Under Water (1990)
- Tango Variations (2009)
- Trumpet Concerto (2001)
- Vocabularium (1992)
Resources
None discovered thus far.