Free Running

From Wind Repertory Project
Robert Buckley

Robert Buckley


General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 5:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00; (digital) - $85.00   |   Score Only (print) - $15.00


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
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
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-IV, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Hi-Hat
  • Marimba
  • Snare Drum
  • Tambourine
  • Tom-Tom
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Free Running is an exciting, high velocity tour-de-force that will keep both musicians and the audience on the edge of their seats. Inspiration for the work came from the pointillistic paintings of Seurat (who created images by using tiny spots of primary colors on his canvas) and from Parkour, a form of urban acrobatics in which participants, known as free runners, use the structures of the rural landscape to perform catlike leaps and sprints. The resulting creation is a non-stop piece of music made up of only staccato notes in a constant rhythm moving through different sections of the ensemble.

Free Running was commissioned by the Troy University Symphony Band for the 2011 Alabama Music Educators Association Convention.

- Program Note from publisher


Media


State Ratings

  • Alabama: Class AA
  • MusicFest Canada: B500


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • Rouge River Winds (Toronto, Ont., Can.) (Pratik Gandhi, conductor) - 10 November 2023
  • Clovis (Calif.) East High School Wind Ensemble (Marco Mellone, conductor) - 6 March 2020
  • Central High School (Fresno. Calif.) Wind Symphony (Leonard Ingrande, conductor) - 12 March 2016 (2016 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)


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