Goddess of Fire
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C L Barnhouse Company - Official Website
Cost: Score & Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Bassoon
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
French Horn I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (Opt.)
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Shaker
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Timpani
- Tom-Toms (3)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
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Program Notes
Pele, the Goddess of Hawaii's volcanoes is the most respected and feared deity in Polynesia. She is both creator of the sacred land and destroyer when she devours the land with her flames. The work opens with primordial, mysterious sounds representing the foreboding volcanoes of Hawaii. We are then introduced to Pele as a tall, beautiful young woman. This is one of the forms she can take and it represents her powers of creation and beauty. This gives way to the active and destructive Pele, often taking the form of an old woman, wrinkled and bent with age. The following lyrical section of the piece is the full statement of Pele's theme of creation and beauty. As this theme settles, we begin to hear the ground pop and crack letting us know that new lava is beginning to bubble and flow. Suddenly and violently, one of her volcanoes erupts, creating massive chaos and destruction. After the eruption subsides, Pele's theme of creation and beauty returns again.
In memory of Mildred Smith, beloved band booster and friend. Dedicated to the students and parents of the Ben Davis High School Symphonic Band, Indianapolis, Indiana - Jim Butz, Shawn McNabb, Gary Rudloph and John Papandria, directors.
Program Note by Steven Reineke
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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- And the Earth Trembled (Symphony I, New Day Rising, Mvt III)
- Celebration Fanfare
- City of Gold (Symphony I, New Day Rising, Mvt I)
- Defying Gravity
- Fate of the Gods
- Heaven's Light
- Hopetown Holiday
- In the Temple of Zion
- Into the Raging River
- Main Street Celebration
- Merry Christmas, Everyone!
- New Day Rising (Symphony I, New Day Rising, Mvt IV)
- Nocturne (Symphony I, New Day Rising, Mvt II)
- Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons
- Portrait of Freedom
- Rise of the Firebird
- River of Life
- Sedona
- Swans Island Sojourn
- Towards a New Horizon
- Where Eagles Soar
- Witch and the Saint, The
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