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Greatest Gift, The
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 2:35
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bar Chimes
- Bells
- Chimes
- Ride Cymbal, medium
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Explore memorable themes, extensive colors, lush harmonies and lyrical phrases that characterize this expressive and emotional work. While written for young musicians, this colorful and extremely musical piece provides an equally expressive and musical selection for mature ensembles as well.
- Program Note from publisher
This work, commissioned by the Ryerson Middle School bands of Ringwood, N.J., is based on a melody gifted to Loest by his friend, fellow composer Brian Balmages, in 2012. When Timothy Loest shared some struggles with Balmages, he was reminded that adversity strengthens relationships, and that some of life’s greatest gifts happen when we are broken. Loest writes, “Through this commission, I was inspired to create a musical work based on a beautiful melody, and share that gift with young musicians. And what is the greatest gift of all...? Why, it’s love.”
- Program Note from VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band concert program, 22 December 2017
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- VanderCook College of Music (Chicago) Symphonic Band (Brian J. Logan, conductor) - 22 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Chorale and Mystic Chant (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Voyage of the Dragon Armada (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- The Big Mambo (2015)
- Chorale and Mystic Chant (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Cloud Gate
- Count Rockula (2009)
- Friends of Freedom (2006)
- The Greatest Gift (2017)
- Mad Dash (2016)
- Pirates of the Barbary Coast (2009)
- Sea Shanty Variations (2013)
- Song of the Blacksmith, The (as arranger)
- Spyscape
- Starry Night (2015)
- Teleportation (2016)
- To Sail Beyond the Stars
- Traffic Jam (2008)
- Voyage of the Dragon Armada (2017)
- Voyage of the Dragon Armada (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- The Wobbly Unicycle
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 72/4 (November, 2017), p. 26.
- Perusal score
- Timothy Loest website Accessed 16 December 2017