Ides of March, The

Sean O'Loughlin

Sean O'Loughlin

General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00; (digital) - $60.00   |   Score Only (print) - $12.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass 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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• China Cymbals
• Claves
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Tam-Tam
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Pulse-pounding and haunting, this is a dramatic composition for band that is spellbinding. A real celebration of the composer's love of modern film music, this piece also acts as an exercise in economy of musical material while remaining wonderfully melodic and elegant.

The Ides of March is a phrase that first appeared in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and represented the time when a coup d'etat happened in the Roman government. "Et tu, Brute?" is the famous line recited by Julius Caesar at the climactic scene. The music reflects the heart-pounding pace of the events leading to the coup d'etat.

- Program Note by composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Callanwode Concert Band (Atlanta, Ga.) (Robert Meehan, conductor) - 25 March 2018
• Cary (N.C.) Town Band (Stuart Holoman, conductor) – 4 July 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Achilles' Wrath (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2013)
• Amazing Grace (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2014)
• Exhale (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2021)
• Hidden Wonders (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Ides of March (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2015)
• Visigoths (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012)
• Waltz of the Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

• Achilles' Wrath (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2013)
• Amazing Grace (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2012/2014)
• Ancient Hunters (2004)
• Ancient Irish Hymn (as arranger) (2006)
• Arrival at Normandy (2005)
• Azimuth (2017)
• Back to the Future (as arranger)
• Battlefront (2017)
• The Best of INXS (as arranger) (2016)
• Beyond the Crest (2018)
• The Blessing (as arranger) (2010)
• Burst (2008)
• Canyon Winds (2004)
• Carol of the Bells (as arranger)
• Christmas Sketches (as arranger) (2000)
• Commence! (2018)
• Convergence (2017/2019)
• Convergence (Trumpet sextet) (2017)
• Counting Stars (as arranger) (2015)
• Daedalus' Labyrinth (2014)
• Dawn of the Spartans (2017)
• Dominion (2013)
• Doppler Effect (2014)
• Eclipsys (2003)
• Edge of Destiny (2016)
• Elation (2013)
• Emblazon (2011)
• Embolden (2018)
• Enchanted Village (2007)
• Exhale (2018)
• Exhale (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2021)
• Fairytale of New York (as arranger) (2015)
• Fortitude (2009)
• A Gleeful Christmas (as arranger) (2012)
• Hawaii Five-O Theme (as arranger) (2011)
• The Heart's Cry (as arranger) (2014)
• Hidden Wonders (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Hidden World (2013)
• Highlights from "Brave" (as arranger) (2012)
• Highlights from "Frozen" (as arranger) (2013)
• Highlights from "Mary Poppins" (as arranger) (1963/2011)
• Holiday Ornaments (as arranger) (2003)
• Holiday Portraits (as arranger) (2010)
• How to Train Your Dragon (as arranger) (2010)
• Huron Trail (2009)
• The Ides of March (2013)
• The Ides of March (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2015)
• I'm Shipping Up to Boston (as arranger) (2004/2012)
• Imani (2001)
• Impact (2008)
• Incursion (2018)
• Intensity (2005)
• Into the Mist (2002)
• Irish Vision (as arranger) (2002)
• Ironclad (2011)
• Jam! (2010)
• Journey to Illyria (2018)
• Joy to the Season (2013)
• Jubilant Holiday (2005)
• Lady Gaga in Concert (as arranger) (2017)
• Legacy (2012)
• The Lost Tomb (2010)
• Lost in Space (as arranger) (1993)
• The Ludlows (2011)
• Magellan (2015)
• Mammoth (2014)
• Mary Poppins (as arranger) (2011)
• Metal! (as arranger) (2014)
• Mighty Mite (as arranger) (1951/2003/2013)
• Monuments (2002)
• Moonlit Skies (2020)
• Mountains of Mohon (2008)
• Mystic Portal (2010)
• Mythos (2012)
• Not So Silent Night (as arranger) (2007)
• Omicron (2013)
• Oscillation (2011)
• Osmosis (2015)
• Overlords (2006)
• Passacaglia Variants (2019)
• The Past is Always Present (2017)
• Path of Destiny (2009)
• Path to Victory (2012)
• Phantasm (2016)
• Poker Face (as arranger) (2011)
• Primal (2016)
• Promised Land (2010)
• Prophesy (2004)
• Pulse Pounding (2014)
• Redhawk (2008)
• Relics of the Past (2011)
• Resolution (2004)
• Ricochet (2009)
• Ruminations (2008)
• Santa's Toy March (as arranger) (2011)
• Silent Night (as arranger) (2014)
• Skyburst (2014)
• Soaring (2013)
• Sonic Fusion (2002)
• Spectral Landscapes (2006)
• Spirals of Light (2007)
• Spirit of the Sea (2004)
• The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2017)
• Strength and Honor (2020)
• Strong of Heart (2019)
• Stronghold (2015)
• Supremacy (2009)
• Temblor (2017)
• Terminus (2020)
• Theme from "Lost in Space" (as arranger) (1965/1993)
• Thrive (2015)
• Thunderbound (2019)
• Thunderstruck (2015)
• Traditions (2016)
• Tribal Quest (2003)
• Turning Point (2012)
• The Twelve Days of Christmas (as arranger) (1999)
• Twinkle Little Christmas Star (as arranger) (2016)
• Unbound (2012)
• Unforgotten Friends (2006)
• Urban Invasion (2007)
• Venture (2012)
• Vigor (2003)
• Visigoths (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2012)
• Waltz of the Carols (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• Waves of the Revolution (2005)
• Wigan Warriors (2006)
• Winds Along the Whippany (2010)
• Zig Zag (2019)

Resources

• Perusal score