In Heaven's Air

Samuel Hazo

Samuel Hazo

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General Info

Year: 2002
Duration: c. 4:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00   |   Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

With soaring melodies and chorale-like moments, this original work is an affirmation of the human spirit. It's a lovely, expressive piece that offers moments of real strength.

- Program Note from publisher

In Heaven’s Air (2002) is about the letting go of a loved one from your hands into the hands of God, as well as the glorious transformation of the soul to Heaven. Musically, this letting go occurs from measures 49 to 60, with material before measure 49 representing love on Earth and material after measure 60 representing God’s love. At measure 60, the grand chorale symbolizes the soul’s arrival in Heaven.

- Program Note by composer

This title is taken from William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 21: “And then believe me, my love is as fair / As any mother’s child, though not so bright / as those gold candles fixed in heaven’s air."

- Program Note from Wayne State College Symphonic Band concert program, 17 November 2020

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: Indiana University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble (Jack Stamp, conductor) – 2016

State Ratings

• Georgia: I
• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP III
• Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP I
• Kansas: II
• Louisiana: III
• Minnesota: III
• Texas: III. Complete

Performances

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• Hilliard (Ohio) Davidson High School Symphonic Band (Shawn Malone, conductor) - 11 November 2021
• Wayne (Neb.) State College Symphonic Band (Jacee Wiesen, conductor) - 17 November 2020
• Central Lakes College (Brainerd, Minn.) Wind Orchestra (Jonathan Laflamme, conductor) - 9 November 2020
• Indiana Wind Symphony (Carmel) (Charles Conrad, conductor) - 27 September 2020
• Johnson City (Tenn.) Community Concert Band (Christian Zembower, conductor) - 7 October 2019
• Tar River Community Band (Greenville, N.C.) (James E. Mauser, Jr., conductor) – 23 March 2019
• Illinois State University (Normal) University Band (Marykatheryne E. Kuhne, conductor) – 16 November 2018
• Industrial High School (Vanderbilt, Tex.) (Houston Cummings, conductor) – 7 May 2016
• Lone Star College Wind Ensemble (The Woodlands, Tex.) – 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)

All Wind Works

• Across the Halfpipe. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ascend. See: Georgian Suite
• Alleluia (2012)
• Arabesque (2008/2009)
• Arrows (2014)
• As Winds Dance (2003)
• Autumn on White Lake (2010)
• Blessings
• Blue and Green Music (2011)
• Books With Blank Pages (2015)
• Bridges (2007)
• Chorus Angelorum (2009)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2008/2011)
• The Christmas Music of Samuel Hazo
• Danny Boy (as arranger) (2013)
• Diamond Fanfare (2006)
• Drums of the Saamis (2014)
• Each Time You Tell Their Story (2003)
• Echoes (2005)
• Enchanted Spaces (2012)
• Everything Beautiful (2015)
  • The Stillness of Remembering (2015/2016)
• Exultate (2001/2003)
• Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong (1997/2005)
• For Heaven and the Future (2016)
• From Gold (2015)
• Georgian Suite (2002-2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (2006)
  • Our Kingsland Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2005/2015)
  • Rivers (2002)
  • Ascend (2005)
• Glorificare (2013)
• ...Go (2008)
• Hennepin County Dawn. See: Minnesota Portraits
• In Flight (2000/2008)
• In Heaven's Air (2002)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (2012)
• Jubilatéo (Fanfare and Allegro) (2013)
• Keltic Variations (2003)
• Minnesota Portraits (2008)
  • Hennepin County Dawn
  • Rest
  • Across the Halfpipe
• Mountain Thyme (2013)
• Novo Lenio (2002)
• Olympiada (1997/2002)
• Our Kingsland Spring. See: Georgian Suite
• Our Yesterdays Lengthen like Shadows (2010)
• Parkour (2011)
• Perthshire Majesty (2003/2004)
• Psalm 42 (2004)
• The Quest (2002)
• Rest. See: Minnesota Portraits
• Ride (2002)
• Rising Star (2006)
• Rivers. See: Georgian Suite
• Rush (2006)
• Seconds Out (2013)
• Sevens (2005)
• Siorai September (2011)
• Sky Is Waiting (2006)
• Sòlas Ané (2006)
• Southern Hymn (2009)
• Stella Maris (2014)
• The Stillness of Remembering. See: Everything Beautiful
• Their Blossoms Down (2002)
• Three Concert Fanfares (2007)
• To Be (2019)
• Today Is the Gift (2006)
• Voices of the Sky (2005)
• We Meet Again (2010)
• Whisper to their Souls (2008)
• A Zillion Nickels (2015)

Resources

• Hazo, S. (2002). In Heaven's Air [score]. FJH Music: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.