Into the Raging River
From Wind Repertory Project
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General Info
Year: 1999
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C L Barnhouse Company - Official Website
Cost: Score & Parts - $68.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo (Opt.)
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (suspended)
- Field Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Mark Tree
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Tom-Toms
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Into the Raging River is a programmatic tone poem for symphonic band. The piece was inspired by a whitewater rafting trip on the Gauley River in the mountains of southern West Virginia.
The work was commissioned for the 1998 Libertyville, Illinois Community Band Festival, Libertyville Community High School, Highland, Hawthorn, Oak Grove and Roundout schools.
Program Note by Steven Reineke
Commercial Discography
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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
- Goddess of Fire
- Heaven's Light
- Hopetown Holiday
- In the Temple of Zion
- 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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