Joy Fantastique
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General Info
Year:
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
As the title suggests, the work derives its primary material from Beethoven's Ode to Joy and the Dies Irae from Symphony Fantastique by Hector Berlioz. While the statements of the Dies Irae are both prominent and obvious, in two chorale/fanfare statements and later in triple meter with altered harmonies, the Ode to Joy references are far more subtle. The work derives much of its excitement and energy from its wide dynamic range and frequently changing meter.
Joy Fantastique was commissioned by the McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band for its performance at the Midwest Clinic on December 22, 2006.
- Program Note from McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band concert program, 22 December, 2016
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band (Chip DeStefano, conductor) - 2006
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- McCracken Middle School (Skokie, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Chip De Stefano, conductor) – 22 December 2006 (2006 Midwest Clinic) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Albion (1994)
- An Angel Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
- Awaken to the Morning Light
- Canarios Fantasia (1999)
- Cheyenne Cañon (2005)
- Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (as arranger) (1995)
- Entry of the Nobles (2003)
- Ever More Distant (2007)
- A Farnaby Prelude (2000)
- Fire Dance (2001)
- Flourish & Festivity (2003)
- Joy Fantastique
- Mountainbrook March (2001)
- Mystic Battle
- Over Slope and Summit (2006)
- Overture Jubilate (2013)
- Overture on an American Folk Tune (1999)
- Peregrin (1994)
- Pirates (1995)
- A Praetorius Prelude (1997)
- Riders on the Wind (2004)
- Rocky Mountain Carnival (2003)
- Rhapsodie Noel (1997)
- The Sorcerer's Procession (2004)
- A Susato Prelude (1994)
- Tales of the Emerald Isle (2003)
- A Tallis Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
- Voyage Through the Night (2001)
- The Wayfarer's Journey (2010)
- Wild Dance (2011)
Resources
- "Program Notes Joy Fantastique Douglas Akey." Skokie School District 73.5 Presents. Web. Accessed 29 July 2021