Longthorpe Tower
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $49.00; (digital) - $49.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tenor Drum
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Built during the Medieval period, Longthorpe Tower was the castle of the Thorpe family, who over the course of three generations rose from peasants to knights. The castle contains some of the best preserved and most complete wall paintings in Northern Europe.
This interest composition represents the music of this time in English history. The majestic opening section begins with a brief percussion passage that introduces a noble melody initially stated by alto saxophones and trumpets. Other instruments are added as the piece moves to a faster section that begins with a soft percussion break featuring a solo opportunity for bells. Soon a dignified melody appears in the clarinets and alto saxophones. A percussion crescendo then introduces a forte section with bold melodic material and syncopated accompaniment that drives the piece to a powerful conclusion.
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Escape Route (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- As the Robin to the Meadow (2006)
- The Capital March (as arranger) (1920/2014)
- Castles and Dragons (2005)
- Christmas Fanfares (2004)
- Clouds That Sail in Heaven (2007)
- Counterbalance (2013)
- Critical Mass (2010)
- Cut to the Chase (2012)
- The Dragon's Lair (2008)
- Dynamo (2015)
- Écossaise for Military Band (as arranger)
- Escape Route (2020)
- Escape Route (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Fighting Falcon March (2006)
- Gather Ye Rosebuds (2019)
- Glen Crossing (2010)
- Ignition (2011)
- In tantum lux (2016)
- Knox Bridge Jubilee (2018)
- Lightning! (2004)
- Loco Motion (2015)
- Longthorpe Tower (2019)
- March, Opus 108 (as arranger) (1841/2011)
- Mechanism (2014)
- My Soul a Canvas (2019)
- Noel! (2010)
- Poème (2007)
- Quasars (2009)
- Rampage! (2009)
- Rephrygeration (2016)
- Scramble (2012)
- Shadows Unseen (2017)
- Shady Grove (2011)
- Sketches on a Kentucky Hymn Tune (2005)
- Three Welsh Songs (2013)
- Then I Saw the Lucent Sky (2008)
- Trumpets of Symphony Hall (2012)
- Two Renaissance Sketches (2009)
- Vier Deutsche Weihnachtslieder (as arranger)
- Whirlybird (2013)
- Wildflowers (2018)
- With Uncommon Valor (2017)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist 74.7 (March 2020): 52-53. Print
- Perusal score