Midnight

Frank Ticheli

Frank Ticheli

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $145.00   |   Score Only (print) - $30.00

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
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Claves
• Marimba
• Slapstick (large)
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal (medium)
• Tambourine
• Tam-tam (large)
• Triangle (medium)
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The night has always been a dark and mysterious time, represented by this work for concert band. The melodies are syncopated, the harmonies exotic, and the energy ever-growing. Out of this, an urban setting of street-smart harmonies and bluesy ostinatos emerge. Layers upon layers are piled up, building to a fevered climax that ends abruptly, creating a powerful resonating silence.

- Program Note from publisher

Commissioned by the Homestead High School Bands of Cupertino, Calif; the Lynbrook High School Bands of San Jose, Calif; and the Saratoga High School Bands of Saratoga, Calif.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Homestead High School Band (Paul Rendon, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Texas at Arlington Symphonic Band (Christopher Evans, conductor) - 9 May 2021
• Langley Band – 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
• Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
• Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
• Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
• Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
• Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
• Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
• Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)

All Wind Works

• Abracadabra (2005)
• Acadiana (2016)
• Amazing Grace (Ticheli) (1994)
• Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
• Amen! (2009)
• An American Elegy (2000)
• Angels in the Architecture (2009)
• Angels Rising (2023)
• Apollo Unleashed. See: Symphony No. 2
• Ave Maria (as arranger) (1825/2004)
• BASH (2021)
• Belle. See: Cajun Folk Songs: Belle
• Blue Shades (1996)
• Boundless River (2020)
• Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
• Cajun Folk Songs, Part One (1990)
• Cajun Folk Songs, Part Two (1997)
• Concertino for Trombone (1987/2007)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2014)
• Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2010)
• Concerto for Trumpet (1990/2021)
• Dance. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• Dancing on Water (2015)
• December Snow (2015)
• Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
• Earth Song for Band (2012)
• First Light (2013)
• Fortress (1988)
• Gaian Visions (1990)
• Ghost Tale (2020)
• Here Take This Lovely Flower. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• In Yonder Valley. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• Joy (2005)
• Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Joy Revisited (2005)
• Korean Folksongs from Jeju Island (2013)
• Life-Stream (2022)
• Loch Lomond (2002)
• Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
• Lux Perpetua (2020)
• Midnight in Nairobi (2019)
• Midnight (2019)
• Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
• Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
• Music for Winds and Percussion (withdrawn)
• Nitro (2006)
• Over the Moon (2023)
• Pacific Fanfare (1994/2002)
• Peace (2015)
• Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
• Portrait of a Clown (1988)
• Postcard (1991)
• Rest (2011)
• Sailing the Sky (2021)
• San Antonio Dances (2010)
• Sanctuary (2006)
• Serenade for Kristin (2018)
• A Shaker Gift Song (2004)
• Shenandoah (1999)
• Silver Lining (2017)
• Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs (2002)
  • In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
  • Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
  • Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
• Songs of Love and Life (2012)
• Sun Dance (1997)
• Symphony No. 1 (tr. Green) (2001/2011)
• Symphony No. 2 (2004)
• The Tyger (2008)
• Under the Big Top (2019)
• Vesuvius (1999)
• Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)
• Wild Nights! (2007)

Resources

• Frank Ticheli website Accessed 9 May 2021
• Perusal score
• Ticheli, F. (2019). Midnight: For Concert Band [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.