Moon Glistens, The
Subtitle: A Tone Poem for Wind Ensemble.
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 15:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Joni Greene
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $15.00 | Score Only (digital) - $25.00
Movements
1. Moon Viewing - 5:02
2. II - 5:37
3. Autumn Rain - 7:11
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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 I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Harp
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Snare Drum
- Spash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal (small,medium and large)
- Tam-Tam, large
- Thundersheet
- Xylophone
Bandswomen singing
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Moon Glistens is a new work for wind ensemble derived from Joni Greene's choral work Autumn Reflections. The work is structured as a tone poem which incorporates six Japanese haiku throughout, while offering vivid vignettes of the autumn landscapes and simplicity of 16th century Japan. Performers and audiences are guided through the imagery of each section of the work with a line-by-line breakdown of the poetry in the parts and score. The six-poem structure focuses on nature and the cycle of one autumn day while incorporating a variety of chamber groupings within the wind ensemble. Players and conductors are given cross curriculum lesson plans, an in-depth analysis of the work, and a detailed description of the compositional process with each score.
- Program Note from publisher
To Chad Simons
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Valdosta (Ga.) State University Wind Ensemble (Joe Brashier, conductor) – 15 November 2018
- Washburn University (Topeka, Ks.) Wind Ensemble (Michael Mapp, conductor) – 17 March 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southwestern Division Conference, Boulder, Colo.)
- University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Paul W. Popiel, conductor) – 6 October 2015
- Indiana University Symphonic Band (Eric M. Smedley, conductor) - 31 March 2015 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cameron's Dream (2015/2016)
- Circean Waters (2009)
- The Dawnland (2017)
- Enigma Machine (2013)
- Event Horizon (2011)
- Glow (2018)
- In the Stillness (2017)
- The Moon Glistens (2104)
- Moonscape Awakening (2010)
- Net Luck Soaring (2011/2015)
- Out of the Shadows, Love Shines (2017)
- The Persistence of Memory (2020)
- Reaching Nirvana (2021)
- Suspended in a Sunbeam (2022)