Music for the King's Delight

Pierre La Plante

Subtitle: A Suite from Centuries Past

General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 6:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $86.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00

Movements

1. Mr. Purcell's Riggadoon
2. Music from The Theatre
3. Squire Wood's Lamentation on Refusal of His Halfpence
3. Lazy Pirate's Jig No. 1

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Mallets
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Triangle, large
Wood Block

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Not only will the king be delighted, but so will the lords and ladies in the audience. This delightful suite of Mr. Purcell's Riggadoon; Over the Hills and Far Away and Lazy Pirate's Jig offers courtly pageantry, simple beauty and charming fun.

- Program Note from publisher

Music for the King's Delight is a short suite in one movement based on four pieces spanning three centuries.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Florida: III
Louisiana: III
Michigan: Senior High C
North Carolina: IV
Texas: III. Complete

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Mannion Middle School (Henderson, Nev.) Wind Ensemble (Phillip Haines, conductor) – 12 April 2019 (2019 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Illinois Math and Science Academy (Aurora Township) Combined Bands – 21 May 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

All Ye Young Sailors (as arranger) (2005)
American Riversongs (1991)
American Sketches (2014)
As I Walked Through the Meadow (2019)
At the Old Camp Ground (2017)
The Band in the Square (2006)
The Cat's Pajamas (2018)
Caribbean Rondo (2009)
Come to the Fair!
A Cowboy Symphony (2008)
Early One Morning (as arranger) (2005)
English Country Settings (1997)
Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune (2005)
Great American West Suite, The (2013)
In the Forest of the King (2000)
La Bonne Aventure (2010)
Legends and Heroes (2003)
Minka's Sleigh Ride (2007)
Music for the King's Delight (2007)
Overture on a Minstrel Tune (1979)
Prairie Songs (1998)
Prospect (1983)
Red River Valley, The (as arranger) (2001)
Song of the Mountain Horn (as arranger) (2013)
Songs of the Plains (2015)
Suite of English Country Dances (2022)
Suite of Old French Songs (2015)
The Thunder and the Roar (2004)
Travelin' Music (2018)
The Voyageurs (2002)
A Walk in the Morning Sun (2010)
Winds A' "Whispering" (as arranger) (1920/2009)
Yorkshire Folk Song Suite (2016)

Resources

La Plante, P.; Purcell, H.; Gay, J.; Carolan, T.; Raven, M. (2007). Music for the King's Delight : A Suite from Centuries Past [score]. Daehn Publications: New Glarus, Wisc.
Perusal score
Pierre La Plante website