On a Starry Night
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 2:05
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $52.00; (digital) - $52.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
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/Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
I experienced a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am
no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
- Vincent van Gogh
On a Starry Night is a concert piece inspired by the painting of the same name by the famed Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, this masterpiece depicts a pre-dawn view from his bedroom window (with the addition of an idyllic village) at an asylum where he was being treated for symptoms of delusions, psychotic attacks, and epilepsy.
- Program Note from score
Inspired by the painting of the same title by the famed Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, this work evokes the calmness and serenity of the starry scene while capturing the grandeur of the painting's swirling sky and dramatic moon, providing a sense of abiding warmth, peace, and hope.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Eastern Wind Symphony (Hillsborough, N.J.) (Adam Warshafsky, conductor) - 17 December 2021 (2021 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cibola (2016)
- On a Starry Night (2020)
- Palace of the Snow Queen (2018)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Jason Spraggins." Accessed 14 December 2021
- Jason Spraggins website Accessed 14 December 2021
- Perusal score