On the Third Day
Subtitle: A Celebration of Life
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $82.00; (digital) - $82.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
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-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This sensitive composition is a celebration of life, depicting the many sights and sounds, reflections and prayers of a chilly Easter Morning. The music, as if emanating from a church tower and spilling forth from a church organ, carries us along in emotional reverie that is at times exuberant to dark, then reverent to light. The celebration begins with lilting eighth notes in the woodwinds over a hemiola (a rhythm of three beats against two beats) found in the bells. Brass enter with a festive fanfare for the Easter season and solos are featured in the bass clarinet, flutes, bassoon, and oboe. The familiar church hymn Old Hundredth or Doxology begins in the horns, joined by a rich brass chorale. After a general pause the work continues with exciting alternating rhythms, and ends Gloria in excelsis Deo! with a satisfying three-over-two hemiola.
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
For Grace Episcopal Church, Anniston, Alabama.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: [Alfred Publishing Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown]
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Down by the Salley Gardens (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- Shine Bright (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Vulcan's Forge (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
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- Academy Nights Remembered (as arranger) (2009)
- And Heaven and Nature Ring! (as arranger) (2015)
- And Hope Led Them Home (2013)
- The Angels Mix (2009)
- Angels of Joy! (2020)
- At the Break of Dawn (2020)
- Autumn Rains (2018)
- Autumn Roads (2016)
- Band-O-Ween (as arranger) (2012)
- Battle of the Primes (2017)
- A Beacon of Light (2023)
- Beyond the Forest (as arranger) (2013)
- Beyond the Hedgerow (2020)
- The Birthplace of Kings (2015)
- Born to Be Somebody (as arranger) (2011)
- Bruno Mars on Tour (as arranger) (2018)
- C.R.B. (2015)
- Carrickfergus (as arranger) (2014)
- Cheaha Sketches (2014)
- Cheerleader (as arranger) (2013/2016)
- Christmas Vacation (as arranger) (1989/2016)
- Cool Kids (as arranger) (2013)
- Crossfade (2021)
- Crossroads to the Future (2012)
- Dance of the Garden Gnomes (2022)
- A Day in a Life (2014)
- Dobby (as arranger) (2011)
- The Doors on Tour (as arranger) (1967/2015)
- Down by the Salley Gardens (as arranger) (2020)
- Down by the Salley Gardens (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
- Drive! (2015)
- The Eagles on Tour (as arranger) (2014)
- Fanfare 1127 (2021)
- Finale From the "New World" (2014)
- Flash Point! (2019)
- From the Realms of Glory! (as arranger) (2012)
- Heartbeat Song (as arranger) (2014/2016)
- Heritage and Reflection (2016)
- Holiday Mash-Up (as arranger) (2014)
- In Joyous Flight (2019)
- It's Raining Tacos (as arranger) (2012/2020)
- Jimmy Buffett: The Hits (as arranger) (1978/2020)
- Jingle Bells Remixed (as arranger) (2008)
- Joy! (as arranger) (2018)
- Joyful Tidings! (as arranger) (2021)
- Jubilant Horizons (2017)
- Just Give Me a Reason (as arranger) (2014)
- Led Zeppelin on Tour (as arranger) (2010)
- The Lego Ninjago Movie (as arranger) (2017/2018)
- A Man and His Soul (as arranger) (1959/2011)
- Mash-Up Vol. 1 (as arranger) (2010/2012)
- Mash-Up Vol. 2 (as arranger) (1967/2013)
- Mash-Up Tribute Edition (as arranger) (2012/2014)
- Meat Loaf: The Hits (as arranger) (1977/2019)
- The Never Ending Story (as arranger) (1984/2020)
- Noel, Noel (as arranger) (2015)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem (as arranger) (2015)
- Of Sea and Song (as arranger) (2015)
- On the Third Day (2015)
- Party in the USA (as arranger) (2009/2010)
- Perfection (as arranger) (2018/2019)
- Pictures at an Exhibition (as arranger) (2018)
- Pinball Wizard (as arranger) (1969/2013)
- Rhythmicity (2019)
- Rockin' St. Nick (as arranger) (2017)
- Rocky on Broadway (as arranger) (2015)
- The Rolling Stones on Tour (as arranger) (1966/2013)
- Santa's Fiesta (as arranger) (2007)
- Santa's Rockin' Holiday Mix (as arranger) (2006)
- Saxophone Stew (2014)
- A Scottish Hymn (2023)
- Shepherd's Hey (as arranger) (2009)
- Shine Bright (2020)
- Shine Bright (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace (as arranger) (1818/2011)
- Some Nights (as arranger) (2014)
- Suite from "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (as arranger) (2002/2016)
- Thor's Hammer (2015)
- Time After Time (as arranger) (1983/2021)
- A Tribute to Dave Brubeck (as arranger) (2017)
- Vocalise, Opus 34, No. 14 (as arranger) (1919/2010)
- Vulcan's Forge (2020)
- Vulcan's Forge (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Walkin' the Dog (2007)
Resources
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist. January 2017, pp. 26.
- Patrick Roszell website Accessed 2 August 2021
- Perusal score