Point of Tranquility
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Subtitle: Idyll for Winds, Brass and Percussion
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bill Holab Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental | Score Only - $60.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This idyll for winds, brass and percussion is inspired by the painting of the same name by abstract artist Morris Louis. “The coloristic freedom and shape” suggested by the painting were the inspiration from which Fuchs has developed his work.
- Program Note from WASBE
Composed expressly for the U.S. Coast Guard Band.
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. U.S. Coast Guard Band (Tod Addison, conductor)
- Audio CD: U.S. Coast Guard Band (Tod Addison, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Chicago (Ill.) College of the Performing Arts Wind Ensemble (Stephen Squires, conductor) - 19 September 2023
- University of Connecticut (Storrs) Wind Ensemble (Jeffrey Renshaw, conductor) - 30 November 2017
- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Tod Addison, conductor) – 8 October 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bass Trombone Concerto (2018)
- Burning Blue
- Christina’s World (1997)
- Coral Springs (2023)
- Discover the Wild (2008/2010)
- On Silver Wings
- Point of Tranquility (2017)
- Rush (2012/2015)
- United Artists (2008)
Resources
- Kenneth Fuchs website Accessed 8 October 2017
- "POINT OF TRANQUILITY (Idyll for Winds, Brass and Percussion) by Kenneth Fuchs (USA, 1956)." WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 11 April 2022). Accessed 8 January 2023