Reign of Fire
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 6:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $9.00
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Bongos
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The title is a reference to an asteroid impact that struck the earth on the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, leaving the Chicxulub Crater, which measures 110 miles in diameter and 12 miles deep. Scientists consider this impact to be the cause of a climate disruption and the mass extinction of all plant and animal life, including the dinosaurs. Somewhat programmatic, the work unfolds in three distinct and contrasting sections. The introductory Time of the Ancients represents a time before the impact. The much quicker Reign of Fire depicts the cataclysmic moment of impact, while the closing New World represents the stillness and darkness that led to the ultimate rebirth of the planet.
- Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Heritage Woods Secondary Senior Concert Band (Port Moody, B.C.) (Katherine Fester, conductor) – 21 November 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/2013)
- American Dance Episode (2020)
- Angels We Have Heard on High (2004)
- Aztec (2005)
- Caliber (2012)
- Concerto for Trumpet in C and Piano (2009)
- Concerto for Two Trumpets (2013)
- Conquest (2012)
- Da Vinci Sketches (2004)
- Dakota Fanfare (2010)
- December Sky (2005)
- Epiphany (2007)
- Equus (2004)
- Fable (2017)
- Fantasia on a Christmas Carol (Morales) (2006)
- Fantastic Journey (2014)
- First We Dream (2011)
- Forest Brook Overture (2008)
- Four Moons (2008)
- Good King Wence-Salsa (2010)
- Grand Canyon Jubilee (Morales) (2006)
- The Great American Frontier (2004)
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing (2008)
- Harlequin Dance (2012)
- Haywire (2018)
- The Hive (2008)
- I'll Be Home For Christmas (as arranger) (2009)
- The Impossible Machine (2007)
- Infinite Ascent (2008)
- Keepers of the Fire (2016)
- March of the Patriots (2010)
- O Holy Night (2005)
- One Giant Leap (2014)
- Raiders of the High Seas (2007)
- The Red Baron (2009)
- Reign of Fire (2017)
- Reverie (as arranger) (2012)
- Revolution (2005)
- Rhythm of the Spheres (2011)
- Rhythmata (2004)
- Rockwell Portrait (2009)
- Runaway Circus Train (2015)
- Soaring (2010)
- Sunburst (2009)
- Three Meditations (2004)
- Through Darkened Sleepy Hollow (2006)
- Thunderscape (2007)
- Urban Dances (2005)
- We Wish You a Mambo Christmas (as arranger) (2011)
- Winds of Destiny (2011)
- Wingwalker (2012)
- With Ever Joyful Hearts (2007)
Resources
- Erik Morales website
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist. September 2017, 36. Print.
- Perusal score