Roller Coaster
Subtitle: A Symphonic Sketch
General Info
Year: 1999 / 2001
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Mitropa Music, through De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €111.21 | Score Only (print) - €19.16
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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/String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-tom
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Players screaming
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Hang on tight: this is one great ride! Your woodwind section can show off what they do best, with flying fingers and fabulous flourishes that take the listener up and down the tracks of the coaster. You'll feel the anticipation as the coaster climbs the first big hill, be twisted and turned through the changes in the music, and be whisked away as the exhilarating piece unfolds. The band even gets to scream! Just like a coaster ride, it's short and sweet, about three minutes.
- Program Note adapted from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: The Johan Willem Friso Military Band
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Tufts University (Medford, Mass.) Wind Ensemble (John McCann, conductor) - 11 December 2021
- Bundang Wind Orchestra of Korea (H.C. Ahn, conductor) – 9 June 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All the Best (2011)
- Asteroid
- Band Fever
- Bonaparte
- Cape Horn (2008)
- Count of Monte Cristo
- Dragon Fight
- Firefighters
- Funk Attack
- Funky Winds
- Generations Fanfare
- Golden Secret, The
- Groovin Around
- Kyrill: Storm of the Century
- Johannes Gutenberg (2014)
- Last Call
- Man in the Ice
- Mont-Blanc
- Nostradamus
- Roller Coaster (1999/2001)
- Rondo Romantica
- Sax Serenade
- See You
- Solo Bossa (2011)
- Starflash
- Story of Anne Frank, The (2012)
- Unity Fanfare
- Up in the Sky
Resources
- Otto Schwartz website Accessed 24 December 2021
- Perusal score