Saddle Up! (Hill)
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: SARAHTIM Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - Contact Publisher
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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
String Bass
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This Western-themed piece was written over the weekend of March 11-13, 2016. I was home with a cold and looking through some old pictures. I was inspired by the picture of my teacher, Dr. McBeth, holding his saddle. I reflected on my childhood memories of watching old Western movies with Roy Rogers and John Wayne, Western movies such as The Cowboys, Rio Bravo, El Dorado, Big Jake, Chisholm, The Magnificent Seven, Silverado and Lonesome Dove. There were also the many Western-themed TV shows: The Riflemen, The High Chaparral, Wagon Train, Rawhide, Bonanza, The Big Valley, The Virginian and The Wild, Wild West. All special memories of my childhood.
Years ago, I was given a cup by one of my students. It sits on the desk of my home studio. The title, Saddle Up! is borrowed from the John Wayne quote on the cup: "Courage is being scared to death ... and saddling up anyway."
Saddle Up! was not commissioned by any group and was simply written for the sheer fun of it. It was composed as a gift for, and dedicated to, the Ouachita Baptist University Wind Ensemble, Dr. Craig Hamilton, director.
Saddle Up! contains these elements:
- Rise and Shine!...We’re Burning Daylight!...Breaking camp
- Saddle-Up!...Move ‘em out.
- The Drive
- Sunset on the Prairie
- A Night under the Stars
- Sunrise
- Rise and Shine!...We’re Burning Daylight!...Breaking camp
- Saddle-Up!...Move ‘em out
- There’s nothing like bringing in a herd.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Ark.) Wind Ensemble (Craig V. Hamilton, conductor) – 30 October 2017
- California High School Wind Ensemble (Doug Nordquist, conductor)
- Vanguard University Concert Band (Ken Foerch, conductor)
- Cazadero Music Camp Concert Band (Anthony Mazzaferro, conductor)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- ...and streams on the dry land... (2021)
- Before the Mountains Were Born... (2020)
- Chorale: In Memoriam (1980/2018)
- Chorale Prelude on Veni, Veni Emmanuel (2005)
- "come and see the wonders..." (2019)
- Divergents (1982)
- Ezekiel's Vision (1979)
- ...from the rising of the sun... (2020)
- Harmelodic Configurations (2007/2019)
- "...in your splendor ride triumphantly." (2019)
- Lacrimosa (2020)
- McBeth (2014)
- On the Morning of the Third Day (1994)
- The Prairie (2007)
- Remembering "Hammersmith" (2020)
- The River (2018)
- "Run in such a way..." (2019)
- Saddle Up! (2016)
- Yozawa (2020)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Stephen Hill website Accessed 27 August 2020