Short Symphony
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General Info
Year: 1996
Duration: c. 13:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental
Movements
1. Allegro - 2:15
2. Adagio in One Phrase - 4:40
3. Scherzo-Rag - 3:05
4. Vivace - 2:25
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
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 I-II
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chinese Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Hi-Hat
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Ride Cymbal (flat)
- Sarna Bell
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-tam (large)
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-toms (high, medium and low)
- Triangle (medium and small)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block (high and low)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This work was commissioned by Lt. Col. Alan Bonner, USAF Commander of the United States Air Force Band, Boling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Murray (Ky.) State University Wind Ensemble (Trae Blanco, conductor) - 18 October 2018
- United States Air Force Band (Washington, D.C.) (Lowell Graham, conductor) - 22 December 1995 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- And Another Thing (2012)
- Big Bertha (2014)
- Blue Windows (2005)
- Brass Flight (1996)
- Brazen Overture (2000/2012)
- Concert Dances (1996)
- Confluence (2014)
- Cri de Coeur (2009)
- Fanfare: Strum (1996)
- Fanfare for a Learned Man (2005)
- Fanfare for Humanity (2003)
- Grand Rondo (1988)
- Hambone (1999)
- He Arose (2007)
- Holy Roller (arr. Boyd) (1997/?)
- An Introduction to the Moon (2005)
- River Fanfare (2004/2015)
- Short Symphony (1995)
- Strut (2003/2008)
- Sun Song (1991)
- Ursa (2010)
- Wait a Minute... (2004)
- With Love and Hisses (1985)
- Within the Circles of Our Lives (arr. Gerike) (1999/2006)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 383.
- Larsen, L. (1995). Short Symphony [score]. Oxford University Press: New York, N.Y.
- Libby Larsen website Accessed 5 February 2021
- "Short Symphony." Wind Band Symphony Archive. Web. Accessed 5 February 2021