Siciliana Notturno

Alfred Reed

Alfred Reed

General Info

Year: 1977
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Cost: Score and Parts - $65.00   |   Score Only - $6.95

Instrumentation

Full Score
Alto Saxophone Solo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp (synthesizer)
Percussion, including:

• Glockenspiel
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This music was originally conceived as the second movement of a five-movement suite for four-part Cello Orchestra with Double Bass, titled Suite Concertante. Some years later, this suite was re-worked for full String Orchestra under the same title, and both versions were subsequently published. A setting for solo Alto Saxophone with Piano accompaniment, made at the suggestion of the American saxophone soloist, Fred Hemke, and edited by him, was the next published version of this music. An unpublished arrangement by the composer for solo Viola and Piano for the American violist, Pamela McConnell, became still another version in 1993. The present adaption for solo Alto Saxophone and Band was made for the Japanese saxophone virtuoso, Toshihisa Ogushi.

The music for all five versions has remained almost exactly the same, the only exception being a change of key for the viola version. This dreamy, gently undulating siciliana, with its haunting melodies has become one of the composer's most frequently performed works.

Program Note from the Printed Score

Commercial Discography

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State Ratings

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• Alleluia Laudamus Te
• Armenian Dances, Part One
• Armenian Dances, Part Two
• Celebration Fanfare, A
• Chanson Triste
• Christmas Intrada, A
• Clear Track Polka
• Concertino for Marimba and Winds
• Curtain Up! (A Theater Overture for Winds)
• Danza Caribe
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness
• Divertimento for Flute and Winds
• El Camino Real
• Festival Prelude (1962)
• Festive Overture, A (1963)
• Fifth Suite for Band (1995)
• First Suite for Band (1975)
• Fourth Suite for Band
• Funiculi, Funicula
• Giligia (A Song of Remembrance)
• Golden Year, The
• Greensleeves
• Hounds Of Spring, The
• Hymn Variants
• Imperatrix
• Jubilant Overture, A
• King of Love My Shepherd Is, The
• Little Concert Suite, A
• Millennium III
• Mr. Music
• Northern Legend, A
• Othello (1977)
• Praise Jerusalem
• Prelude IV
• Punchinello
• Radetzky
• Rahoon
• Ramparts of Courage, The
• Rushmore
• Russian Christmas Music (1944)
• Second Century
• Second Suite for Band
• Silver Shadow (Concert March)
• Siciliana Notturno (1977)
• Sixth Suite for Band
• Slavonic Folk Suite
• Springtime Celebration, A
• Symphonic Prelude Based on Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
• Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 4
• Sumus Futuro
• Tarantella
• Third Suite For Band
• Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra
• Thunder and Lightning
• Two Bagatelles for Concert Band
• Vilia
• Viva Musica
• With Trumpets And Drums

Additional Resources

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