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Silent Shadows to the Last
Subtitle: Three Walt Whitman Poems for Soprano and Band
General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: James Syler
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $150.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00
Movements
1. Look Down Fair Moon
2. A Clear Midnight
3. A Prairie Sunset
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Soprano Voice
Flute
Oboe I-II
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bells
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle (small)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
There are very few works for soprano and grade 3 band. Thanks to Dr. Brett Richardson at the University of the Incarnate Word for leading a consortium of colleges and ensembles to commission this work. The music is technically accessible, yet still artistically mature with a strong lyrical flow. What a joy it was to set these timeless Walt Whitman poems to music – Look Down Fair Moon, A Clear Midnight, and A Prairie Sunset.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Oklahoma Baptist University (Shawnee) Symphonic Winds (Timothy Kaiser, conductor; Jennifer Watson, soprano) - 3 March 2023
- University of the Incarnate Word Wind Ensemble (Brett Richardson, conductor) – 2020
- University of Connecticut (Storrs) Wind Ensemble (Vu Nguyen, conductor) - 25 February 2019
- Florida International University (Miami) Wind Ensemble (Brenton F. Alston, conductor; Vindya Khare, soprano) – 14 November 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
All Wind Works
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- A Blue Streak (2010)
- Cantique (2012)
- Congo Square (2016)
- Country Bandstand (2002)
- Fantasia on Brother James' Air (2023)
- Fantasia on "Silent Night" (2011)
- Fields (1994)
- Galop (as transcriber) (c. 1909/2013)
- Gearbox (2009)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- The Harmonious Blacksmith (as arranger) (1720/2020)
- Hocus Pocus (2013)
- The Hound of Heaven (1988)
- Hymn for Emmanuel (2015)
- Love Among the Ruins (2016)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- Minton's Playhouse (1994)
- O Magnum Mysterium (1996)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Seasons (2022)
- Silent Shadows to the Last (2017)
- Sinfonietta (2012)
- Storyville (1996)
- Suite Argentine (2020)
- Suite Louisiane (2018)
- Symphony No. 1, “Blue” (1999)
- Symphony No. 2 (2019)
- Tattoo (2005)
- The Temptation of St. Anthony (2014)
- Wu Xing (2016)
Resources
- James Syler website Accessed 9 May 2020