Sinfonia VI: The Four Elements
Subtitle: Earth, Wind, Fire, Water
General Info
Year: c. 1982
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00 | Score Only - $15.00
Movements
1. Wind
2. Earth
3. Water
4. Fire
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bells
- Cymbal (suspended)
- Snare Drum
- Sleigh Bells
- Timpani
- Tom-Toms (low)
Errata
- All, mvt. 2, m.3, beat 3: Should have an accent mark instead of a staccato dot.
- Baritone, m.11, beat 4: Should be accented, not staccato.
Program Notes
Sinfonia VI: The Four Elements presents listeners with a sonic representation of the elements. In the first movement, three solo clarinets take on the role of “Wind”. In movement two, the hearty solo baritone portrays “Earth”. In movement three, the solo alto saxophone and trumpet trade off parts fluidly, portraying “Water”. Finally, the sinfonia ends in movement four, “Fire”, a rousing movement featuring percussion.
- Program Note by Warren Walker for the University of Georgia Hodgson Concert Band concert program, 26 February 2018
Awards
- Sinfonia VI has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Corporon, conductor)
State Ratings
Texas: III
Performances
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- Paul R. Wharton High School (Tampa, Fla.) Symphonic Band (Justin O. Swaim, conductor) 20 February 2020
- Kent State (Ohio) Communiversity Band (John Franklin, conductor) – 1 May 2018
- University of Grorgia (Athens) University Band (Bradley J. Esau, conductor) - 26 February 2018
- Syracuse University (NY) Concert Band (Ben Bardenett, conductor) – 20 February 2018
- Eldred (N.Y.) Central Senior High School Concert Band (Brian D. Nivison, conductor) - 8 June 2017
- Roma (Texas) Middle School Symphonic Winds (Corey L. Graves, conductor) - 15 December 2016 (2016 Midwest Clinic)
- Honey Grove (Texas) High School Band (Dennis Syring, conductor) - 13 February 2015 (2015 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Middle Creek Middle School (Apex, N.C.) 8th Grade Symphonic Band (Erick Stallings, conductor) - 6 March 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- America Verses (1997)
- Bartok Variations (as arranger) (2003)
- Blue Alien Accumulation (2003)
- Blue Goose Rag (as arranger) (1916/1986)
- Burlesco for Band (2006)
- Charlotte Doyle's Voyage
- The Child and the Kings (1995)
- Children and Gentlemen (as arranger) (2010)
- Climbing Eagle Mountain (2009)
- Concert Piece for Trumpet and Band
- Concerto for Marimba
- Deep River (as arranger) (2006)
- Dreams and Fancies (1988)
- Dreams of the Blue River (2009)
- El Jardin de Esperanza (2008)
- Enumeration of the Actual
- Fable and Folk Tale (2005)
- Falling Water (2015)
- Forest Green (as arranger) (2007)
- Four Breton Dances (2007)
- Four in One (2015)
- Geneva (2006)
- Geography of the Dream (2001)
- Green Passacaglia (2005)
- Greensleeves (as arranger)
- Grizzly Bear Rag (1994)
- The Headless Horseman (1973/1980)
- Jody
- Kum Ba Yah (2004)
- Mysterian Landscapes (2001)
- No Sun, No Shadow, Elegy for Charles Mingus
- Old Welsh Reverie (2009)
- Partita for Band (2017)
- Peace Song (1990)
- Pilgrim Traveler (2005)
- Prelude and Fughetta (2005)
- Procession and Torch Dance (1999)
- Rhythm Games: The Waukesha Rondo (2010)
- Rhythm Machine (1986)
- Scale Plus Line (2009)
- Seneca Variations (2015)
- Serenade
- Serenata
- Sinfonia III: Hymns and Dances (1972/2009)
- Sinfonia IV: Suite for Winds and Percussion
- Sinfonia V: Symphonia Sacra et Profana (1990)
- Sinfonia VI: The Four Elements (1982)
- Sinfonia XII: Southern Heart, Sacred Harp
- Sinfonia XIII: Storm Variations
- Sinfonia XIV: Three Canzonas
- Sinfonia XV: Ursa Major
- Sinfonia XVI: Transcendental Vienna (1995)
- Sinfonia XVII: The Four Winds
- Sinfonia XVIII: Aurora (2009)
- Sinfonia XIX: Preludes and Grounds
- Sinfonia XXI (2000)
- Slow March with Celebration
- Sonata for Wind Band (1994)
- Song and Variations (2001)
- Southern Suite
- Streets and Inroads (1975/1980/1996)
- Surfboard Blues
- The Tango Disappearing (2010)
- Theme and Variations (1995)
- Three Pieces for American Band, Set I (1974)
- Three Pieces for American Band, Set II (1982)
- Three Preludes (as arranger)
- Three Scenes (2010)
- Toccata for Band (2015)
- Train Heading West and Other Outdoor Scenes (1998)
- The Water Is Wide, from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
- Wicked Story (2008)
- Yuletide Dances
Resources
- Broege, T. (c. 1982). Sinfonia VI: The Four Elements [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Manhattan Beach Website
- Miles, Richard B. 2000. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 3. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 189-192.