Sparkle (Harbinson)
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 7:11
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) – $80.00 | Score Only (print) – $11.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bells
- Guiro
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Splash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Sparkle glistens with the energy of new life. Built from staccato ostinati, relentless rhythms, biting harmonies, and soaring themes, the work shines with brilliance and power. From the first measure to the last, the work drives forward with fire and intensity to the powerful ending.
Sparkle is dedicated to Mason William Ensley, the composer's grandson, born on July 16, 2010.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- North Carolina: VI
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Aberystwyth Variants (2015)
- Aisling Gaelach (2010)
- All the Starry Band (2004/2005)
- Appalachian Folk Song Suite (as arranger) (2001)
- At Twilight (2014)
- Better Angels (2019)
- Blue Devil Dancing (2020)
- Blue Ridge Portrait
- Converse Fantasy (2011)
- Concerto for Trumpet and Winds (2010)
- Dan River Festival (1996)
- Diamond Fantasy (2001)
- Engelberg Variations (1999)
- Evensong (2008)
- The Hornet's Nest (2019)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (2002)
- Introduction, Allegro, and Dance
- Legend of the Saura (2000)
- Lincoln Legend (2003)
- The Maestro's Flourish (2005)
- Mandjiani (2004)
- Mysteria (2000)
- Of Fire and Ice (2012/2015)
- River Songs of the South (as arranger) (2007)
- Rugby Heritage (2021)
- Sandhills Saga (2020)
- Southwest Overture (1993)
- Sparkle (2011)
- Three Studies in English Folk Song (as arranger) (1927/1999/2003)
- Trek to the Summit (2019)
- Upon the Wings of the Wind (2002)
- Variations on an American Hymn Tune (1998)
- Victory (2019)