Spring Serenade
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $210.00 | Score Only (print) - $34.99
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Tom-Toms
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Spring Serenade was written for the Butler University Wind Ensemble in Indianapolis, Indiana, conducted by my great friend, Robert Grechesky, who had conducted the premiere performance of my work,Shadowcatcher for brass quintet and wind ensemble in 1997 with the American Brass Quintet and subsequently performed the solo part in the premiere performance of my Euphonium Concerto, also with Butler. Spring Serenade was the third wind ensemble piece which Robert Grechesky was responsible for – a joyful, celebratory work written for a wind ensemble festival held at his school in 2006. Musicians from around the state of Indiana participated in this exciting festival, and many of them performed the premiere under his direction at the culminating concert. The work brims with lively themes, rich chorales, lyrical lines and fanfarish gestures, all celebrating the beautiful, rich colors inherent in the glorious sounds of wind instruments.
- Program Note by composer
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) University Band (James Popejoy, conductor) - 7 March 2023
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Celestial Dancers (2007)
- Celtic Hymns and Dances (1990/1995)
- Concert Fanfare (2000)
- Concerto for Bass Trombone or Tuba and Wind Ensemble (arr. Allen) (2000)
- Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (2004)
- Concerto for Marimba and Chamber Ensemble (orch. Lasley) (1999/2007)
- Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble (orch. Allen) (1999/)
- Concerto for Oboe and Wind Ensemble (2010)
- Down a River of Time (tr. Hile) (1999/2022)
- Fanfarría Castellana (2012)
- Fantasia for Seven Trumpets
- Flight (2004)
- Hold Fast Your Dreams (2010)
- A Hymn for the Lost and Living (2002)
- Legacy (2000)
- ...Of a Fortress Over a River Valley (2000)
- ...Of Fields of Glory
- ...Of Home and Country (2000)
- Tattoo (2000/2015)
- On Wings of Song (2010)
- Shadowcatcher (1996)
- Southern Landscapes (2004)
- Spring Serenade (2015)
- Symphony in Brass (1992)
- Triple Concerto (2013)
- Visions of Light (2003/2006)
- A Western Fanfare (1997)
Resources
- Eric Ewazen website Accessed 7 March 2023
- Ewazen, E. (2015). Spring Serenade: For Band [score]. Theodore Presser Company: [King of Prussia, Penn.]
- Perusal score