Symphonic Overture

James Barnes

James Barnes

This work bears the designation Opus 80.

General Info

Year: 1991
Duration: c. 9:40
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $175.00   |   Score Only - $37.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (optional)
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III (all div. a2)
B-flat Trumpet I-II
F Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Cello (optional)
String Bass (optional)
Harp (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Castanets
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Guiro
• Pop Gun
• Sandpaper Blocks
• Sleigh Bells
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tam-tam
• Tambourine
• Triangles (2)
• Vibraphone
• Wood Block
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This work was commissioned as a "large, Romantic-style overture" by Lt. Col. James M. Bankhead to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force Band. The band premiered the work at the March 1991 American Bandmasters Association convention in Tempe, Arizona.

After a bold and extended introductory fanfare, followed by the principal theme in solo oboe, the middle section features a lengthy alto saxophone solo. A second fast development, including some special "champagne music" (complete with a cork sound for the celebration), recaps the opening fanfare in a presto coda.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Georgia: VI
• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
• New York: Concert Band VI
• North Carolina: VI
• South Carolina: VI
• Virginia: VI

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Edina (Minn.) High School Concert Band (Paul Kile, conductor) – 6 November 2017
• Foothill Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (David Bruce Adams, conductor) – 12 March 2017
• U.S. Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.) Band (Tod Addison, conductor) – 21 January 2017
• University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Angela Holt, conductor) – 12 October 2016
• La Salle College (Philadelphia, Penn.) Wind Orchestra (NGAI Lung Ching, Kelvin, conductor) - 12 July 2014
• San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (David Rackley, conductor) - 20 March 2010

Works for Winds by this Composer

• All Pleasant Things (1998)
• Alvamar Overture (1981)
• Appalachian Overture (1983)
• Arioso and Presto
• Autumn Soliloquy (1987)
• Breckenridge
• Brookshire Suite (1980)
• Caribbean Hideaway
• Carnaval in São Paulo (2003)
• Centennial Celebration Overture (1986)
• Century Tower
• Chorale and Jubiloso (1998)
• Chorale Prelude on a German Folk Tune (1986)
• Citadel (2015)
• Concerto for Tuba (tr. Rogers) (1996)
• Credo (2016)
• Crossgate (1984)
• Danza Sinfonica
• Desperate Pursuit (2012)
• Dexter Park Celebration (2017)
• Dream Journey
• Eagle Bend
• Eaglecrest (1984)
• Eisenhower Centennial
• Escenas de los Aztecas (2012)
• Fanfare and Capriccio
• Fanfare and Processional (2018)
• Fanfare for West Point
• Fanfares and Alleluias
• Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Nicolo Paganini (1988)
• Festival Concert March
• Foxfire
• Golden Festival Overture
• Heatherwood Portrait
• High Plains Overture
• Hobart Centennial March
• Hunter Park
• Impressions of Japan (1994)
• Inspiration Point
• Inventions on Marching Songs
• Invocation and Toccata (1982)
• Jubilation Overture
• Legend
• Leroy Anderson Portrait, A (as arranger)
• A Light in the Wilderness
• The Lightning Brigade (2018)
• Lonely Beach (1993)
• The Long Gray Line (1988)
• Lyric Interlude (1980)
• Maracas from Caracas
• Meditation (2017)
• Nulli Secundus
• The Old Guard
• Pagan Dances (1996)
• The Perishing Rifles
• Poetic Intermezzo (1985)
• Porgy and Bess (as arranger) (1928/2002)
• Quest (2016)
• Rapscallion
• Rhapsodic Essay
• Ritmico (2018)
• Riverfest (1985)
• Romanza
• The Silver Gazebo
• A Solemn Prelude
• Sorcery Suite (2002)
• Spitfire Overture (1991)
• Stone Meadows
• Sunflower Saga
• Symphonic Essay (2012)
• Symphonic Overture (1991)
• Symphonic Requiem (2015)
• Symphony No. 2
• Symphony No. 3 (1997)
• Symphony No. 4
• Symphony No. 5 (2000)
• Symphony No. 9 (2018)
• Tchaikovsky Suite
• The Texans (1986)
• Three Symphonic Fanfares (1989)
• Toccata Fantastica
• Torch Dance
• Trail of Tears (1989)
• Trailridge Saga
• Tribute (2011)
• Twin Oaks
• Variants on a Moravian Hymn
• A Very American Overture
• Visions Macabres (1984/2006)
• We the People
• Westport Overture
• Westridge Overture (1983/1991)
• The Wild Blue Yonder (2008)
• Yama Midori
• Yorkshire Ballad (1985)

Resources

• Barnes, J. (1992). Symphonic Overture [score]. Southern Music: San Antonio, Tex.
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 37-38.