Three Extraordinary Journeys

From Wind Repertory Project
Philip Sparke

Philip Sparke


Subtitle: A Tribute to Jules Verne (1828-1905)


General Info

Year: 2006
Duration: c. 14:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Anglo Music, through De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €177.56   |   Score Only (print) - $36.00


Movements

1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – 4:30
2. Five Weeks in a Balloon – 6:05
3. Around the World in 80 Days – 3:45


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Glockenspiel
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-tam
  • Triangle
  • Wood Block
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Written as a tribute to Jules Verne, this three-movement work is based on three of the authors novels: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Five Weeks in a Balloon; and Around the World in 80 Days. Each movement depicts the settings and events of one of the novels in this substantial work for mature bands.

- Program Note from publisher


Commissioned by the Regional Management of Cultural Affairs (Picardie) for Sparke Avenue 2005, Amiens, France.

- Program Note from score


Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well documented, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


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