Tidal Forces
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 7:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $175.00 | Score Only (print) - $35.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
On the surface, Tidal Forces is a water piece. From Claude Debussy’s La Mer to Mason Bates’s Liquid Interface, composers from every decade have sought to musically romanticize the meditative, the majestic, and at times, the destructive power of water. Above all, the music is meant to be a celebration of life ever-changing and to some degree even a spiritual reflection on these invisible strings that bind us together.
- Program Note by composer
Commissioned by the Bethel High School [Spanaway, Wash.] Band in memory of Daniel Riedstra; John M. Wetherington, director.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Maryland: VI
- Ohio: OMEA High School Band AA
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Symphony Band (Onsby C. Rose, conductor) – 2 December 2015
- San Jose (Calif.) State University Summer in the City Wind Ensemble (Edward C. Harris, conductor) – June 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Drawing Mars (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Finding the Words: ii. Undefined (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
All Wind Works
- As Midnight on a Moonless Night (2011)
- Blue Ambience (2003)
- Brooklyn Air (2016)
- Camerado (2013)
- The Cave You Fear (2014)
- City Trees (2012)
- Desert Sage (2022)
- Drawing Mars (2019)
- Drawing Mars (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Dreamland (2011)
- Elixir (2012)
- Embers (2015)
- Famishius Fantasticus (2012)
- Finding the Words
- Finding the Words: ii. Undefined (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Forever Summer (2016)
- Instinctive Travels (2009)
- JoyRiDE (2005/2014)
- Machiavelli's Conscience (2017)
- Monk by the Sea (2015)
- Reckoning (2017)
- Remember the Molecules (2013)
- Saturn Returns (2014)
- Shadow Rituals (2006)
- Shine (2010)
- Street Flair (2022)
- Summoning Graces (2019)
- Sunny-Side Up (2018)
- Tidal Forces (2010)
- The Tonic of Wildness (2017)
- Turkey in the Straw (2008)
- Unfamiliar Territory (2013)
- Walden (2011)
- You Are Cordially Invited (2016)
Resources
- Markowski, M. (2011). Tidal Forces: For Concert Band [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Michael Markowski website