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Time Travel
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General Info
Year:1997
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Winger-Jones Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00 | Score Only - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Eb Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Soprano Sax
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium BC and TC
Tuba
Double Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Field Drum
- Temple Blocks
- Bells
- Chimes
- Ratchet
- Flexatone
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Water Triangle
- Suspended Cymbal
- Cymbals
- Guiro
Errata
- The tuba part contains 14 bars of rest too many between rehearsal numbers 138 and 159.
Program Notes
A modern minimalist work by the popular contemporary composer, Daniel Bukvich, Time Travel was based originally on the mathematical relationships found in the wheels/gears of a mechanical clock movement. It evolved into a work with a very distinctive Ravel flavor.
-Note by publisher
Felix Hauswirth of Zurich, Switzerland, commissioned Time Travel. It was originally conceived as a minimalistic composition based upon the mathematical relationships found in the wheels and gears of a mechanical clock movement, the “wheel train.” The ratios and directions of rotations furnished material for form, pitch centers, melodic fragments, and rhythm. There are some Ravel-like sounds in the piece. As he was working on this piece, Bukvich noticed that he hadn't been using the note B natural, which in the solfege scale would be “ti”. The abbreviation for “ti” in “sol-fa” is the letter T. The composer removed the letter T from Time Travel and got “ime ravel” (or “I’m Ravel”), creating a play on words. This is why, at the end of the piece, one hears the horns playing B naturals. There are some special effects in the piece that sound like train whistles, boat whistles, and car races. At times, it is kind of a take-off on Ravel's Bolero.
-Program notes by William Johnson
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Audio Clip
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
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- San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra (Williams V. Johnson, conductor) - 27 October 2012
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Agincourt Hymn
- Before Thy Throne I Now Appear
- Buffalo Jump Ritual
- Casco Bay
- Celebrate Celebration
- Changing Concepts
- Child's Dream of a Star, A
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestral Winds
- Cowboys
- Dinosaurs
- Dream of Abraham, The
- Electricity
- Fanfare for 1990 Goodwill Games
- Fanfare for a Great Circle
- Fanfare in Song Form
- Four Phrases from Psalm 91
- Hymn of St. Francis
- Maine Vigils
- March of the Children's Guard
- Meditations on the Writings of Vasily Kandinsky
- Music for Percussion and Band
- Night City - Music for the Imaginary Film
- Rhythm
- Scenes from Childhood (Bukvich)
- Song Suite for Band
- Surprise, Pattern, Illusion: Prehistoric Cave Ceremonies
- Symphony No. 1, "In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945"
- Three Phrases from Yugoslav Folk Songs
- Threnos (Bukvich)
- Time Travel (1997)
- Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums
- Virgin and Child with St Anne, The
- Voodoo
- Xylophone Concerto
Additional Resources
None discovered thus far.
