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Toast to Ben, A
General Info
Year: 2006 / 2011
Duration: c. 9:15
Difficulty: V+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Nutmeg Press
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II-III
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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=IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum (medium and large)
- Cowbell
- Crash Cymbals (small and medium)
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Timbales
- Tom-tom
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Players singing
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The composer described the piece as "a raucous toast that incorporates two drinking songs beloved by Franklin." In his program note about the piece, the composer wrote:
…the piece begins with a verse sung by the ensemble before the music takes off in a fast, celebratory toast. At the midpoint of the piece, the ensemble sings two verses from one of Franklin's … famous drinking songs, The Old Man's Wish [which Ben sang] thousands of times in his youth and quoted…more than once in correspondence.
-- "Program Note from The New Winds of Change
Transcribed from a work commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin.
- Program Note from publisher
Originally commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra. This transcription was made for Maestro Thomas Caneva and the Ball State University Wind Ensemble.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Video: Reference recording. Ball State University Wind Ensemble (Thomas Caneva, conductor) – 2011
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Wind Ensemble (John Lynch, conductor) – 15 November 2011
- Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Thomas Caneva, conductor) – 23 March 2011 (CBDNA 2011 National Conference, Seattle, Wash.) *Transcription Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Campane di Venezia (2016)
- Pyramus and Thisbe (2007)
- A Toast to Ben (2006/2011)
- With Wings Like Eagles (2013)
Resources
- Battisti, Frank. The New Winds of Change. Meredith Music Publications, 2018, 320. Print.
- Daniel Kellogg website Accessed 13 August 2021
- Perusal score