Vesuvius

Frank Ticheli

Frank Ticheli

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $165.00   |   Score Only - $25.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bongos
• Crotale (1)
• Cymbal (medium and large suspended)
• Gong (Tam-tam)
• Marimba
• Ratchet
• Slapstick (very large)
• Snare Drum
• Tambourine
• Temple Blocks (3)
• Tom-Toms (3)
• Triangle (medium)
• Vibraphone (2 double bass bows)
• Xylophone

Errata

The following errata pertains to the first printing* (black cover):

m. 74, Alto Saxophone I (score and part): Rhythm should be: quarter, quarter, eighth, quarter, quarter. m. 132, Flute 2 (part): Rehearsal number 132 should be moved to the previous measure.

*These errors are corrected in the second printing (2nd printing has blue-black cover. Note, it may "look" like actual black to you until you compare it to true black; it's a black tinged with blue and quite different when put next to the first printing's black cover.)

You have the second printing if www.manhattanbeachmusic.com appears on the back cover.

Program Notes

Mt. Vesuvius, the volcano that destroyed Pompeii in A.D. 79, is an icon of power and energy in this work. Originally I had in mind a wild and passionate dance such as might have been performed at an ancient Roman Bacchanalia. During the compositional process, I began to envision something more explosive and fiery. With its driving rhythms, exotic modes, and quotations from the Dies Irae from the medieval Requiem Mass, it became evident that the Bacchanalia I was writing could represent a dance from the final days of the doomed city of Pompeii.

Program Note by Frank Ticheli

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Michigan State University Wind Symphony (John Whitwell, conductor).
• Audio CD: North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Corporon, conductor).

Audio Link

• MP3 at Manhattan Beach Music

State Ratings

• New York: VI
• Texas: IV
• Virginia: VI

Recent Performances

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• Marquette University Symphonic Band (Jason S. Ladd, conductor) - 14 April 2013
• Cerritos College Band (David Betancourt, conductor) - 17 March 2013 (34th Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)
• La Sierra University Wind Ensemble (Ken Narducci, conductor) - 17 March 2013 (34th Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)
• UC Santa Cruz Wind Ensemble (Robert Klevan, conductor) - 1 December 2012

Additional Works for Winds by this Composer

• Abracadabra
• Amazing Grace
• Amen!
• An American Elegy
• Angels in the Architecture
• Blue Shades
• Cajun Folk Songs, Part One
• Cajun Folk Songs, Part Two
• Earth Song for Band (2012)
• Fortress
• Gaian Visions
• Joy
• Joy Revisited
• Loch Lomond
• Music for Winds and Percussion (withdrawn)
• Nitro
• Pacific Fanfare
• Portrait of a Clown
• Postcard
• Rest (2011)
• San Antonio Dances (2010)
• Sanctuary
• Shaker Gift Song, A
• Shenandoah
• Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
• Sun Dance
• Symphony No. 1 (tr. Green)
• Symphony No. 2
• Vesuvius
• Wild Nights!

Additional Resources

• Frank Ticheli's site at Manhattan Beach Music.
• Darling, John A. (2005) A Study of the Wind Band Music of Frank Ticheli with an Analysis of Fortress, Postcard and Vesuvius. Ohio State University, Doctoral Dissertation.