View from the Mountaintop

Timothy Mahr

General Info

Year: 1994
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A Kjos Music
Cost: Score & Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $8.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contrabass 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
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Claves
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Maracas
Sandpaper Blocks
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tom-tom (low)
Triangle
Tubular Bells
Vibraphone
Woodblock

Errata

In Parts:

B-flat Soprano Clarinet II, m.55, beat 4 : Should be F
B-flat Soprano Clarinet II, m.59, beat 4 : Should be F

In Score and Parts:

B-flat Tenor Saxophone, m.34: Should be F#
B-flat Tenor Saxophone, m.70: Should be Eb
B-flat Cornet II, m.70: Should be Eb
Horn in F I-II-III-IV, m.70: Should be Ab

Program Notes

The View from the Mountaintop was commissioned by the Music Eductors National Conference to celebrate the adoption of world class National Standards in the Arts. The work was premiered at the MENC National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1994 by the Park Hill High School Symphonic Band (Kansas City, MO), John D. Bell, conductor.

The composer says, "In contemplating the idea behind the commission, I found a parallel between the act of climbing to greater heights during a journey in order to see into the distance (the future)...and the notion that our educational leaders had to struggle in order to devise a set of world class standards that would guide the future of arts education in our country. The View from the Mountaintop attempts to depict this effort in sound. The work travels from low to high pitch, from dark to light colors, and from slower to faster tempi. Majestic music announces the arrival at the top of the mountain and portrays the exhilaration that comes with a sense of accomplishment..."

This work was also supported by a Faculty Development Grant from the School of Fine Arts of the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Program Note from the Printed Score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony (Andrew Boysen, Jr., conductor).

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adoramus Te, Christe (as arranger)
and in this dream there were eight windows... (2003)
Appalachian Folk Dream (2016)
Argentum (1986)
Blue Sky Day (2006)
Bridge Square March (2005)
Bright Side (2015/2018)
Carolina Folk Dream
Climb the Castle Walls! (2011)
Dauntless (2015)
Daydream (1989)
Diamond Celebration (2009)
Dig Down Deep (2013)
Endurance (1991)
Etched in Stone (2018)
Everyday Hero (2011)
Fanfare and Grand March (1980)
Fantasia in G (1982)
Festivals
Fields of Grain as Seen From a Train (2008)
Flourish (2000)
GF Redux: "It's Yours", from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Heroic Rhapsody (2009)
Heroic Valor (2009)
Hey! (2001/2005)
Honoris Causa (2009)
Hymn and Celebration (1994)
Imagine, If You Will... (2013)
Imagining Peace (2018)
Immigrant Dreams (1992)
Imprints
Inaugural Dances (2006)
Into the Air! (1998)
Look In/Look Out (2018)
A Mighty March (2003)
Mountain Prayers (2006)
Mourning Dances (2001)
Mr. Kallman (2019)
Noble Element (2007)
Passages (1984)
Pride, Promise and Progress (2009)
A Quiet Place To Think (1999)
Retreat, from All Hail the Power (2002)
The Soaring Hawk (1991)
Sol Solator (2009)
Spirits Ablaze (2013)
Spring Divertimento (1992)
Suite for Band (2014)
Symphony No. 1 (2016)
Uncle Lumpy's Garage (2005)
Urgent Voices (2020)
The View from the Mountaintop (1996)
When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers (1997)

Resources

Timothy Mahr website