Vision
Subtitle: On an Irish Hymn Tune
General Info
Year: 2007
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Written in memory of the composer's grandfather, this work is based on the old Irish melody Slane (also the hymn tune for Be Thou My Vision). The work is a set of free-flowing variations, many exhibiting a dance-like quality. Though written over a long period of time, the work exudes a spontaneous quality, as well as tremendous imagination and compositional craft.
- Program Note from publisher
To the Austin Symphonic Band, Richard Floyd, Director.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Austin Symphonic Band (Bill Haehnel, conductor) - 2007
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Austin (Tx.) Symphonic Band (Bill Haehnel, conductor) – 22 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Air from Ancient Ireland
- Alpha Patrol March
- An American Songbook (2006)
- Blue Streak (2005/2014)
- Canyon Lake Reflections
- Canyon of the Eagles
- Chorale Prelude on "Nettleton" (2020)
- Highclere Castle
- Holy Night, Silent Night (as arranger) (1847/2014)
- Latin American Dances #2 (2012)
- Louisiana Sketches (2015)
- Make Sail!
- New Orleans Sunday Morning
- Rising (2022)
- Rondo Picoso
- Saddle Up! (2012)
- Sandringham Castle
- Song of a Summer Night
- Tango en Siete
- Variations on "La Folia"
- Vision (2007)
- Westwood Manor
Resources
- Clifton Jameson Jones website Accessed 8 January 2022
- Jones, C. (2007). Vision: An Old Irish Hymn Tune [score]. Grand Mesa Music: Grand Junction, Colo.
- Perusal score