Wheels
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 3:05
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: LudwigMasters
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
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
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Mallet Percussion
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Take a spin with this musical picture that captures the incessant motion and ever-moving character of the wheel. It is a vibrant, pulsating portrayal of an invention that changed mankind forever.
- Program Note from publisher
Intended to celebrate the profound impact the wheel has had on humanity, from the simple enjoyment of a hula hoop to essential uses in transportation and manufacturing, this invigorating work would be ideal as an exciting change-of-pace.
-Program Note from The Instrumentalist
Media
State Ratings
- Mississippi: V-A
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- New Taipei Municipal Ji-Sui Junior High School Band – 28 December 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Caribbean Carnival (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
- A Sailor's Odyssey (Flex instrumentation)(as arranger) (2004/2020)
All Wind Works
- All Trails Lead West (2007)
- Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (as arranger) (c. 1770/2015)
- American Gothic (2009)
- American Ramble (2016)
- Balfour Castle (2009)
- Caribbean Carnival (2007)
- Caribbean Carnival (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2020)
- A Chanukah Celebration (arr. Soper) (1995)
- Chanukah: The Festival of Lights Overture (1996)
- City of Glass and Steel (2006)
- Clowns! Clowns! Clowns! (2009)
- The Comic (2012)
- A Concert Fanfare (2016)
- Diamond Falls (2013)
- Divertimento for Tuba and Band (2013)
- Fantasy on "March Slav" (as arranger) (1876/2019)
- Festival at Camelot (2017)
- Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1 (as arranger) (1862-76/2019)
- Grand Central Station (2016)
- The Iron Horse Across America (2009)
- The Iron Pagoda (2016)
- Irish Fantasy (2013)
- Luminosity and Other Colorations (1995)
- The Mall of America (2009)
- March of the Trolls (2007)
- Midnight Fair (2018)
- Mission: Explore Strange New Worlds (2010)
- Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement (as arranger) (1774/2013)
- A New Orleans Moment (2012)
- A Night in Budapest (2016)
- Of Demons, Spirits, and Creatures of the Night (2001)
- Oceanic Scenes (2004)
- Procession at Bayham Old Abbey (2017)
- Ragtimeout (2017)
- A Sailor's Odyssey (as arranger) (2004)
- A Sailor's Odyssey (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2020)
- Sonidos de Sevilla (2009)
- Symphony No. 1: Finale (as arranger). See: Finale from Brahms Symphony No. 1
- Symphony No. 29: First Movement (as arranger). See: Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement
- Theme and Variations for the Chanukah Festival
- The Traffic Circle (2017)
- Variations on "Russian Sailor's Dance" (as arranger)
- The Visionary (2006)
- Viva Mexico! (2015)
- Wheels (2016)
- Whodunit? (2004)
Resources
- David Bobrowitz website Accessed 3 September 2019
- "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 71/8 (March, 2017), p. 30.
- Perusal score