While the Dew Is Still on the Roses
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $92.00 | Score - $18.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Hi-hat
- Marimba
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Tom-tom
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
While the Dew is Still on the Roses was commissioned by Jeff and Betsy Hornick, members of Oregon Symphonic Band. The work is in memory of Jeff’s grandmother, Vanessa Patch. The collaboration of this project resulted as a wonderful act of providence: While tracing his family’s history Jeff discovered that he and composer David Gillingham are related to each other as distant cousins, sharing a common ancestor, Gillingham’s great grandfather, Asbury Wellington Gillingham. Jeff’s parents grew up in Richland Center, Wisconsin, the same town where both of Gillingham’s parents were raised.
The work is based on two lovely old hymns that were played at the memorial service for Vanessa Patch, In the Garden, and Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling. The overall mood of the piece exudes reflection and hope, and is a wonderful addition to the wind band repertoire.
- Program Note from Oregon Symphonic Band concert program, 4 March 2015
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- East Chapel Hill (N.C.) High School Wind Ensemble (Jeff Hornick, conductor) - 15 March 2018
- Oregon Symphonic Band (Portland) (David Gillingham, conductor) - 4 March 2015 (80th Annual ABA National Convention)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Appalachian Counterpoint (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- At Morning's First Light (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Scherzo d'Espoir (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Three Ships (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Abiquiu (2010)
- Aerodynamics (2003)
- America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/2018)
- And Can It Be? (2000)
- Andromeda (2019)
- Angels of the Apocalypse (2013)
- Apocalyptic Dreams (1995)
- Appalachian Counterpoint (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Assurance
- At Evening's First Star (2019)
- At Morning's First Light (2004)
- At Morning's First Light (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
- Au Sable River Festival (2002)
- Be Thou My Vision (1999)
- Bells of Freedom (2002)
- Beneath the Sacred Light (2015)
- Bright Gleams a Beacon (2012)
- Cantus Laetus (2001)
- Century Variants (2009)
- Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1997)
- Concerto for Euphonium, Winds and Percussion (2009)
- Concerto for Horn and Symphonic Band (2008)
- Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Wind Ensemble (1984/2006)
- Concerto No. 2 for Marimba and Wind Ensemble (2008)
- Concerto for Piano, Percussion and Wind Orchestra (arr. Fisher) (2005)
- Council Oak (2002)
- A Crescent Still Abides (1998)
- Crest of Honor (2005)
- Double F Fanfare (2008)
- Drums of Rwanda (2014)
- The Echo Never Fades (2004)
- Finale, from All Hail the Power
- Fire Up
- Foster's America (as arranger) (2003)
- Foundations (2017)
- Galactic Empires (1998)
- Glorified (2010)
- Heroes, Lost and Fallen (1990)
- Homage (2012)
- Home Again (2016)
- Internal Combustion (1999)
- Intrada Jubilante (1979/1999)
- Jeju Memoir (2019)
- Joyau (2019)
- Keep Silence (2004)
- Kentucky Home (2012)
- A Light Unto the Darkness (1997/1998)
- Lucid Dreams (2011)
- Mansions of Glory (2007)
- New Century Dawn (1999)
- No Shadow of Turning (2005)
- Point of Reckoning (arr. Daughtrey) (2015)
- Providence (2003)
- Quintessence I (1997)
- Quintessence II (2006)
- Radiant Moonbeams (2007)
- Rising Star
- Sails of Time (2006)
- Scherzo d'Espoir (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Serenade for Winds and Percussion (2000)
- Set the World on Fire (2023)
- Seven Bagatelles (2014)
- Song Shall Never End, The (2014)
- Sub-Saharan Rhythm (1998)
- Symphony No. 2 (2007)
- Three Ships (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Vintage (1990)
- Vital Signs of Planet Earth (2015)
- Waking Angels (1997)
- When Speaks the Signal Trumpet Tone (1999)
- While the Dew Is Still on the Roses (2013)
- With Heart and Voice (2000)
Resources
- David Gillingham website
- Gillingham, D.; Miles, C.; Thompson, W. (2015). While the Dew Is Still on the Roses [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.