Across the Sunlit Path

Naoya Wada

Naoya Wada

General Info

Year: 2002 / 2018
Duration: c. 3:50
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Eighth Note Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium/Bassoon
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Written in a classic overture style, this attractive piece was the composer's first, written at the age of 15. Recent revisions have resulted in a work that features a dignified allegro, a flowing andante, interesting lines for each instrument, effective dynamic contrasts, stately percussion writing, and two-part scoring for clarinet and trumpet.

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Florida: I

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Flower Crown (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• In Seizing the Distant Light (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
• Latte Macchiato (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Londonderry Air (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
• The Moon Illuminates the Love Tenderly (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1934/2018)
• To a New Horizon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Wind Blows Where It May (Flex instrumentation) (2016)

All Wind Works

• Across the Sunlit Path (2002/2018)
• Amber Moon (2006)
• As Spring Arrives (2013)
• As The Dawn Breaks (2006)
• Beyond the Light and Darkness (2022)
• The Explorers of Orion (2005)
• Fanfare and Festive Hymn (2016)
• Flower Crown (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
• The Hope of Tomorrow (2020)
• In Seizing the Distant Light (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
• Latte Macchiato (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
• Liberty Fanfare (2006)
• Line of Ants (2007)
• Londonderry Air (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
• The Moon Illuminates the Love Tenderly (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
• On Wings of Magic (2006)
• Pacifica (2006)
• A Portrait of Henry C. Work (as arranger) (2018)
• The Promise of Hope (2007)
• Soaring (2017)
• The Sounds of Spring (with Sato) (2013)
• Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1934/2018)
• To a New Horizon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
• The Wind Blows Where It May (Flex instrumentation) (2016)

Resources

• Naoya Wada website Accessed 22 August 2019
• "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 73/3 (October 2018), p. 75.
• Perusal score