Arctic Fire

Robert Buckley

Robert Buckley

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This work is the first movement of Buckley's suite Portraits of the North.

General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00   |   Score Only (print) - $7.50

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-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV

(percussion detail needed)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The cinematic approach to the music of Arctic Fire portrays many different images of the North - the crimson sunlight glinting off the icebergs, the radiance of the northern lights, the blaze of the red twig dogwood, the scarlet red sunsets, and the fiery spirit of the people who live there. The piece opens and closes with a series of dramatic musical snapshots. In between, the music evolves and transforms through a wide range of stylistic textures and moods.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• North Carolina: V

Performances

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• Phoenix (N.Y.) Community Band (Colleen Dailey, conductor) – 16 May 2016
• Queensland Wind and Brass (Brisbane, Aus.) (Alisa Jones, conductor) – 1 August 2015

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Cathedral Grove
• Codebreaker
• Continuum
• December
• Doctor Who (as arranger) (2016)
• Eagle Song (as arranger) (2018)
• Echo Lake
• Excerpts from "The Rite of Spring" (as arranger)
• Fantasy on the Huron Carol
• Free Running (2012)
• I Am the Doctor (as arranger)
• Jitterbug! (2018)
• LOL (2016)
• Pacifica (Buckley)
• Portraits of the North
  • Arctic Fire (2014)
  • Land of the Midnight Sun
  • Iditarod (2013)
• Postcard from England (2014)
• Postcard from Pittsburgh (2013)
• Prestidigitation (2016)
• Procession of the Sorcerers
• ReBoot
• Red Sky
• Rock It Science
• The Seas of the Moon
  • Foaming Sea
  • Sea of Tranquility
• Smoke and Mirrors
• Thunderbird
• Undercurrents (2016)
• Walking to the Sky (2016)
• Windjammer (2011)

Resources

• Bob Buckley website Accessed 18 May 2016