As the Robin to the Meadow
General Info
Year: 2005
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $50.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Orchestra Bell
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Here is a lovely original piece that has been written in the style of a British folk song. The flowing melody and modal harmonic elements set a pastoral mood, calling to mind the enjoyment of a beautiful spring day in the country.
-Program Note from publisher
This piece was inspired by the composer’s love of British folk-song settings. The flowing melody and modal harmonic elements attempt to set a pastoral mood, perhaps calling to mind the enjoyment of a beautiful spring day in the country
-Program Note by the Creekside Middle School Wind Symphony
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony (Freddy Martin, conductor) - 2005
State Ratings
- Georgia: III
- Louisiana: I
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Creekside Middle School (Carmel, Ind.) Wind Symphony (Wendy Higdon, conductor) – 20 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)
- Atlanta (Ga.) Youth Wind Symphony (Freddy Martin, conductor) – 15 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Escape Route (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- As the Robin to the Meadow (2006)
- The Capital March (as arranger) (1920/2014)
- Castles and Dragons (2006)
- Christmas Fanfares (2004)
- Clouds That Sail in Heaven (2007)
- Counterbalance (2013)
- Critical Mass (2010)
- Cut to the Chase (2012)
- The Dragon's Lair (2008)
- Dynamo (2015)
- Écossaise for Military Band (as arranger)
- Escape Route (2020)
- Escape Route (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Fighting Falcon March (2006)
- Gather Ye Rosebuds (2019)
- Glen Crossing (2010)
- Ignition (2011)
- In tantum lux (2016)
- Knox Bridge Jubilee (2018)
- Lightning! (2004)
- Loco Motion (2015)
- Longthorpe Tower (2019)
- March, Opus 108 (as arranger) (1841/2011)
- Mechanism (2014)
- My Soul a Canvas (2019)
- Noel! (2010)
- Poème (2007)
- Quasars (2009)
- Rampage! (2009)
- Rephrygeration (2016)
- Scramble (2012)
- Shadows Unseen (2017)
- Shady Grove (2011)
- Sketches on a Kentucky Hymn Tune (2005)
- Three Welsh Songs (2013)
- Then I Saw the Lucent Sky (2008)
- Trumpets of Symphony Hall (2012)
- Two Renaissance Sketches (2009)
- Vier Deutsche Weihnachtslieder (as arranger)
- Whirlybird (2013)
- Wildflowers (2018)
- With Uncommon Valor (2017)
Resources
None discovered thus far.