Atlantic Rhapsody
Subtitle: Sketches on the Navy Hymn: "Eternal Father, Strong to Save"
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 7:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
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
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Cabasa
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Marimba
- Ocean Drum
- Ship's Bell (optional)
- Slapstick
- Snare Drum
- Splash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Tom-Tom, low
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Robert Thurston uses the U.S. Navy Hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save as a starting point for his expansive Atlantic Rhapsody, using the tune’s melodic motifs to create moods ranging from reflective and prayerful to buoyant and adventurous. With his usual flair for musical detail, and interesting lines in every part, Thurston has written the soundtrack for an exhilarating musical voyage.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the Atlantic Pops Community Band, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Dr. Mark Kadetsky, Music Director.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Atlantic Pops Community Band (Mark Kadetsky, conductor) – 17 April 2019 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Across the Clouds (2005)
- Ascendance (1998/2002)
- Assurance (2019)
- Atlantic Rhapsody (2020)
- Chief of Staff March (2010)
- Departures (2014)
- Dreidel Dance (2006/2017)
- Fantasia for a King (as arranger) (1998/2002)
- Festive Dances (2000/2001)
- The Flight of the Falcon (2003)
- Frontier (1990/2005)
- Gates of Freedom (2001)
- The Heart of a Mustang (2017)
- Here We Come A-Wassailing (as arranger) (2007)
- Hiding in the Shadows (2020)
- The Midday Blues (2017)
- Mischief (2019)
- Ningabii’anose
- Red Hills Saga (2017)
- Salute (2019)
- Simple Gifts (as arranger) (2017)
- Songs of the West (2003)
- Time Travels (2012)
- Tower of Inspiration (2019)
- Uprising (2003)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Robert Thurston website Accessed 11 September 2021