Beyond the Riverbend

Robert Sheldon

Robert Sheldon

General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00   |   Score Only - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
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:

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

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The contrasting musical styles in this piece make it perfect for concert or festival performances. Inspired by the many moods of the beautiful Susquehanna River, it captures the spirit of hope and optimism of searching for what is in our future, beyond our own "river bend."

-Program Note from publisher

The Susquehanna River has played a significant role in the history of Pennsylvania as well as parts of New York and Maryland. Flowing through Central Pennsylvania, it certainly has become a familiar sight to the residents of Lycoming County. Beyond the Riverbend is inspired by this river, where the music captures the spirit and hope and optimism as each of us searches for what is in our future, beyond our own”riverbend.” This tuneful overture was written for the 2012 Lycoming County Junior Honor Band.

-Program Note from Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony

Inspired by the Susquehanna River and its role in the history of Pennsylvania and parts of New York and Maryland, this uplifting overture conveys a spirit of optimism and hope for what lies in the future, “beyond the riverbend.” A brief introduction leads to an opening allegro section that features energetic melodic material stated by the trumpets, accompanied by syncopated harmonies and driving percussion. A slower, lyrical section then begins with a soft, expressive melody initially presented by the clarinets. Flute, saxophones, and low brass are given melodic opportunities before the piece moves to a spirited tempo primo section that revisits earlier material and leads to a rousing conclusion. Precise execution of dotted rhythms, proper phrasing, careful attention to dynamics, and good balance between melodic lines and accompanying material are needed for a memorable performance.

-Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) Middle School Honor Band (Anne Fruehling, conductor) – 17 February 2016
• Lockport Township High School (Ill.) Wind Symphony (Thomas E. Caneva, conductor) – 18 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
• West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)

All Wind Works

• African Adventure (2011)
• An American Hymntune (as arranger) (2004)
• Appalachian Legacy (1995)
• Appalachian Morning (2008)
• Armenian Anthem (2003)
• Art in the Park (2008)
• As Twilight Falls (2011)
• As a Wind from the North (2006)
• An Australian Sea Ballad (2007)
• An Austrian Carol (2012)
• Awakened Like the Morn (2005)
• Barrier Reef (2002)
• A Bayside Portrait (1984)
• Bellefonte Overture (2006)
• Bermuda Triangle, The (2006)
• Beyond the Higher Skies (1999)
• Beyond the Riverbend (2013)
• Big Brass on Patrol (2004)
• Big Sky Round-Up (2011)
• Black Is the Color... (2009)
• Blaze of Glory (2003)
• Blessed Legacy (as arranger) (2019)
• The Blue Ridge (as arranger) (2017)
• Bounty Hunter from "Advent Rising" (2005/2006)
• Bright Auroral Skies
• Bright Lights! (2015)
• Bristol Bay Legend (1988)
• Brule River Celebration (2002)
• By the River's Edge (2020)
• Canadian Ballad (as arranger) (2010)
• Cape Fear Chronicles (1997)
• A Carol Francais (as arranger) (2016)
• A Carol of Two Mangers (as arranger) (2005)
• Cataclysm (2018)
• Celebration and Song (2009)
• Cellular Symphony (2005)
• The Celts of County Clare (2021)
• Century Point (1998)
• Chanteys (2000)
• Charleston Harbor Celebration (2007)
• Chiaroscuro (2002)
• A Child's Lullaby (2017)
• Children of Gaia (2015)
• Chimney Rock Celebration (2017)
• Choreography (2009)
• A Christmas Couplet (as arranger) (2004)
• Christmastimes Three (as arranger) (2002)
• Cimarron Fanfare (2016)
• Coldwater Creek (1996)
• Commemoration Overture (2013)
• The Common Denominator (2013)
• Commonwealth (2021)
• Construction Zone (2010)
• Continental Divide (2010)
• Conundrum (2008)
• The Corsair's Landing (1991)
• Crazy for Cartoons (2011)
• Crest of Nobility (1989)
• Crossing the Rubicon (2020)
• The Crossings (1999)
• Dances of a Shimmering Spirit (2020)
• Dances of Serenity (2017)
• Danse Celestiale (1989)
• Danzas Cubanas (2010)
• Daydreams (2013)
• Der Lehrmeister (2017)
• Divertimento (1976)
• Dorian Dreamscape (2004)
• Eagle Mountain Overture (1990)
• Edifice (2014)
• El Rey de Fransia (as arranger) (2003)
• El Taco Picante (2017)
• Falcon Lake Overture (2004)
• Fall River Overture (1981)
• Fanfare and Festival (2020)
• Fanfare and Intermezzo (1998)
• Fantasy on an Early American Marching Tune (2008)
• The Final Voyage (2003)
• The Fires of Bandai (2014)
• Flight of the Piasa (2008)
• Flowing Stream (2018)
• Four Winds (1993)
• Garden of the Black Rose (2001)
• Gently Touch the Sky (2001)
• Gently, I Wander (2017)
• Ghost Fleet (2001)
• Glorious Insurrection (2020)
• Golden Panther March (2005)
• "Halo Suite" from Video Games Live (2006)
• Harbinger (2015)
• Hawkeye Overture (2017/2019)
• Hill Country Holiday (2001)
• Holiday Bobsled Run (2013)
• Holiday Sleigh Ride (2003)
• Holiday Snippets (as arranger) (2009)
• Holidays on Parade (as arranger) (2008)
• Hues of Blue (2015)
• Iberian Escapades (2009)
• Images (1994)
• In the Center Ring (2003)
• In the Shining of the Stars (1996)
• In This Quiet Place (2003)
• Incandescent Sky (2019)
• Infinite Horizons (2001)
• Integrity (2007)
• Intrada for Winds (1983)
• Intrepid Journey (2015)
• An Irish Air (2006)
• Irish Ballade, An (2003)
• Jolly Rockin' Nicholas (as arranger) (2015)
• A Joyful Journey (2002)
• Korobochka (2003)
• Lake County Landscapes (2015)
• A Lantern in the Window (1998)
• Legend of Starved Rock (1996)
• Let Evening Come (2000)
• Lindbergh Variations (1991)
• Lion's Gate (2019)
• Lone Eagle (2020)
• A Longford Legend (1999)
• The Lords of Greenwich (2010)
• Lost Colony (1994)
• Lost in Mammoth Cave (2006)
• Lydian Lullaby (2006)
• Manatee Lyric Overture (1986)
• Maqamat (2005)
• March Ceremonial (2005)
• March Mixolydian (2005)
• March of the Hyperion Guards (2014)
• March of the Majestics (2004)
• Mark of Triumph (1985)
• Melody Park (2014)
• The Message on the Rock (2004)
• Metrix (2011)
• Metroplex (2006)
• Mills on the Merrimack (2015)
• The Monster Under the Bed (2005)
• Moon Rocks (2016)
• Moravian Folk Rhapsody (2004/2008)
• Morning Mist (2012)
• A Most Wonderful Christmas (as arranger) (1934/2006)
• The Mystery of Duffy's Cut (2007)
• Mystic Journey (2004)
• Noel Francais (2003)
• Northwest Rising (1999)
• Ocean Ridge Rhapsody (1989)
• Ode to Joy (as arranger) (2013)
• Of Distant Peaks (2012)
• Of Kindred Spirit (1997)
• On Placid Seas (2015)
• Once the Man (2005)
• One Thousand Cranes (2010)
• Open Road (2013)
• Oracles of the Sirocco (2018)
• Overdrive (2015)
• Overture to a New Horizon (2014)
• Palimpsest (2003)
• Paragon (2005)
• Patriotic Salute (2003)
• Patriotic Snippets (2008)
• Pevensey Castle (1993)
• Pevensey Castle (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2012)
• The Phantom of Dark Hollow (2006)
• Phrygian Phantasy (2003)
• Piedmont Festival Overture (2016)
• The Pilgrimage (2011)
• The Pioneer's Passage (2000)
• The Pioneers (2010)
• Pop Culture (as arranger) (2007)
• Power the Earth (2019)
• Praeludium and Dance (2008)
• A Prairie Portrait (2006)
• Prairiescape (1996)
• Prelude on an Old English Hymn (2000)
• Presto! (2014)
• Prevail! (2018)
• Pride of the Grenadiers (2005)
• Pursuit of the Centaur (2016)
• Quest of the Knights Templar (2011)
• Quixotic Episode (2002)
• The Red Covered Bridge (2014)
• Red Rock Canyon (1994)
• Reflections on a New Tomorrow (2012)
• Renaissance Fair (2017)
• Requiem to a Land Forgotten (2007)
• Resurgences (2013)
• Rhapsodic Celebration (2011)
• Ritmico! (2001)
• River Trail Expedition (2011)
• Riverside Overture (2019)
• Rock Island Trail (2002)
• Rock That Bach! (as arranger) (2012)
• Rock This Band! (2019)
• Royal March (2012)
• Sag Harbor Sunset (2011)
• Sandcastle Sketches (1987)
• Savannah River Rhapsody (2012)
• A Scandinavian Folk Tale (2003)
• A Scottish Ballade (2004)
• Serenade (2015)
• Shadows of the Equinox (2012)
• Shenandoah (as arranger) (2003)
• Shenanigans (2009)
• Sugar Creek Overture (2007)
• The Siege of Harlech Castle 2012)
• Silver Spring Soliloquy (1992)
• A Simple Celebration (2001)
• Skydance (2018)
• Snow Globe (2010)
• Sonatina (2016)
• A Song of Hanukkah (as arranger) (2017)
• Sound Innovations Fanfare (2010)
• South Shore Soliloquy (2019)
• Southampton March (2017)
• Southwest Saga (1987)
• Spirit Lake Overture (1991)
• The Spirit of Killian Hill (2007)
• The Spirit of Thanksgiving (as arranger) (2014)
• Spontaneous Combustion (2011)
• Spoon River (as arranger) (1991)
• Star Bright (2018)
• Stately Dances (2015)
• Storm Warning! (2014)
• The Stormchasers (2012)
• Storybrook Mountain (1998)
• Sugar Creek Overture (2007)
• The Swords of Stavanger (2009)
• A Symphonic Celebration (2019)
• A Symphonic Narrative (1992)
• Symphonic Suite from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (as arranger) (2005)
• Synergies (2008)
• Tales of Dundee (2005)
• Tango Argentina (2016)
• There Will Come Soft Rains (2007)
• Three Carols for a Celebration (as arranger) (2007)
• Three Georgian Vignettes (2008)
• Three Miniatures for Winds and Percussion (2005)
• Timberline Overture (2003)
• To Conquer the Skies (2004)
• To a Wild Rose (as arranger) (2014)
• Travelin' Music (as arranger) (2016)
• Triumph of the Argonauts (2014)
• A Ukrainian Christmas (as arranger) (2017)
• Uptown Strut (2013)
• Variants on a Sea Shanty (as arranger) (2014)
• Variants on a Union Hymn (2005)
• Velocity (2009)
• Visions of Flight (1990)
• Voices from the Battlefield (1995)
• Walking Tune (as arranger) (2020)
• Wallaby Walkabout (2003)
• Welsh Ayres and Dances (as arranger) (2003)
• West Highlands Sojourn (1993)
• West Highlands Sojourn (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2014)
• Willow Grove (1992)
• Winds of Morocco (2001)
• Windward Overture (2016)
• With Every Sunrise (2016)
• A Woodland Celebration (2021)
• A Yiddish Lullaby (as arranger) (2012)

Resources

• The Instrumentalist, Vol. 69, No. 2 (September 2014), p. 38
• Robert Sheldon website Accessed 3 September 2021