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Black Bolt!
Contents
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bluejay Way Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $200.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon
Eb Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet
Soprano Saxophone
Eb Alto Saxophone I-II
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
Bb Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II(Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
Electric Bass
Synthesizer
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Anvil
- Bicycle Horn
- Chimes
- Flexatone
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Mouth Siren
- Police Whistle
- Ratchet
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Whip
- Xylophone
Players whispering
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Black Bolt (or Blackagon Boltagar) is a lesser-known character in the Marvel comic universe. Besides the standard superhuman strength, his super power is called the “hypersonic scream” which he activates simply by the act of speaking. His hypersonic scream is capable of leveling entire cities. Therefore, through meditation and rigorous training, Black Bolt developed the ability to never utter a sound, even while asleep. Black Bolt, a dark and morally complex hero, is represented by a motive drawn from the letters B-O-L-T (Bb, do, La, Ti, or Bb, C, A, B ).
Black Bolt’s arch nemesis is a madman named Maximus. The relationship between Black Bolt and Maximus is complicated by the fact that Maximus is actually Black Bolt’s brother. Furthermore, Maximus’ psychosis was caused directly by Black Bolt’s hypersonic scream. This makes the relationship quite Byronic, twisted and complex. Musically, Maximus is represented by classical quotations (notably from Mozart, Saint-Saëns, and Schubert). The decision to use classical quotations comes from what is now a cliché in the movies of the villain who loves classical music. The quotations are distorted, sometimes grotesquely in order to convey Maximus’ sick mind and twisted sense of humor. Of course, in the end, Black Bolt defeats Maximus. After a moment of sad reflection over his brother’s demise at his hands, Black Bolt returns to his superhero duties, because after all, a superhero’s work is never done.
- Program note by Jess Langston Turner
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Edwin Powell, conductor) – 15 March 2020
- University of North Texas (Denton) Wind Orchestra (Andrew Trachsel, conductor) – 31 October 2019
- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Adam Williamson, conductor) – 15 January 2017
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Wind Ensemble (William L. Lake, Jr., conductor) – 19 November 2015
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville Wind Symphony (Scott Anthony Jones, conductor) - 21 February 2015
- San Diego State University Wind Symphony (Shannon Kitelinger, conductor) - CBDNA Western/Northwestern Division Convention (Reno, Nev.) 13 March 2014
- University of Georgia Wind Ensemble (John P. Lynch, conductor) - 2013
Works for Winds by this Composer
Works for Band and Wind Ensemble
- Black Bolt! (2012)
- Blues for a Squirrel in the Rain (2019)
- Bock Fanfares (2013)
- Concertino Caboclo (2012)
- Dancefares (2016)
- Deep Calls to Deep (2016)
- The Exultant Heart (2016)
- Ford's Machine (2011)
- The Grand Processional of Our Reptilian Overlords (2019)
- He Who Would Valiant Be (2010)
- Heavy Weather -- Concerto for Tuba and Wind Ensemble (2012)
- I Know Moonrise (2019)
- If I Am to Leave... See: Symphony No. 1
- In Light, Accessible... (2015)
- The King of Love, My Shepherd Is (2004)
- Like a River Glorious (2008)
- Lullaby from "Memorial to Silent Voices" (2011)
- Moonstruck Possum Trot (2013)
- Mountain Whippoorwill, The (2011)
- Noche Triste (2013)
- Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt (2017)
- Oh, What a Morning! (2013)
- Reanimations (2014)
- Rumpelstilzchen: A Fairy Tale for Wind Ensemble (2010)
- The Seventh Degree of Freedom
- Symphony No. 1 (2019)
- Through the Looking Glass (2008)
- You'll Come Matilda (Endlessly Waltzing) (2015)
Chamber Works:
- And Can It Be, for brass sextet (2009)
- Agua Nocturna, for chamber winds and percussion quartet (2010)
- Burning Music, for chamber ensemble (2011)
- Falling Wrong, for bassoon and piano (2014)
- I Carry Your Heart, for soprano, piano, and flugelhorn (2008)
- Last Dances of Prospero, for horn quartet (2009)
- Lux Veritas, for brass quintet and harp
- Nocturne Under a Red Moon, for Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, cello, piano, and percussion (2013)
- Nuclear Family, for clarinet quartet (2014)
- Paens for Brass Quintet (2009)
- Tom O'Bedlam, for flute/alto flute and percussion (2014)
- Urban Etudes for Double String Quartet and Brass Quintet (2009)
