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Blue Radiance
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $140.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo (optional)
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-VIII, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Cabasa
- Crash Cymbals (suspended)
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Splash Cymbal
- Suspended Cymbal (medium)
- Tambourine
- Tom-Toms (2)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The idea for this piece came during an encounter with America Windows by Marc Chagall at the Art Institute of Chicago. My initial reaction to these stained-glass windows was one of peace as I observed the vibrant blue light fill the area. As I looked more closely at each panel, I was most intrigued by the left panel because it was filled with energetic musical images such as fiddles, a trumpeter, and various musical notes. The entire panel seemed both rich with harmony as well as melody. Blue Radiance is the result of what I hear when I look at this work of art and reflect on the role of light.
- Program Note by composer
Commissioned for the 47th Annual Libertyville Festival of Bands.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Libertyville (Ill.) High School Combined Bands (Justin Johnson, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Libertyville (Ill.) High School Combined Bands (Justin Johnson, conductor) - 17 November 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
- Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Articulate March (2016)
- At a Crossroads (2022)
- Autumn Air (2016)
- Be Still and Still Moving (2020)
- Beauty Broken (2015)
- Blue Radiance (2020)
- Bright Shadow Fanfare (2021)
- Catharsis (2020)
- Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (2018)
- Dance the Joy Alive (2016)
- Eternity in an Hour (2016)
- I Will Lament and Love (2018)
- Image on Truth (2019)
- Letters from the Traveling Doll (2021)
- Look Not Upon Us (2011)
- Monterey Sketches
- Night Watches (2020)
- On a Hill Far Away
- Postcard from Sequoia (2019)
- Postcard from Sequoia (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Resound (2021)
- Safely Rest (2020)
- Shifting Shadows
- Solace Dance (2016)
- Solace Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
- The Spirit Is Willing (2023)
- Spring Fanfare (2016)
- Sunflower Studies (2023)
- Three Miniatures (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Through Wind and Whispers (2014)
- Where Words Cannot Go (2020)
- Woven
- You Decide (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Resources
- Nicole Piunno website Accessed 17 November 2022
- Perusal score