British Isles Suite

Larry Daehn

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 6:40
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $76.00 | Score Only (print) - $6.00

Movements

1. Marching Song
2. Barbara Allen
3. Farewell, Dundee

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Here's a remarkably well-done suite based on familiar folk tunes from the British Isles. The composition includes Marching Song (Britons, Raise Your Banners High and March for the Men of Harlech); Barbara Allen; and Farewell Dundee (Adieu Dundee and Auld Lang Syne).

Commissioned by the Wisconsin Youth Band Directors' Association.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Irmo High School Symphonic Winds (Bruce Dinkins, conductor) – 2000

State Ratings

Alabama: Class C
Florida: III
Georgia: III
Kansas: III
Louisiana: I
Maryland: III
Michigan: Senior High C
North Carolina: III
South Carolina: III
Tennessee: III
West Virginia: III

Performances

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Wayne (Neb.) State College Symphonic Band (Josh Calkin, conductor) - 17 November 2020
West Fresno (Calif.) Middle School Honor Band (Jeff Jacox, conductor) - 13 April 2018 (2018 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
Fremd High School (Palatine, Ill.) Concert Band (Jeremy Figlewicz, conductor) – 16 February 2016
Irmo High School (Columbia, S.C.) Symphonic Winds (Bruce Dinkins, conductor) – 23 December 2000 (2000 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)

All Wind Works

633 Squadron (as arranger) (1964/2003)
Adagio Cantabile (as arranger) (1798/2009)
Adagio for Winds (2004)
Allegro: From Brandenburg Concerto #3 (as arranger) (1721/1980)
Aria (as arranger)
As Summer Was Just Beginning (1994)
British Isles Suite (1999)
Chaconne (2011)
Chaconne and Festive Aria (as arranger)
Chaconne in D Minor (as arranger)
Chorale and Fugue in F Major (as arranger)
Christmas Day (as arranger)
Concerto for Prince Johann (as arranger) (c. 1713 / 2011)
Country Wildflowers (1998)
Die Meistersinger Themes (as arranger) (18684/2009)
Highland Echoes (1995)
Fa Una Canzona (as arranger) (c. 1590/1990)
Farewell, Dear Voyager (2000)
Fugue in B-flat Major (as arranger) (1722/1988)
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday (as transcriber) (1905-12/1987)
Irish Trilogy (as arranger) (1961/2003)
Nottingham Castle (1997)
Old Irish Tune (2002)
Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (as arranger)
Pioneer Songs (2003)
Remembrance (2014)
Romany Life (as arranger)
The Running Set (as arranger) (1933/2007)
Sarabande (as arranger) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
Song for Friends, A (1997)
A Song for Friends (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2020)
Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (as arranger) (1893/2007)
Symphony No. 11: Second Movement Excerpts (as arranger) (1957/1989)
Tchaikovskyana (as arranger) (1979/2015)
Themes from "Green Bushes" (as arranger) (1906/1987)
Trieste Overture (as arranger) (2006)
Walking Tune (as arranger) (1900/1940/1988)
West Point Bicentennial March (2002)
Where Eagles Dare (as arranger) (1968/2011)
While I Watch the Yellow Wheat (2002)
With Quiet Courage (1995)

Resources

Daehn, L. (1999). British Isles Suite [score]. Daehn Publications: New Glarus, Wisc.
Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. 2002. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 4. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 138-148.
Perusal score