Celtic Air and Dance

Michael Sweeney

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General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00; (digital) - $45.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F (optional)
Low Brass & Woodwinds
Percussion I-II

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Drawing on the rich and varied tradition of Celtic folksongs, this piece opens with the touching and melodious The Parting Glass. The flutes and percussion take center stage on the dance-like Tha Mi Sgith (A Fairy's Love Song), then the entire band gets into the act for the rousing finish.

- Program Note from publisher

Celtic Air and Dance features two traditional folk melodies. The slower opening section, The Parting Glass, can be traced to the year 1605, although it is frequently found in popular culture, such as the season three premiere of The Walking Dead. The second section features a faster setting of the traditional lullaby “Tha Mi Sgrth” (A Fairy’s Love Song). This arrangement is the first of several for young band by Michael Sweeney, including Celtic Air and Dance No. 2 and No.3, and Celtic Air and March.

- Program Note from Riverwatch Middle School Symphonic Band concert program, 21 December 2017

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Argyle High School Wind Ensemble (Kathy K. Johnson, conductor) - 2007

State Ratings

Florida: I
Georgia: II
Kansas: II
Maryland: II
Mississippi: I-A
North Carolina: II
South Carolina: II
West Virginia: II

Performances

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Granby Junior Senior High School Band (Granby, Massachusetts) (Richard Sargent, conductor) - 8 February 2019
Riverwatch Middle School (Suwanee, Ga.) Symphonic Band (Mary Land, conductor) - 21 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
South Central Border League Middle School Honor Band (Argonia, Kan.) – 2015
Argyle (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Kathy K. Johnson, conductor) – 20 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Armed Forces on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
Black Forest Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2008)
Born to be Wild (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1990/2006)
Celtic Air and Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007/2020)
The Christmas Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2011)
Christmas Time Is Here (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1965/2003/2020)
Circle of Life (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1994/2020)
Down by the Salley Gardens (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2017)
The Forge of Vulcan (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2013)
Highlights from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1994/2018)
Imperium (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2020)
Knights of Destiny (Flex instrumentation) (2000/2011)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1874/2012)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2003/2006)
Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1937/2019)
West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1957/2015)
White Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1940/2006)

All Wind Works

Across the Northern Sky
Algona Crossing (2017)
An American Salute (1989)
Ancient Voices (1994)
Armed Forces on Parade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2007)
Aztalan (2009)
Beyond the Seven Hills (1999)
Black Forest Overture (1996)
Black Forest Overture (Flex instrumentation) (1996/2008)
Blue Mambo (2017)
Born to be Wild (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1990/2006)
Call of the Champions (as arranger)
Cayuga Lake Overture (2006)
Celtic Air and Dance (2007)
Celtic Air and Dance No. 2 (2008)
Celtic Air and Dance No. 3 (2011)
Celtic Air and Dance No. 4 (2018)
Celtic Air and Dance No. 5 (2020)
Celtic Air and March (2014)
Celtic Farewell (2016)
Chester (as arranger) (2020)
The Christmas Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1945/2011)
Christmas Time Is Here (as arranger) (1965)
Christmas Time Is Here (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1965/2003/2020)
Circle of Life (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1994/2020)
Coldwater Crossing (2010)
Corinthium (1994)
Crossings in Time (2006)
Dance of the Spirits (2011)
Dansbury Run (2013)
Dialogues (2003)
Distant Horizons (1995)
Distant Thunder of the Sacred Forest (2003)
Down by the Salley Gardens (as arranger) (2006)
Down by the Salley Gardens (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2017)
Down to the River (as arranger) (2019)
Due North (2014)
Earth and Sky (2013)
Earthdance (2010)
Emerald Awakening (2012)
Equinox (1993)
Fanfare and March (2004)
Fanfare and Presto (1998)
Farandole (as arranger)
Fires of Mazama (2005)
The Forge of the Vulcan (1997)
The Forge of Vulcan (Flex instrumentation) (1997/2013)
Fractures in Time (2017)
Gates of Orion (1997)
Gathering in the Glen (2010)
Great Movie Adventures (as arranger) (2006)
Half Moon on the Hudson (2007)
A Hard Day's Night. See: Selections from "A Hard Day's Night"
High Water Mark: The Third Day (2002)
Highlights from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1968/1994/2018)
Horkstow Grange from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as arranger)
Hudson River Run (2020)
Hymn to the Fallen (as arranger) (1998/2000)
Imperium (1992)
Imperium (Flex instrumentation) (1992/2020)
Irish Rising (as arranger) (2016)
John Williams: Movie Adventures (as arranger) (1977/1999)
Kinesis (2004)
Knights of Destiny (2000)
Knights of Destiny (Flex instrumentation) (2000/2011)
Lament and Tribal Dances (2001)
Last Full Measure (2013)
Legend of Devil's Lake (2011)
Legends in the Mist (1996)
Lincoln Legacy (1999)
Lisbon from "Lincolnshire Posy" (as adapter) (1937/2017)
Lost Lady Found (as arranger) (1937/2011)
Marches of the Armed Forces (as arranger) (1991)
Memory (as arranger)
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (as arranger)
Moai (2017)
Monmouth Overture (1999)
Music from ''Les Misérables" (as arranger) (1980/1998)
Music from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (as arranger) (1977/2016)
Mystic Dance (1999)
Night on Bald Mountain (as arranger) (2004)
Northland Pines (2013)
On Joyful Wing (2018)
On the Edge of Tomorrow (2009)
On the Wings of Swallows (2000)
Out of the Shadows (2003)
Paine Mountain Legacy (2020)
Pantheon (1999)
Panther Rising (2019)
Particles (2014)
Passages (2009)
The Path Not Taken (2019)
Pegasus (2001)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1874/2012)
Pirates of the Caribbean (as arranger) (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2003/2006)
Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (as arranger) (2010)
Prelude and Pursuit (2013)
Quad City Stomp (2008)
River Rendezvous (2016)
River of Hope (2009)
River of the Ancients (2004)
Rock, River, Tree (2015)
Root Beer Rag (as arranger) (1974/1981)
The Royal Tower (2001)
Rumble on the High Plains (2005)
Salute to the Duke (1999)
Sawdust City Celebration (2013)
Selections from "A Hard Day's Night" (as arranger) (1964/1999)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (as arranger) (1967/2007)
Shenandoah (as arranger) (2003)
Shorewood Overture (2014)
Silverbrook (2006)
A Simple Song (as arranger) (2011)
Sleepsong (as arranger) (2019)
Song for Hope (2011)
Southern Folk Rhapsody (2005)
Southwind (as arranger) (2015)
Spirit of Avalon (1998)
Spring City Overture (2015)
Stardance (2012)
Strike Force (2007)
Suite from "MASS" (as arranger)
Summon the Heroes (as arranger)
Swamp Rabbit Stomp (2016)
Swing the Mood (as arranger) (1990)
Themes from "The Black Panther" (as arranger) (2018)
Themes from "First Suite in E-flat" (as arranger) (1909/2006)
Themes from "New World Symphony" (as arranger) (1893)
To Soar with Eagles (2013)
Troy! (2009)
Trumpet Tune (as arranger) (2001)
Two Movements from "Lincolnshire Posy" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1937/2019)
Valley of Fire (1998)
Variants on an American Hymn (2000)
Viking (2016)
Villages (2014)
West Side Story (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1957/2015)
When the Sun Breaks Through the Mist (2006)
White Christmas (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1940/2006)
Wildcat Valley Fanfare (2017)
Wilderness Scenes (2004)
The Willow Tree (as arranger) (1995/2018)
Woodland Odyssey (2002)
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (as arranger) (1949/2006)
Year of the Dragon (2000)

Resources

Sweeney, M. (2007). Celtic Air and Dance [score]. Musicworks: Milwaukee, Wisc.