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Companions on the Journey
General Info
Year: 2006 / 2008
Duration: c. 3:25
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $52.00; (digital) - $52.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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 (6 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree (or Wind Chimes)
- Bells
- Claves
- Congas (or Bongos)
- Crash Cymbals
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Ride Cymbal
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Companions on the Journey is a song of joy, camaraderie and celebration. Imagine the thrill and excitement of travelling with friends to a foreign country for the very first time. It was composed for the Xavier College Wind Ensemble from Melbourne, Australia, in conjunction with the group’s 2006 tour of the United States.
The journey commemorated the 500th year since the birth of St. Francis Xavier, the 450th year since the death of St. Ignatius and the 150th anniversary of Jesuit education in Australia. The ensemble’s mission was to meet and share music with Jesuit schools in America and to celebrate this historic year on the Jesuit calendar.
The light harmonic and melodic material of the main section is woven over a steady percussion groove and invites positive feelings and happiness associated with international travel. The middle section directly quotes, and is based on Christopher Willcock’s anthem Sursum Corda, composed as the alma mater for Xavier College. The two themes first work together in counterpoint and are then followed by a glorious complete statement of Sursum Corda. The initial theme soon returns and concludes with a successful and happy landing.
- Program Note from publisher
Written for the Xavier College Wind Ensemble, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Joanne Heaton, conductor.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble (Chestertown, Md.) (Charles Thai, conductor) – 17 March 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
- African Dreams (2012)
- Bayou Breakdown (2004)
- Comet Flash (2019)
- Companions on the Journey (2006/2008)
- Country Gardens (as arranger) (1918/2013)
- Cumberland Falls Overture (2008)
- Dean Dowdy
- The Dragoon's Farewell (1998)
- Exuberance (2012)
- Ghost Dancing (2012)
- A Golden Celebration (2010)
- Homeward Bound (as arranger) (1991/2009)
- If I Should Go (2021)
- In My Native Country (as arranger) (1886/1999)
- J.S. Jig (2008)
- The Journey (2009)
- Mambo Furioso (2001/2006)
- Memor Vita! (2010)
- The Old Red Mill (2010)
- Photo Finish! (2007)
- Quirks (2012)
- Reluctant Joys (as arranger) (2020)
- Runway Five (2014)
- A Sacred Suite (2006)
- See Rock City (2011)
- Shannon Lake (2002/2003)
- Slumber, My Darling (as arranger) (1862/2006)
- Songs of Old Kentucky (2007)
- Spy Chase (2005)
- They Shall Run and Be Free (2009)
- Unbridled Spirit!
- Vanity Fair (as transcriber) (2006)
- Vital Signs (2019)
- When Hearts Tremble (2017)
- With Visions of Tomorrow (2013)
- With Wind and Water (2018)
- Wondrous (2015)