Connacht Rhapsody

David Holsinger

David Holsinger

General Info

Year: 2014 / 2018
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: V-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $115.00   |   Score Only (print) - $14.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Anvil
• Bass Drum
• Claves, metal
• Crash Cymbals
• Marimba
• Orchestra Bells
• Snare Drums (2)
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Temple Blocks
• Triangle
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned to honor the retirement of A.G. McGrannahan from the University of Nevada, the title of this delightful work is drawn from the name of the province in West Ireland, where the McGrannahan family name originated. Written as an Irish rhapsody and using original melodic material, the composer states, "This is not a heavy composition. It's just for fun! It's a busy Irish hoe-down with a few quiet moments to honor my friend of several decades and more, on this, his retirement year." Fast paced and spirited with changing meters and occasional reflective sections, the piece offers significant technical challenges for each section.

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Reno (Nev.) Wind Symphony (David R. Holsinger, conductor) - 4 March 2015 (80th Annual ABA National Convention)
• University of Nevada Wind Ensemble (A.G. McGrannahan III, conductor) - CBDNA Western/Northwestern Division Convention (Reno, Nev.) 14 March 2014 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Abram’s Pursuit (1998)
• Adagio (2000)
• The Adventures of Kid Cam, the Rocketman! (2014)
• American Faces (1996)
• Ancient Dances (2020)
• The Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf (1981)
• Army Ants March and Boogie (2005)
• At the Strongholds of En Gedi (1996)
• Ballet Exaltare (1999)
• Ballet Sacra (1990)
• Battle Music (1990)
• A Call to Celebration (2012)
• Canticles! (2001)
• The Case of the Mysterious Stranger (1990)
• The Chase (2003)
• A Childhood Hymn (as arranger) (1862/1991)
• City Symphony
  • Cityscape I (Festive Hours Neon Night) (2001)
  • Cityscape II (Lonely Hours Anguished Night) (2004)
  • Cityscape III (Morning Hours Salvation Light) (2008)
• The Cluster Bluster Fluster March (1991)
• Connacht Rhapsody (2017)
• Consider the Uncommon Man (1992)
• Deborah's Triumph/Jael's Revenge (2016)
• Deerpath Dances (1996)
• Divertimented Dances (2006)
• The Easter Symphony (1986-1997)
• Elegy on an American Folk Tune (2006)
• Elegy on an Evening Hymn (2013)
• Every Morning New (2002)
• Falcon Attack! (2002)
• Fanfare for Brass and Timpani (2003)
• Fanfare for Such a Time as This (2007)
• Fanfare for the Glorious NayCart (2002)
• Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong (1999)
• Fantasy on Old Hundred (2019)
• Festiva Jubiloso (2000)
• Festival Music for a Silver Celebration
• Fort Canterbury March (1989)
• The Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron (1988)
• Gears Pulleys Chains (2006)
• Gmyway’s Revenge! (1994)
• Graysondance (1993)
• Gypsydance (1994)
• Havendance (1985)
• The Helm Toccata (1991)
• Hero Music (2005)
• Homage: Three Tapestries (1999)
• Hopak Raskolniki (1980)
• If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else (1990)
• In Praise of Gentle Pioneers (1996)
• In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to War (1991)
• A Jolly Walk in Hibbertland (1991)
• Kaylen Dreaming (2006)
• Kansas City Dances (1978)
• Lake Canterbury Regatta (1993)
• Last Run (2020)
• A Little Adventure Music (2002)
• Little Fantasy on an American Hymn (2009)
• A Little Mystery Music (1996)
• Liturgical Dances (1984)
• The Maelstrom (2009)
• The March of the Combat Patrol (1991)
• March of the Grand High Poobah (2006)
• March on a Russian Hymnsong (2003)
• Mobbusters! (1994)
• Nilesdance (1987)
• On a Childhood Sunday Song (2004)
• On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason (1990)
• On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (1989)
• On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowry (1993)
• On a Southern Hymnsong (1993)
• On an American Spiritual (1991)
• On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances (1988)
• On the Cul-de-sac, Three O’clock, Friday Afternoon (1999)
• On the Grand Prairie Texas (1989)
• On the Overland Stage to El Paso (2006)
• One Day in a Small Town (2004)
• Otserf II : Revenge of the Warrior Prince (2009)
• Partita Allegro (1997)
• The Peasant Village Dance (1990)
• Praises! (2001)
• Prairie Dances (1998)
• Prelude and Presto (2018)
• Prelude and Rondo (1976)
• The Pride of Buxmont (2000)
• Providence Unfinished (2002)
• Quiet River (2011)
• Reagan of Illinois (2011)
• Reagan of Illinois Part II (2013)
• Riding With the Frontier Battalion (2000)
• Scaling the North Wall (1990)
• Scootin’ on Hardrock (1999)
• Scrappy Bumptoe’s Picture Cards and Ragtag Diary (1981)
• Sinfonia Voci (1993)
• Soliloquy (2020)
• Some Give All (2016)
• A Song of Moses (1999)
• Summer to Fall: A Love Song (2006)
• Symphonia Glorioso (2006)
• Symphonic Movement (2000)
• Texas Promenade (1999
• Til His Hand Grew Tired and Froze to the Sword (2004)
• To Live a Life Triumphant (2007)
• To Tame the Perilous Skies (1990)
• Von Grrrhart’s 613th Regimental March (1994)
• The War Trilogy: 1971 (1999)
• The White Rose (as arranger) (1917/)
• Zinphonia (2017)

Resources

• David Holsinger website Accessed 29 August 2021
• Holsinger, D.; McGrannahan, A. [2018]. Connacht Rhapsody [score]. TRN Music: [Alto, N.M.].
• "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 73/10 (May 2019), p. 28.
• Perusal score