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Connacht Rhapsody
Contents
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
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
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)
- Adventures of Kid Cam, the Rocketman!, The (2014)
- American Faces (1996)
- Ancient Dances
- Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf, The
- Army Ants March and Boogie
- At the Strongholds of En Gedi (1996)
- Ballet Exaltare
- Ballet Sacra
- Battle Music
- A Call to Celebration (2012)
- Canticles!
- Case of the Mysterious Stranger, The
- Chase, The
- Childhood Hymn, A (1991)
- City Symphony
- Cluster Bluster Fluster March, The
- Connacht Rhapsody (2014)
- Consider the Uncommon Man
- Deborah's Triumph/Jael's Revenge (2016)
- Deerpath Dances
- Divertimented Dances
- The Easter Symphony (2001)
- Elegy on an American Folk Tune
- Elegy on an Evening Hymn (2013)
- Every Morning New
- Falcon Attack!
- Fanfare for Brass and Timpani
- Fanfare for Such a Time as This
- Fanfare for the Glorious NayCart
- Fantasy on a Gaelic Hymnsong (1999)
- Fantasy on Old Hundred (2018)
- Festiva Jubiloso
- Festival Music for a Silver Celebration
- Fort Canterbury March
- Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron, The (1988)
- Gears Pulleys Chains
- Gmyway’s Revenge!
- Graysondance
- Gypsydance (1994)
- Havendance (1982)
- Helm Toccata
- Hero Music (2005)
- Homage: Three Tapestries
- Hopak Raskolniki (1980)
- If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else
- In Praise of Gentle Pioneers
- In the Spring At the Time When Kings Go Off to War (1991)
- Jolly Walk in Hibbertland, A
- Kaylen Dreaming (2006)
- Kansas City Dances
- Lake Canterbury Regatta
- Last Run
- Little Adventure Music, A
- Little Fantasy on an American Hymn
- Little Mystery Music, A (1996)
- Liturgical Dances (1982)
- Maelstrom, The
- March of the Combat Patrol, The
- March of the Grand High Poobah (2006)
- March on a Russian Hymnsong
- Mobbusters!
- Nilesdance
- On a Children's Sunday Song
- On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason (1990)
- On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (1988)
- On a Hymnsong of Robert Lowery
- On a Southern Hymnsong (1993)
- On an American Spiritual (1991)
- On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances
- On the Cul-de-sac, Three O’clock, Friday Afternoon
- On the Grand Prairie Texas (1989)
- On the Overland Stage to El Paso
- One Day in a Small Town
- Otserf II : Revenge of the Warrior Prince
- Partita Allegro
- Peasant Village Dance, The
- Praises! (2001)
- Prairie Dances (1998)
- Prelude and Presto (2018)
- Prelude and Rondo (1976)
- Pride of Buxmont, The
- Providence Unfinished
- Quiet River (2011)
- Reagan of Illinois (2011)
- Reagan of Illinois Part II (2013)
- Riding With the Frontier Battalion
- Scaling the North Wall
- Scootin’ on Hardrock (1990)
- Scrappy Bumptoe’s Picture Cards and Ragtag Diary
- Sinfonia Voci (1993)
- Soliloquy
- Some Give All (2016)
- A Song of Moses
- Summer to Fall: A Love Song
- Symphonia Glorioso (2006)
- Symphonic Movement (Holsinger)
- Texas Promenade
- Til His Hand Grew Tired and Froze to the Sword
- To Live the Life Triumphant
- To Tame the Perilous Skies (1990)
- Von Grrrhart’s 613th Regimental March
- War Trilogy: 1971, The
- The White Rose (as arranger) (1917/)
- Zinphonia (2017)
References
- 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
