Dillon's Flight

From Wind Repertory Project
Ralph Ford

Ralph Ford


General Info

Year: 2007
Duration: c. 5:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00; (digital) - $72.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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 (or PAD Bass)
Synthesizer
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Cabasa
  • Chimes
  • Congas
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Hi-Hat
  • Marimba (optional)
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Inspired by the legend of the Phoenix! This bird of fire, here from the beginning of time, is still living today in a hidden desert land. In order to live, the Phoenix must be consumed by fire and rise from the ashes in glorious triumph. This dynamic musical depiction resonates with energy and inspiration.

- Program Note adapted from publisher


Dillon's Flight is based upon the ideals and precepts established by the code of conduct at Emerson J. Dillon School. Being located in the community of Phoenix, New York, their mascot, appropriately, is the mythical bird that I found in the legends of Egypt Greece, China, Arabia and Native American cultures. It is a bird of fire that doe not lay eggs, ha no younglings, was here at the beginning of time and still lives today in a hidden desert land. It I the glorious bird of the sun that possesses red and gold dazzling brilliant feather like the sun itself. Every 500 years, the sun burn down on the Phoenix until a flash of light appears and it becomes consumed by the flames of fire. From the pile of silvery-grey ash rises up a young Phoenix, which grows rapidly until its original size I recaptured. The young Phoenix then take flight and sings its glorious song to the sun for another 500 years.

Commissioned by the Emerson J. Dillon Select Band, Phoenix, New York, James DeMauro, David Frateschi and Kim Gould, conductors.

- Program Note from score


Media


State Ratings

  • Indiana: ISSMA JH/MS/ELEM BAND GROUP I
  • South Carolina: IV
  • Tennessee: IV


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