Divertimento for Flute and Concert Band

Alfred Reed

Alfred Reed

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General Info

Year: 1998
Duration: c. 6:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Molenaar's Muziekcentrale N.V.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €135.00   |   Score Only (print) - €27.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Flute
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II-III
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Triangle
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by the Band of Blue Club, an alumni organization consisting of former members of the Middle Tennessee State University Band in honor of the long time director of this group, Joseph T. Smith. In this piece, the soloist has the opportunity to display virtually all aspects of contemporary flute performance: from the purely lyrical to the technically virtuoso level, all set off against the other colors of the modern wind orchestra.

Although Divertimento For Flute is in one movement it is comprised of a lyrical introduction followed by a scherzando with varying rhythms. Some of the melodic elements of the introduction appear in a slightly modified form at the end mingling with the thematic material of the scherzo, bringing the piece to a logical conclusion.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• McMurry University (Abilene, Tex.) Wind Ensemble (David Robinson, conductor; Karla Ordonez,flute) – 7 November 2017
• Brass in Concert (Tobias Liedtke, conductor; Angela Zabel, flute) – 24 April 2016

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Alleluia! Laudamus Te (1973)
• Arioso (as arranger)
• Armenian Dances (1972-1978)
  • Armenian Dances, Part One (1972)
  • Armenian Dances, Part Two (1978)
• Autumn Leaves (as arranger) (1947/2017)
• Ballade (1956/1999)
• Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 Suite (as arranger) (1965)
• Canto e Camdombe
• Celebration Fanfare, A (1989)
• Ceremony of Flourishes (1964)
• Chanson Triste (1989)
• Chorale Prelude in E minor (1953/1966)
• Christmas Celebration, A (1987)
• Christmas Intrada, A (1980)
• Clear Track Polka (2000)
• Come, Sweet Death (as arranger) (1736/1976)
• Concertino for Marimba and Winds (1993)
• Curtain Up! (1991)
• Danza Caribe
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (as arranger) (1653/1724/1990)
• Divertimento for Flute and Concert Band (1998)
• Double Wind Quintet (1975)
• El Camino Real (1985)
• El Camino Real (arr. Longfield) (1985/2013)
• Enchanted Island, The (1980)
• Fanfare and Processional (2005)
• The Fantasticks (as arranger) (1966)
• Fantasy on "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (as arranger) (1973)
• A Festival Prelude (1962)
• A Festive Overture (1963)
• Fifth Suite for Band (1995)
• Finlandia (as editor)
• First Suite for Band (1975)
• Forget Me Not, O Lord (as arranger) (c. 1736/1985)
• Fourth Suite for Band (1994)
• Funiculi Funicula (as arranger)
• Giligia (A Song of Remembrance)
• Golden Year, The
• Greensleeves (1993/2011)
• Gypsy Dance (as arranger) (1872/1997)
• Huldigungsmarsch (as editor) (1864/2002)
• Highlights from "Exodus" (as arranger) (1960/1962)
• Highlights from Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (as arranger)
• The Hounds of Spring (1981)
• Hymn Variants
• I Left my Heart in San Francisco (as transcriber; ed. Rogers) (1954/1963)
• Imperatrix
• In Dulci Jubilo (as arranger)
• Intrada Drammatica (1968/1992)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (as arranger) (1723/1981)
• Jidai (2001)
• Joyeux Noël (2002)
• A Jubilant Overture (1970)
• A Jubilant Overture (arr. Conaway) (1970/2011)
• King of Love My Shepherd Is, The (1995)
• L’Arlésienne Suite No 2 (as editor, with McAlister) (1872/2002)
• Little Concert Suite, A (1984)
• Mancini! (as arranger)
• March Grandioso (as arranger) (1901/1969)
• Mary Poppins (as arranger) (1964/2006)
• Millennium III
• Mr. Music
• Music for Hamlet (1973/2018)
• The Music-Makers (1968)
• Music Man, The: Highlights (as arranger)
• My Heart is Filled With Longing (as arranger) (c. 1710/1986)
• Nimrod (as arranger) (1899/1965)
• Northern Legend, A
• Ode for Trumpet (1956)
• Othello (1977)
• Our Father Who Art in Heaven (as arranger)
• Pilgrim's Chorus (as arranger) (1845/1991)
• The Pledge of Allegiance (1970)
• Praise Jerusalem! (1986)
• Prelude IV (as arranger) (1983)
• Prelude and Capriccio (1978)
• Presentation of the Silver Rose (as arranger)
• Punchinello (1974)
• Radetzky March (as arranger) (1993)
• Rahoon (1965)
• Ramparts of Courage, The
• Rosalind in the Forest of Arden (2005)
• Rushmore (1981)
• Russian Christmas Music (1944)
• Russian Christmas Music (arr. Curnow) (1944/1990)
• Seascape: A Dramatic Intermezzo for Solo Baritone (Trombone) and Band
• Second Century
• Second Suite for Band (1980)
• Serenade (1966)
• The Severn Suite (1973)
• Siciliana Notturno (1977)
• Silver Shadow (Concert March)
• Sine Nomine (as arranger) (1906/1976)
• Sixth Suite for Band
• Slavonic Folk Suite
• Springtime Celebration, A
• Symphonic Prelude (1963)
• Symphony for Brass and Percussion (1967)
• Symphony No. 3 (1988)
  • Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner
• Symphony No. 4
• Sumus Futuro
• Tarantella (1996)
• Theme from "Lawrence of Arabia" (as arranger) (1963)
• Third Suite For Band
• Three Chorales (as arranger; ed. McAlister) (?/2013)
• Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra (1984)
• Thunder and Lightning
• The Tsar's Farewell (as arranger) (2001)
• Twelfth Night (2003)
• Two Bagatelles for Brass Ensemble and Percussion (1995)
• Two Bagatelles for Concert Band
• Two Bagatelles for Four Trombones
• Vilia
• Viva Musica! (1984)
• With Trumpets And Drums

Resources

• Perusal score
• Reed, A. (1998). Divertimento for Flute : For Flute and Band [score]. Molenaar: Wormerveer, Holland.