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Escape from Chronopolis
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 4:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
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
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Ratchet
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Twirling Tubes (2)
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block (2)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The story concerns a future time, when clocks and timepieces have been banned. It seems that Chronopolis, the Time City, was overrun with clocks and the concept of timekeeping such that everything was metered to the "nth" of a second. The city grew so large and intricate that only by timing everything to the millisecond would all run smoothly. Every footstep, phone call, bus stop, and meal was timed in order to prevent chaos. Eventually there was a rebellion. Living under the pressure of nanoseconds was too much for the human organism to endure. All timekeeping was eventually banned. Chronopolis (the story) follows one man's search for a return to timekeeping.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
- Mississippi: III-A
- Oklahoma: III-A
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alone the Sun Rises (2002)
- Aresti Dance
- Arts in the Park
- Band Trip (2015)
- Beneath Night’s Shadow
- Blackstone River Echoes
- Caccia (2004)
- The Circle (2000)
- A Dream of Mountains (2000)
- Dunharrow Overture
- Emerald Diamond, The
- Encryption
- Escape from Chronopolis (2002)
- Fortress of the Rose (2008)
- Four Christmas Miniatures
- Garden Citadel, The
- Hidden Falls of the Tsangpo
- Hymn of St. James (2000)
- In the Brain of the Moon
- Into the Great Dark Ocean
- Lamentation and Dance
- Landscapes of the Soul
- Mt Hope Union
- Mystick Knights of the Turkish Crescent
- Night is a Frontier
- Novus Ordo Seclorum
- Place of Silent Storms, A
- River of Four Reflections
- Siciliana
- Song of the Night Rainbow
- Troll Witch Dances
Resources
- Clark, R. (2002). Escape from Chronopolis [score]. C. Alan: Greensboro, N.C.
- Holtan, Timothy J. "Escape from Chronopolis." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 349-354. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.
- Reber Clark website Accessed 19 August 2017