Fantasia in G

Timothy Mahr

General Info

Year: 1983
Duration: c. 4:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A Kjos
Cost: Score & Parts - $65.00 | Score Only - $7.00

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Triangle
Tubular Bells
Vibraphone

Errata

From new edition

In Parts:

Piccolo, m.173: Beat 2 missing grace notes – same as previous
Flute I, m.158: Remove staccato on the A
Flute II, m.163: Grace note should be a D
Oboe II, m.32: Add fermata
Bassoon, m.26: Add crescendo
Clarinet I, m.92: Trills should be marked as "tr#"
Clarinet I-II, m.13: add "2." for the 2nd clarinet following the pattern
Saxophones (all), m.26: Add crescendo
Cornet I, m.70: Flugelhorn cue, add trill, as in score
Cornet I, m.128-129: Add crescendo as in score
Trumpet I, m.67: Natural needed on G
Trumpet I, m.164: Remove rest from measure on beat 4
Trumpet II, m.122: Correct the slurs to match score
Percussion V, m.63: Suspended cymbal. Also ms.104, 152
Percussion III-IV, m.133-138: have been reversed in the score

In Score:

Bassoon I-II, m.76-79: Remove first eighth rest in each measure
E-flat Soprano Saxophone, m.70: Trill only applies to dotted quarter
E-flat Soprano Saxophone, m.163: is missing the trill
Percussion II, m.79: Note should be F natural
Percussion I, m.138: All noteheads should be top space
Percussion III, m.139: Bell notes should be "B" "A"

Program Notes

Fantasia in G is a joyful celebration for winds and percussion. The piece was inspired by the opening line of Johann Schiller's poem Ode to Joy: "Freude, Schoener Goetterfunken" (Joy, Bright Spark of Divinity). The same text was used by Ludwig van Beethoven in his famed Symphony No. 9.

Fantasia in G was written for the St. Olaf College Band and was first performed by that ensemble in January 1983.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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San Luis Obispo (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Sharon Jeskey, conductor) - 25 March 2023 (2023 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
University of Illinois (Champaign) Wind Orchestra (Barry L. Houser, conductor) - 1 March 2023
Syracuse (N.Y.) University Wind Ensemble (Timothy Diem, conductor) - 23 February 2023
O'Fallon Township (Ill.) High School Wind Ensemble (Timothy Mahr, conductor) - 20 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
Sacramento (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Matthew Morse, conductor) - 11 December 2022
Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group I (Darren Allen, conductor) – 2 December 2022
University of Wisconsin-Madison Concert Band (Corey Pompey, conductor) – 6 October 2022
University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) Wind Ensemble (Travis J. Cross, conductor) – 25 May 2022
Duke University (Durham, N.C.) Wind Symphony (J. Benjamin Jones, conductor) – 18 November 2021
Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Wind and Percussion Ensemble (Cory Near, conductor) - 27 February 2021
State University of New York, Potsdam, Concert Band (William L. Lake, Jr., conductor) – 3 March 2020
Texas A&M University (Lubbock) Symphonic Winds (Travis Almany, conductor) – 1 March 2020
University of Wyoming (Laramie) (Robert Belser, conductor) – 13 February 2020
Sacramento (Calif.) State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 4 December 2019
Santa Clara (Calif.) University Wind Ensemble (Anthony Rivera, conductor) – 21 November 2019
Rouge River Winds (Toronto, Ont. Can.) (Pratik Gandhi, conductor) - 15 June 2019
Ohio University (Athens) Symphonic Band (Richard Suk, conductor) – 6 December 2018
Bowling Green (Ohio) State University Concert Band (Bruce Moss, conductor) – 29 November 2018
St. Norbert Community Band (De Pere, Wisc.) (Philip Klickman, conductor) – 12 November 2018
Messiah College (Mechanicsburg, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (James Colonna, conductor) – 8 November 2018
Butler University (Indianapolis, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Brian Weidner, conductor) – 27 September 2018

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adoramus Te, Christe (as arranger)
and in this dream there were eight windows... (2003)
Appalachian Folk Dream (2016)
Argentum (1986)
Blue Sky Day (2006)
Bridge Square March (2005)
Bright Side (2015/2018)
Carolina Folk Dream
Climb the Castle Walls! (2011)
Dauntless (2015)
Daydream (1989)
Diamond Celebration (2009)
Dig Down Deep (2013)
Endurance (1991)
Etched in Stone (2018)
Everyday Hero (2011)
Fanfare and Grand March (1980)
Fantasia in G (1982)
Festivals
Fields of Grain as Seen From a Train (2008)
Flourish (2000)
GF Redux: "It's Yours", from A Jack Stamp Suite (2017)
Heroic Rhapsody (2009)
Heroic Valor (2009)
Hey! (2001/2005)
Honoris Causa (2009)
Hymn and Celebration (1994)
Imagine, If You Will... (2013)
Imagining Peace (2018)
Immigrant Dreams (1992)
Imprints
Inaugural Dances (2006)
Into the Air! (1998)
Look In/Look Out (2018)
A Mighty March (2003)
Mountain Prayers (2006)
Mourning Dances (2001)
Mr. Kallman (2019)
Noble Element (2007)
Passages (1984)
Pride, Promise and Progress (2009)
A Quiet Place To Think (1999)
Retreat, from All Hail the Power (2002)
The Soaring Hawk (1991)
Sol Solator (2009)
Spirits Ablaze (2013)
Spring Divertimento (1992)
Suite for Band (2014)
Symphony No. 1 (2016)
Uncle Lumpy's Garage (2005)
Urgent Voices (2020)
The View from the Mountaintop (1996)
When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers (1997)

Resources

Mahr, T. (1983). Fantasia in G [score]. Neil A Kjos: San Diego, Calif.
Miles, Richard B. 2000. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 3. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 336-339.
Ripley, James. "Timothy Mahr's 'Fantasia,'" The Instrumentalist, Vol. 50, No. 9 (April, 1996), 24-32.
Timothy Mahr website