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Fantasia on Brother James' Air
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Hymn
Publisher: James Syler
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo (optional)
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
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drums (marching (optional 2) and concert)
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tenor Drum
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In light of what we’ve all been through with COVID, I felt a desire to write something for grade 3/4 band that would be playable by most and with a celebratory nature. This grand Scottish hymn tune came to mind.
The tune has proven to be ripe for variations and transformation. It’s in four sections starting with the original tune presented in a 3/4 chorale by the woodwinds and followed by brass. Then as a march in 4/4 harmonized with polychords. The third section is a waltz version of the tune and the conclusion, considering it’s a Scottish tune, is a rousing 6/8 treatment in the style of a Scottish pipe & drum band complete with authentic drum patterns.
- Program Note adapted from composer
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of the Incarnate Word (San Antonio, Tx.) (Brett A. Richardson, conductor) - 22 April 2023
- Florida International University (Miami) Wind Ensemble (Brenton F. Alston, conductor) - 11 February 2023
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
All Wind Works
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- A Blue Streak (2010)
- Cantique (2012)
- Congo Square (2016)
- Country Bandstand (2002)
- Fantasia on Brother James' Air (2023)
- Fantasia on "Silent Night" (2011)
- Fields (1994)
- Galop (as transcriber) (c. 1909/2013)
- Gearbox (2009)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- The Harmonious Blacksmith (as arranger) (1720/2020)
- Hocus Pocus (2013)
- The Hound of Heaven (1988)
- Hymn for Emmanuel (2015)
- Love Among the Ruins (2016)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- Minton's Playhouse (1994)
- O Magnum Mysterium (1996)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Seasons (2022)
- Silent Shadows to the Last (2017)
- Sinfonietta (2012)
- Storyville (1996)
- Suite Argentine (2020)
- Suite Louisiane (2018)
- Symphony No. 1, “Blue” (1999)
- Symphony No. 2 (2019)
- Tattoo (2005)
- The Temptation of St. Anthony (2014)
- Wu Xing (2016)
Resources
- James Syler website Accessed 11 February 2023