Firescape

David Marlatt

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 4:55
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Eighth Note Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Bells
Brake Drum
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Gong
Hi-Hat
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tom-Tom
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This interesting new work is the third selection in a series of elements-inspired works that includes Windscape and Earthscape. This work has three contrasting sections. The opening, subtitled Hephaestus — God of Fire is marked con brio. Hephaestus was the Greek god of fire and of forges and was blacksmith for the gods. The sound of his anvil can be clearly heard in this section. The reflective and more transparently scored middle section, marked "Smoothly, but not slowly," highlights solos for flute, trumpet, and trombone. The intense concluding section, Wildfire, begins with a percussion soli that develops through a layering approach into a rousing finale. - Program Note from The Instrumentalist and publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Abide with Me (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1861/2014)
Canzon per Sonare No. 4 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c. 1597/2012)
Chinese Dragon Parade (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Ding Dong Merrily on High (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
Early One Morning (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2014)
For Those Who Have Served (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2008/2014)
The Journey of Invention (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2014)
The King's Parade (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2019)
Kingsfold (Flex instrumentation) ((as arranger) 2009/2014)
Puck and Elfin Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
Ripples in the Sand (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2014)
Siyahamba (Flex instrumentation) (2002/2014)
Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2008/2020)
Three Renaissance Madrigals (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2000/2012)
The Uprising (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)

All Wind Works

Abide with Me (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1861/2014)
Ancient Airs and Dances (as arranger) (2008)
Battle with the Frost Giants. See: The Hammer of Asgard
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (as arranger) (1721/2011)
Canzon per Sonare No. 4 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c. 1597/2012)
Carnival of Venice (as editor; arr. Staigers) (1936/2009)
Chinese Dragon Parade (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Click (2018)
Concert Etude, Op 49 (as arranger)
Concerto from "L'Estero armonico" (as arranger) (1711/2016)
Concerto for Two Piccolos (as arranger) (1728/2017)
Dance Suite (as arranger) (c. 1612/2017)
Ding Dong Merrily on High (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
Down Wilderness Road (2018)
Early One Morning (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2014)
Earthscape (2011/2015)
Fanfare (as arranger) (1912/1927/2007)
Firescape (2019)
For Those Who Have Served (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Grand Chorus and Dialogue (as arranger) (1881/1998)
Gypsy Rondo (as arranger)
Hail the Conquering Hero (as arranger) (1746/2008)
Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1746/2008/2014)
The Hall of Valhalla. See: The Hammer of Asgard
The Hammer of Asgard (2018)
- Thor and Loki (2018)
- The Hall of Valhalla (2018)
- Battle with the Frost Giants (2018)
The Hammer of Asgard (Brass and percussion) (2018)
- Thor and Loki (Brass and percussion) (2018)
- The Hall of Valhalla (Brass and percussion) (2018)
- Battle with the Frost Giants (Brass and percussion) (2018)
Jig Fugue (as arranger) (2003)
The Journey of Invention (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2014)
The King's Parade (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2019)
Kingsfold (Flex instrumentation) ((as arranger) 2009/2014)
La Virgin de la Macarena (as arranger) (as arranger) (2006)
Let There Be One Nation (2018)
O Magnum Mysterium (Marlatt) (as arranger)
Pine Ridge Rag (as arranger) (1998/2019)
Prayer and Alleluia (as arranger) (1868/2009)
Puck and Elfin Dance (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2020)
Ripples in the Sand (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2014)
Shaped by Time (2014)
Side Partners (as arranger)
Silent Night (as arranger)
Siyahamba (Flex instrumentation) (2002/2014)
Spring (Flex instrumentation) (2008/2020)
Sunset over Blue Water (2019)
Susato Dance Suite (as arranger)
Thor and Loki. See: The Hammer of Asgard (2018)
The Uprising (2016)
The Uprising (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
The Valley of the Kings (2010)
Wassail, Wassail All Over Town (as arranger) (2011)
Windscape (2010)
A World Away (2014)
Ye Merry Gents (2007)

Resources

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