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First Light
General Info
Year: 2013
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00 | Score Only - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone/Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Bells
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
First Light is Mr. Ticheli’s 40th work for concert band but his first at the Grade I level — an artistic process he found both challenging and stimulating. First Light depicts an early-morning adventure on a river raft. After a brief, light-hearted opening, the music glides into a calm section suggesting a gentle river journey at dawn. A rustic, dance-like section follows: the sun rises high, the river awakens, the currents pick up — white water! After a vigorous climax, the music returns to its carefree origins. The river is once again calm as the journey draws to a close.
-Program Note by the Westlake High School Wind Ensemble concert program, 21 December 2013
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Westlake High School (Austin, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Kerry Taylor, conductor) – 21 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
- Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
- Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
- Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
- Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
- Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
- Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)
All Wind Works
- Abracadabra (2005)
- Acadiana (2016)
- Amazing Grace (Ticheli) (1994)
- Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
- Amen! (2009)
- An American Elegy (2000)
- Angels in the Architecture (2009)
- Angels Rising (2023)
- Apollo Unleashed. See: Symphony No. 2
- Ave Maria (as arranger) (1825/2004)
- BASH (2021)
- Belle. See: Cajun Folk Songs: Belle
- Blue Shades (1996)
- Boundless River (2020)
- Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
- Cajun Folk Songs, Part One (1990)
- Cajun Folk Songs, Part Two (1997)
- Concertino for Trombone (1987/2007)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2014)
- Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2010)
- Concerto for Trumpet (1990/2021)
- Dance. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
- Dancing on Water (2015)
- December Snow (2015)
- Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
- Earth Song for Band (2012)
- First Light (2013)
- Fortress (1988)
- Gaian Visions (1990)
- Ghost Tale (2020)
- Here Take This Lovely Flower. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
- In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- In Yonder Valley. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
- Joy (2005)
- Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Joy Revisited (2005)
- Korean Folksongs from Jeju Island (2013)
- Life-Stream (2022)
- Loch Lomond (2002)
- Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
- Lux Perpetua (2020)
- Midnight in Nairobi (2019)
- Midnight (2019)
- Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
- Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
- Music for Winds and Percussion (withdrawn)
- Nitro (2006)
- Over the Moon (2023)
- Pacific Fanfare (1994/2002)
- Peace (2015)
- Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
- Portrait of a Clown (1988)
- Postcard (1991)
- Rest (2011)
- Sailing the Sky (2021)
- San Antonio Dances (2010)
- Sanctuary (2006)
- Serenade for Kristin (2018)
- A Shaker Gift Song (2004)
- Shenandoah (1999)
- Silver Lining (2017)
- Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs (2002)
- In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Songs of Love and Life (2012)
- Sun Dance (1997)
- Symphony No. 1 (tr. Green) (2001/2011)
- Symphony No. 2 (2004)
- The Tyger (2008)
- Under the Big Top (2019)
- Vesuvius (1999)
- Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)
- Wild Nights! (2007)
Resources
- Frank Ticheli website Accessed 6 July 2020