Flashing Winds

Jan Van der Roost

Jan Van der Roost

General Info

Year: 1989
Duration: 4:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - €103.85 | Score only - €22.95

Instrumentation

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

• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Hi-Hat
• Side Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tambourine
• Triangle
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This flashing piece was commissioned by "Het muziekverbond van West-Vlaanderen" and is dedicated to the "Arlequino" youth band. Colorfully and effectfully instrumented, this piece speeds towards its finale without any tempo changes. The chord-blocks, which characterize the introduction, unite this virtuoso piece by reappearing in the end.

- Program Note from score

Through the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE), we now have easy access to the wind band repertoire from many countries. Flashing Winds is a wonderful example of some of the colorful pieces that have emerged from a new generation of European composers who see the wind band as a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression. Flashing Winds was written for the Arlequino Youth Band of Belgium. After a brief majestic introduction, it speeds towards its finale without any tempo change. The chord blocks which characterized the introduction unit this virtuoso piece by reappearing at the end.

- Program Note by William V. Johnson for the Cuesta Wind Ensemble concert program, 11 December 1993

Media

• Audio CD: Naniwa Orchestral Winds (Shigenori Nakagawa, conductor) – 2017

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Fishers (Ind.) High School Wind Symphony (Elijah Gardner, conductor) - 14 April 2023
• Westminster College (New Wilmington, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Jada Brown, conductor) - 4 November 2022
• University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Symphony (Chad Shoopman, conductor) - 28 April 2022
• O'Fallon Township (Ill.) High School Wind Ensemble (Rubén Darío Gómez, conductor) - 8 May 2021
• Elmhurst (Ill.) College Symphonic Band (John Heath, conductor) – 15 March 2020
• Ohio University (Athens) University Band (Emily Talley, conductor) – 5 December 2019
• Liberty Youth Wind Symphony (West Chester, Penn.) (Elizabeth Mahovsky, conductor) – 14 April 2019
• Baylor University (Waco, Texas) Concert Band (Steve Dailey, conductor) – 4 March 2019
• VanderCook College of Music (Chicago) Symphonic Band (Stacey Larson Dolan, conductor) - 21 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)
• Boston University (Mass.) Wind Ensemble (Angela DiBartolomeo, conductor) – 19 October 2018
• University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Symphonic Band (Brett Bawcum, conductor) – 24 September 2018
• West Virginia University Symphonic Band (Lindsey Williams, conductor) - 17 April 2018
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Ensemble (Joseph Parisi, conductor) – 5 March 2018
• University of North Carolina, Greensboro, University Band (Pamela L. Klena, conductor) – 27 February 2018
• James C. Enochs High School (Modesto, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Phil Vallejo, conductor) – 11 May 2017
• University of Arizona (Tucson) Symphonic Band (Clifton Weston, conductor) – 26 April 2017
• University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Concert Band (Rebecca Cichy, conductor) - 6 March 2017
• Houston County High School (Warner Robins, Ga.) Symphonic Winds (Rebekah Daniel, conductor) - 27 February 2017
• The Ohio State University (Columbus) Collegiate Winds (Phillip Day, conductor) – 21 February 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

• 4 Old Dances
• Amazonia
• Apollo (2010)
• Arsenal (1996)
• Avalon
• Balkanya (1999)
• Brasiliana (1985)
• Canterbury Chorale (1991)
• Castellum
• Centennial Prelude
• Ceremonial March
• Christmas Time (1993)
• Concerto Grosso (1986)
• Condacum (1996)
• ConZEnSus (1996)
• Credentium
• Crescent Moon (2011)
• Dances of Innocence (2009)
• Domus
• Dublin Dances (2007)
• Dynamica (1998)
• Et in Terra Pax (1998)
• Finnish Folksong Suite
• Firework (1992)
• Flashing Winds (1989)
• From Ancient Times (2009)
• Helios
• Highland Rhapsody, A (1991)
• Homage (1993)
• Humanos
• Hymnus Antverpia
• Jubilus
• Kebek (2006)
• Manhattan Pictures (1994)
• Mercury (1990)
• Metalla
• Minerva (1999)
• Montana (2008)
• Nemu-Susato (1997)
• Olympica (1993)
• Orion (2000)
• Poeme Montagnard (1996)
• Ponte Romano
• Prima Luce
• Puszta (1988)
• Rhapsody for Horn, Winds and Percussion (1995)
• Rikudim (1986)
• Sayonara
• Seatbelts Fastened! (2019)
• Signature (1988)
• Sinfonia Hungarica (2000)
  • Attila!
  • Árpád
  • István
• Sinfonietta (2004)
• Singapura Suite (1998)
• Slavia
• The Snail (2013), from Bestiarium
• Spartacus (1989)
• Spirit of Independence
• St Martin's Suite (1992)
• Suite Provençale (1989)
• The Swan on the Hill (2005)
• Toccata Festiva
• Volcano
• Yokohama Festival Fanfare (2013)
• Yokohama Festival Overture (2013)

Resources

• Roost, J. (1989). Flashing Winds: For Band [score]. De Haske Muziekuitgave: Heerenveen, Holland.