Flight Box
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General Info
Year: 2001 / 2013
Duration:c. 12:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Electric Bass Guitar
Piano (Synthesizer)
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum
- Brake Drum
- China Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Ratchet
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tenor Drum
- Timbales
- Tom-Tom
- Whip
Bandsmen singing
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Flight Box was commissioned by John Shannon and Jan Serr for Present Music, to commemorate the opening of Milwaukee Art Museum’s new building designed by Santiago Calatrava. In addition to playing, performers sing and narrate at various times. The words narrated are in Turkish, selected especially by the composer because of their onamatapia. Ince made a few visits to Milwaukee during the various stages of the construction of the Calatrava building, and was always left with two strong feelings: the freedom of flight and the stability, grandeur presence and slow movement of a ship. The reality that Ince had traveled between U.S. and Europe about seven times during the writing of this work contributed to his feeling of flight and the stability of a ship crossing grand masses of water. Although it is possible to travel very fast, in fact the distance traveled is not much relatively in the context of the universe and the size of the world, therefore conjecturing the feeling of being on a ship. The work is a diary of these travels and the primal feelings the composer had in experiencing the building.
The work was completed for chamber ensemble in 2001, and the wind ensemble arrangement was was created by the composer in 2013 for a 2014 premiere.
- Program Note from Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble concert program, 17 March 2016
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Ensemble and conductor unknown
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Ensemble (David T. Kehler, conductor) – 17 March 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Flight Box (2001/2013)
- Nihavent Longa (2007)
Resources
- Kamran Ince website Accessed 30 March 2016