Flight of Years
General Info
Year: 1999
Duration: c. 7:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $76.00 | Score - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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, including
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel (Orchestral Bells)
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Flight of Years is a concert overture which reflects my long-held fascination with the passage of time, and was the first piece I wrote for symphonic band. The outre sections are bursting with energy, verve and anticipation while the contrasting middle section depicts the reflection that each of us does when looking back on our distant and recent past.
-Program Note by Composer
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State Ratings
- Maryland: IV
Performances
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- Bel Air Community Band (Patrick Burns, conductor) - 2 May 2010
- Verona High School Symphonic Band (Erik Lynch, conductor) - 27 February 2009
- New Jersey All-Shore Band Directors Association High School Honor Band (Patrick Burns, conductor) - 9 April 2006
- Elizabethtown College Concert Band (Patrick Burns, conductor) - 28 April 2004
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Always We Begin Again (2010)
- Amazing Grace
- Ancient Dialogue (2006)
- Anthem (Theme and Variations on the National Anthem of Poland) (2011)
- As I Gaze from the High Mountain (2010)
- Bal Masque (as arranger) (1893/)
- Be Thou My Vision
- Benediction (2021)
- Cadet Parade (2007)
- Celebration Fanfare
- Cortege (as arranger)
- Count Not the Hours
- Dances on the Golden Shore
- Desert Caravan
- Diamond Variations
- Electric City Celebration (2013)
- Energies: Suite for Band
- Enchanted Night
- Fairest Morning (2020)
- Fantasy on "Salve Regina" (2011)
- Fawn Grove Fanfare (2022)
- Flight of Years (2000)
- Go and Ask My Mother (as arranger) (1848/)
- Gothic Dance (2008)
- Harford Rhapsody
- The Hawk's Revenge (2012)
- Hometown (2002)
- I loved well those cities...
- An Impulse to Soar (2012)
- Joyful Spirit March (2008)
- Legend of the Omaha (2011)
- Let the Future Begin
- Lighted Streets on Quiet Nights
- Music for a Celebration (2001)
- My Love Is Fairer than Any (2019)
- Noble Vision (2021)
- North Country March
- Oasis (2017)
- Oceanport Overture
- Overture on Canadian Folk Songs (2005)
- Panis Angelicus (as arranger) (1872/)
- Perfect Trip (2006)
- A Prayer (2016)
- Prelude and Toccata (2019)
- Prelude in F Minor (as arranger) (1911/2011
- Pride and Purpose (2007)
- Regal Ceremony (2006)
- Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet and Band (2015)
- 'Round the Bend (2023)
- Ryukyu-Bushi (2012)
- Seize the Day! (Carpe Diem) (2010)
- Sempre Avanti (2008)
- Sennet (2018)
- Simmering Chesapeake
- Simple Song
- Soundtrack
- Spirit Unseen
- Splendid Star (2011)
- Spring Song (as arranger)
- The Sun Just Touched the Morning (2010)
- Suspended Animation (2007)
- Symphonic Dance (2002)
- There Will Come Soft Rains (2016)
- Three Prayers (2013)
- Time: A River of Passing Events (2009)
- Toccata (2008)
- Transformed Spring (2010)
- The Valedictory of Saint Paul
- Victory Lap
- Vignettes (2017)
- With Every Step, a Memory
- Zephyrus: God of the West Wind (2009)
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