Horizons West (Alberty)
General Info
Year: 1998
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00 | Score Only (print) - $8.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute/Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F (B-flat Tenor Saxophone)
Low Brass and Woodwinds
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Horizons West depicts the grandeur of the American frontier through the use of bold instrumental colors, vivid harmonies, and folk-like melodies. The opening trumpet fanfare is developed through the entire ensemble before the main theme is stated in the clarinets. This is also developed through various textures before the piece concludes with a brief reprise of the opening fanfare.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Texas Tech University Concert Band (Keith Bearden, conductor)
- Audio CD: Summit Parkway Middle School 8th Grade Honor Band (Maria E. Lee, conductor) – 2002
State Ratings
- Virginia: II
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Summit Parkway Middle School (Columbia, S.C.) 8th Grade Honor Band (Maria E. Lee, conductor) – 19 December 2002 (2002 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Air from County Derry (2001)
- Albion Jubilee (2001)
- Capriccio Vivo (2015)
- Dancing in Rainbows (2016)
- Evermore and Evermore
- Horizons West (1998)
- Jubilant Flourish (2006)
- Prairie Images (2001)
- Queen City Facets (2004)
- Royal Oak Impressions (2015)
- Variants on an Australian Song (1999)