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Ice Flow
Contents
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: eBrass Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $99.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Alto Flute
Oboe
English Horn (Oboe II)
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Flugelhorn I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Celesta
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Bongos
- Cabasa
- Chimes
- Claves
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Finger Cymbals, suspended
- Glockenspiel
- Guiro
- Hi-Hat
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Tom
- Triangles (3), high, medium & Low
- Wind Gong
- Wood Block, high and low
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The University of Wisconsin – La Crosse is located in what many refer to as the Coulee Region, where many springs, tributaries and at least seven prominent rivers pool and slowly drain into the Mississippi River. Nowadays referred to as the Seven-River-Region, I felt it might be interesting to compose a work that portrays the beautiful natural features of this region in its most dramatic climate: winter thawing into spring.
Using seven different motives to represent the different rivers, one can trace and actually listen to each motive develop or “thaw” into something less rigid and more musically fluid. At the same time, each motive begins to add or combine with other motives to make larger musical phrases. Just as the seven rivers and their tributaries melt and thaw on cracking warm spring days, the piece begins to pick up pace as motives combine and flow into one another drawing to a massive climax.
One of my goals in writing this work for wind ensemble was to showcase the ensemble in such a way that it might not sound like a typical band. Keen listeners will hear all kinds of varied extra-musical techniques used to create the brittle sounds of shimmery crystals and frozen ice in La Crosse’s harsh winter. These glassy, metallic textures eventually thaw to warmer passages utilizing wooden timbres in the percussion and muted tones in the brass. Eventually the ensemble showcases its true orchestral power as the spring melt begins to bustle through tight waterways, threatening the riverbanks with its powerful flowage. Finally, a dramatic climax is reached as these waters round the bend and flow dramatically into the mighty Mississippi River.
- Program Note by composer
Commissioned by Dr. J. Thomas Seddon, IV, for the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Wind Ensemble.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Battle Quest
- Capriccio for Solo Tuba and Band (2010)
- Cosmic Winds
- Dance of the Trolls (2014)
- Glacier Canyon (2016)
- Grumpy Troll,The
- Ice Flow (2018)
- Kaleidoscope
- Os Justi
- Synergy (2012)
- Torque (2013)
- Whispering Pines (2009)
Resources
- Mike Forbes website Accessed 16 August 2020
- Perusal score
