In Seizing the Distant Light
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- Violin
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Soprano Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet (optional)
- E-flat Cornet
- B-flat Cornet
- B-flat Flugelhorn
Part 2
- Violin
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- B-flat Cornet
Part 3
- Violin
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Trumpet
- B-flat Cornet
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- E-flat Alto Horn
- F English Horn
- F Horn
Part 4
- Viola
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Horn
- E-flat Alto Saxophone (optional)
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- F Horn
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Baritone
Part 5
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- B-flat Bass Clarinet (optional)
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Horn
- F Horn
- Bassoon
- B-flat Baritone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Violincello
Part 6
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Bassoon
- Bass Trombone
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Electric Bass (optional)
Glockenspiel
Timpani
Percussion I
- Snare Drum
- Bass Drum
Percussion II
- Tambourine
- Suspended Cymbal
- Crash Cymbals
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Distant Light is not a specific entity. Rather, it’s the guiding light that compels us towards the attainment of our various hopes and desires. The work can be performed as an ensemble piece minus percussion, but I recommend a 10-25 piece small band setting.
Dedicated to bass clarinetist Julia Kinoshita, for her inspiration to create this music.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Mukwonago (Wisc.) High School Chamber Winds (Emma Angoli, conductor) – 15 March 2021
- Musik Santos – 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Flower Crown (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- In Seizing the Distant Light (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
- Latte Macchiato (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Londonderry Air (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
- The Moon Illuminates the Love Tenderly (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1934/2018)
- To a New Horizon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- The Wind Blows Where It May (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
All Wind Works
- Across the Sunlit Path (2002/2018)
- Amber Moon (2006)
- As Spring Arrives (2013)
- As The Dawn Breaks (2006)
- Beyond the Light and Darkness (2022)
- The Explorers of Orion (2005)
- Fanfare and Festive Hymn (2016)
- Flower Crown (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- The Hope of Tomorrow (2020)
- In Seizing the Distant Light (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
- Latte Macchiato (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Liberty Fanfare (2006)
- Line of Ants (2007)
- Londonderry Air (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
- The Moon Illuminates the Love Tenderly (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- On Wings of Magic (2006)
- Pacifica (2006)
- A Portrait of Henry C. Work (as arranger) (2018)
- The Promise of Hope (2007)
- Soaring (2017)
- The Sounds of Spring (with Sato) (2013)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1934/2018)
- To a New Horizon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Toward the Bright Future (2008)
- The Wind Blows Where It May (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
Resources
- Naoya Wada website Accessed 10 June 2020
- Perusal score