Invocation and Toccata

James Barnes

James Barnes

General Info

Year: 1982
Duration: c. 8:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $140.00   |   Score Only (print) - $20.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Suspended Cymbal

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This popular piece was commissioned and premiered (1981) by the New Mexico State University Wind Ensemble. One of four "primitive" works, Invocation and Toccata followed Vision Macabre (1978) and preceded Torch Dance (1984) and Pagan Dances (1987). This dramatic score combines repeated rhythms, massive polyharmonies and stark contrasts in color and dynamics. It also makes use of five-note thematic ideas, five-note chords, five-count bars, and five-bar phrases.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Commissioned by the New Mexico State University Wind Ensemble, Lawrence Henry, conductor.

- Program Note from score

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Tokyo Kosei Wind Ensemble (Japan) (Frederick Fennell, conductor) - 1989

State Ratings

• Arkansas: III
• Florida: VI
• Georgia: VI
• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
• Kansas: V
• Louisiana: V
• New York: Concert Band V
• Oklahoma: V-A
• Oregon: VI-A
• Tennessee: VI
• Virginia: V

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Louisiana Monroe Wind Ensemble (Derle R. Long, conductor) – 22 February 2018
• Sydney University Wind Orchestra - 2016

Works for Winds by this Composer

• All Pleasant Things (1998)
• Appalachian Overture (1983)
• Arioso and Presto
• Autumn Soliloquy (1987)
• Breckenridge
• Brookshire Suite (1980)
• Caribbean Hideaway
• Carnaval in São Paulo (2003)
• Centennial Celebration Overture (1986)
• Century Tower
• Citadel (2015)
• Credo (2016)
• Crossgate
• Danza Sinfonica
• Desperate Pursuit (2012)
• Dexter Park Celebration (2017)
• Dream Journey
• Eagle Bend
• Eagle Crest
• Eisenhower Centennial
• Fanfare and Capriccio
• Fanfare for West Point
• Fanfares and Alleluias
• Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Nicolo Paganini (1988)
• Festival Concert March
• Foxfire
• Golden Festival Overture
• Heatherwood Portrait
• High Plains Overture
• Hobart Centennial March
• Hunter Park
• Impressions of Japan (1994)
• Inspiration Point
• Inventions on Marching Songs
• Invocation and Toccata
• Jubilation Overture
• Legend
• Leroy Anderson Portrait, A (as arranger)
• Light in the Wilderness, A
• Lonely Beach (1993)
• Long Gray Line (1988)
• Lyric Interlude (1980)
• Maracas from Caracas
• Meditation (2017)
• Nulli Secundus
• Old Guard, The
• Pagan Dances (1996)
• Pershing Rifles, The
• Poetic Intermezzo (1985)
• Porgy and Bess (as arranger) (1928/2002)
• Quest (2016)
• Rapscallion
• Rhapsodic Essay
• Riverfest
• Romanza
• Silver Gazebo, The
• Solemn Prelude, A
• Sorcery Suite (2002)
• Spitfire Overture (1991)
• Stone Meadows
• Sunflower Saga
• Symphonic Overture (1991)
• Symphonic Requiem (2015)
• Symphony No. 2
• Symphony No. 3 (1997)
• Symphony No. 4
• Symphony No. 5 (2000)
• Symphony No. 9 (2018)
• Tchaikovsky Suite
• Texans, The (1986)
• Three Symphonic Fanfares (1989)
• Toccata Fantastica
• Torch Dance
• Trail of Tears (1989)
• Trailridge Saga
• Tribute (Barnes) (2011)
• Tuba Concerto
• Twin Oaks
• Variants on a Moravian Hymn
• Very American Overture, A
• Visions Macabres (1984/2006)
• We the People
• Westport Overture
• Westridge Overture (1983/1991)
• Wild Blue Yonder, The (2008)
• Yama Midori
• Yorkshire Ballad (1985)

Resources

• Barnes, J. (1982). Invocation and Toccata [score]. Southern Music: San Antonio, Tx.
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 37.