Invocation and Toccata

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 (div. a3)
Oboe (div.)
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III (all div.)
B-flat Bass Clarinet (div.)
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV (all div.)
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II (both div.)
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (div.)
Tuba (div.)
Piano (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Antique Cymbal
Anvil
Bass Drum
Castagnet
Cowbell
Crash Cymbal
Glockenspiel
Gong
Maracas
Roto-toms
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Triangle
Whip
Wood Block
Xylophone

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

Media

Audio CD: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (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

Adaptable Music

Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)

All Wind Works

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Bayerisches Osterfest (2014)
Beautiful Oregon (2007)
Breckenridge (1989)
Brookshire Suite (1980)
Burnished Brass (2020)
Caribbean Hideaway (1997)
Carnaval in São Paulo (2003)
Centennial Celebration Overture (1986)
Century Tower (1984)
Chorale and Jubiloso (1998)
Chorale Prelude on a German Folk Tune (1986)
Citadel (2015)
Concerto for Euphonium (2011)
Concerto for Tuba (tr. Rogers) (1996)
Credo (2016)
Crossgate (1984)
Dance Variants (2017)
Danza Sinfonica (2005)
Desperate Pursuit (2010/2012)
Dexter Park Celebration (2017)
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Dream Journey (1997)
Eagle Bend (2000)
Eaglecrest (1984)
Eighth Symphony (2017)
Eisenhower Centennial (1992)
Escenas de los Aztecas (2012)
Fanfare and Capriccio (2001)
Fanfare and Processional (2018)
Fanfares and Alleluias (1996)
Fantasy Variations (1988)
Festival Concert March (1982)
Fifth Symphony (2003)
First Symphony. See: Symphony
Fourth Symphony (ed. Rogers) (1999/2001)
Foxfire (2001)
Golden Festival Overture (1997)
Goldene Kameraden (2014)
Heatherwood Portrait (1983)
High Plains Overture (1991)
Hobart Centennial March (2002)
Home on the Range (as arranger; harm. Ralston) (1873/1992)
Hope Arises
Hunter Park (1974)
Impressions of Japan (1994)
Inspiration Point (1997)
Inventions on Marching Songs (1996)
Invocation and Toccata (1982)
Jubilation Overture (2005)
Legend (1992)
A Leroy Anderson Portrait (as arranger) (1982)
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The Lightning Brigade (2018)
Lonely Beach (1993)
The Long Gray Line (1988)
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Maracas from Caracas (2002)
Meditation (2017)
My Old Kentucky Home (as arranger) (1853/1997)
Ninth Symphony (2019)
Nulli Secundus (1999)
The Old Guard (1994)
Pagan Dances (1996)
The Perishing Rifles (1997)
Poetic Intermezzo (1985)
Porgy and Bess (as arranger) (1928/2002)
Prairie Winds Festival (2016)
A Prayer for Higashi Nihon (2011)
Quest (2016)
Rapscallion (1976)
Rhapsodic Essay (1999)
Ritmico (2018)
Riverfest (1985)
Romanza (1989)
Scarlet and Silver Jubilee (2007/2009)
Second Symphony (2000)
Seventh Symphony. See: Symphonic Requiem
The Silver Gazebo (1996)
Sixth Symphony (2006)
A Solemn Prelude (2003)
Sorcery Suite (2002)
Spitfire Overture (1991)
Sterling Brass (1981/1998)
Stone Meadows (1987)
Sunflower Saga (1994)
Symphonic Essay (2012)
Symphonic Overture (1991)
Symphonic Requiem (2015)
Symphony (1974-75)
Symphony No. 1. See: Symphony
Symphony No. 2. See: Second Symphony
Symphony No. 3. See: Third Symphony
Symphony No. 4. See: Fourth Symphony
Symphony No. 5. See: Fifth Symphony
Symphony No. 6. See: Sixth Symphony
Symphony No. 7. See: Symphonic Requiem
Symphony No. 8. See: Eighth Symphony
Symphony No. 9. See: Ninth Symphony
Tchaikovsky Suite (as arranger) (1878/2004)
The Texans (1986)
Third Symphony (1997)
Threnody (2015)
Three Symphonic Fanfares (1989)
- Fanfare for West Point
Toccata Fantastica (2001)
Torch Dance (1985)
Trail of Tears (1989)
Trailridge Saga (1988)
Tribute (2011)
Twin Oaks (2000)
Variants on a Moravian Hymn (1993)
A Very American Overture (1996)
Visions Macabres (1978/1984/2006)
We the People (1990)
Westport Overture (1988)
Westridge Overture (1983/1991)
Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1983/1991/2021)
The Whistler and His Dog (as arranger) (1905/2005)
The Wild Blue Yonder (2008)
Wildwood Overture (2003)
The Wizard of Oz (as arranger) (1939/1995)
Yama Midori (2003)
Yorkshire Ballad (1985)
Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (1985/2021)

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.