King of Kings (Garner)

Lucas Garner

General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 9:40
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Lucas Garner Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $70.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet (optional; plays Bass Clarinet part)
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Bell Tree
Crash Cymbals
Crotales
Djembe
Glockenspiel
Metal Pitched Instruments
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Triangle
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

King of Kings is a symphonic poem for wind ensemble that translates the imagery described in Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" into music. Some sections of the work are aleatoric and require the players to improvise. Others are very strictly and specifically notated.

The piece was written as an entry into James Madison University's new music for wind ensemble competition.

- Program Note by composer

Awards

Winner, James Madison University New Music for Wind Ensemble Composer Competition, 2017

Media

Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Wind Symphony (Stephen Bolstad, conductor) – 5 April 2017 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Finding Metropolis (2016)
King of Kings (2017)
Odysseus (2015)
Travel Diary (2016)

Resources

Lucas Garner website Accessed 13 January 2021