Lasting Light
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 9:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Viet Cuong Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone (2)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned by The Consortium for the Advancement of Wind Band Literature, led by James Kull.
- Program Note from publisher
Lasting Light was inspired by a visit the composer took to the Grand Canyon with his family. Mr. Cuong wanted to write a work that would reflect the sunset over the canyon, followed by the lingering sunlight, then the hazy greyish blue light of dusk, and then the light of the stars.
- Program Note from composer comments at premiere performance, 2018
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Atlanta (Ga.) Wind Symphony (David Kehler, conductor) - 3 December 2023
- Kennesaw (Ga.) State University Wind Symphony (Daniel Lee, conductor) - 26 April 2023
- Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Dan Haddad, conductor) - 7 February 2023
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Symphonic Band (Trevor Frost, conductor) - 29 November 2022
- University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) Hindsley Symphonic Band (Michelle Bell, conductor) - 7 October 2022
- University of Texas (Austin) Symphony Band (Clifton Croomes, conductor) – 28 September 2022
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor) - 1 March 2022
- Baylor University (Waco, Tx.) Concert Band (Stuart Ivey, conductor) - 27 February 2022
- Bowling Green (Ohio) State University University Band (Bruce Moss, conductor) – 25 November 2019
- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Symphony Band (David Thornton, conductor) – 29 November 2018
- Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Tx.) Wind Symphony (Tamey Anglley, conductor) - 16 October 2018
- St. Charles (Ill.) East High School Band (James Kull, conductor) – Spring 2018 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Syzygy (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
All Wind Works
- Autumn Triptych (2023)
- Thu Điếu (2017/2021)
- Bull's-Eye (2019)
- Concerto for Tuba (2019)
- Cymbalisms
- Deciduous (2023)
- Diamond Tide (2015)
- Electric Aroma (2017/2018)
- Extra Fancy
- Full Circle (2019)
- Heart on Fire (2022)
- Howls and Hymns (2017)
- Inland Ocean (2023)
- Lasting Light (2018)
- Moth (2013)
- Moxie (tr. Sedatole) (2018/2021)
- Re(new)al (chamber winds) (2016/2018/2021)
- Re(new)al (wind ensemble) (2016/2018)
- Rule of 3 (2021)
- Second Nature (2022)
- Sound and Smoke (2011)
- Symphony No. 1 (2024)
- Syzygy (2019)
- Syzygy (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Thu Điếu. See: Autumn Triptych
- Vital Sines (2022)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Viet Cuong website Accessed 23 November 2018