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Legend of Killarney, The
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 2:30
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00 | Score Only - $9.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Chimes
- Hand Claps
- Shakers
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tenor Drum
- Triangle
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This piece celebrates the rich history of Celtic music, dance and folklore. Killarney, located in the county of Keny in southwest Ireland, is a town of approximate1y 13,000 residents, and is situated at the base of Ireland's highest mountain range. The town serves as the gateway to the Killarney Valley, the Killarney National Park, and the Ring of Kerry Peninsula. The name Killarney is actually an anglicized spelling of the Irish Cill Airne, or “church of sloes” (sloes are the berries of the Blackthorne, or Draeghean tree).
One of KIIlamey’s most famous landmarks is the historic Ross Castle. Situated on the edge of Killarney’s lower lake, Lough Leane (from the Irish Loch Lein, or “lake of learning”), it was constructed by O’Donaghue Mor in the late 1400s. The castle eventually came into the ownership of the Brownes, who became the Earls of Kenmare and owned a large portion of the lands that now constitute Killarney National Park. As legend has it, O’Donaghue still exists in a deep slumber under the waters of Lough Leane. Every seventh year on the first morning of May, he rises from the water on his magnificent white horse and circles the lake. All who catch a glimpse of him are said to be assured of good fortune for the rest of their lives.
- Program Note by the Antoinette Reading Junior High School Band
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Antoinette Reading Junior High School (Richmond, Tx.) Honors Band (Kevin Cranston, conductor) – 17 December 2014 (2014 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- All Through the Night (as arranger) (2013)
- American Salute (1997)
- Ancient Visions (2003)
- And So He Also Loves the Bow (2019)
- And in the End It Was Earth (2012)
- The Andromeda Connection (2012)
- Appalachian Dreams (2015)
- Arabian Dances (2008)
- At the Edge of Chaos (2013)
- Australiana (2016)
- Autumn Sketches (1996)
- Believe (as arranger) (2009/2010)
- Blessed Are They (2019)
- Burn (2014)
- Capricorn Moon (2006)
- Centavo (1995)
- Chants Long Forgotten (1998)
- Chasing Orion (2010)
- Cheyenne (2004)
- Children of a Different Sun (2017)
- A Christmas Fantasy (as arranger) (2010)
- A Christmas Montage (as arranger) (2007)
- Cimarron Sketches (1994)
- Cimarron Sunset (2004)
- Clockwork (1993)
- Convergence (2006)
- Courtland Hills (1994)
- Desert Voices (2008)
- Dramatic Sessions
- Dreams and Proclamations (2007)
- Dream Variants (2012)
- Fanfare and Dance Segments
- Fanfare And Jubilation (2007)
- Fanfare and Modal Apparitions (2018)
- Fanfare Nobilise (2021)
- Festival Sinfonia (1999)
- Fiesta! (2003)
- Final Impact (2009)
- Fireburst Fanfare (2008)
- Firefall (2006)
- Flight of the Banshee (2009)
- The Fourth Angel (1999)
- Ghost Dances (2010)
- Ghost Riders (2007)
- Golden Eagle (2002)
- Guardians of the Canyon (2010)
- I Was Born for This (as arranger) (2012/2013)
- In the Realm of Kings (2014)
- The Jaws of Fenris (2016)
- Just the Way You Are (as arranger) (2010/2011)
- The Legend of El Muerto (2017)
- The Legend of Killarney (2014)
- Lennon (as arranger) (2013)
- Let it Rock (2009)
- The Lightning Spirit (2005)
- Ludlow (2014)
- Medal of Freedom (2013)
- Month of the Cold Moon (2008)
- New Dawn (2005)
- Ode to Joy (as arranger) (1824/1965/1995)
- Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (1995)
- Of Men and the Sea (2004)
- Of Wizards and Warriors (2005)
- On The Wings Of The Chosen (1992)
- Paint it Black (as arranger) (1966/2014)
- Prelude and Firestorm (2014)
- Prelude and Passages (2018)
- Racing the Sun (2011)
- Riders On The Southern Front (1998)
- Ritual Images (2012)
- Rituals (2008)
- Roswell, 1947 (2004)
- Sahara (2005)
- Samba de Soleil (2014)
- Scirocco (2012)
- Sentinels (2006)
- The Seventh Resolution (2015)
- Silent Stands the Elm (2010)
- Soar The Untamed Spirit (1998)
- Song Of Freedom (2002)
- Structures (2011)
- The Summoning (2020)
- Sunchasers (2005)
- Sunrise Song (2001)
- Symphonic Journey No. 1 (1993)
- Tangents Angulár (2009)
- They Stood At The Edge Of The Sky (2001)
- They Walked in the Valley of Fire (2016)
- The Third Vortex (2000)
- Tick Tock (as arranger) (2011)
- Variations On A March Tune (2000)
- Ventures (1993)
- A Winter Memory (1999)
- A Yuletide Holiday (as arranger) (2016)
- A Yuletide Memory (2009)
- Zombie Dreams (2013)
- Zydeco Cajun Crawdad Dance (2013)
Resources
None discovered thus far.