Let Evening Come (Grantham)
General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Piquant Press
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano/Celeste
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Let Evening Come was composed in 2013 and uses the text from Jan Kenyon's poem of the same title as its compositional foundation. The score bears the inscription "For Suzy" and is dedicated to the composer's wife, Suzanne Pearson Grantham, who passed away in February of 2013 after a battle with glioblastoma.
The music is characterized by a style that is gentle and flowing while carefully crafted with a stable rhythmic intensity. The work is very tonal in nature and contains an energy created through the use of faster written notation against ever-evolving slower tempi.
- Program Note from Teaching Music through Performance in Band
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Michigan State University (East Lansing) Symphony Band (David Thornton, conductor) - 21 November 2023
- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Jason K. Fettig, conductor) – 20 November 2016
- Western Illinois University (Macomb) Wind Ensemble (Mike Fansler, conductor) – 26 February 2016
- Texas All-State Symphonic Band (Jason Fettig, conductor) - 17 February 2018 (2018 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- University of North Texas (Denton) University Band (Kelly Desjardins, conductor)– 17 February 2016
- United States Air Force Band (Washington, D.C.) (Larry D. Lang, conductor) - 6 March 2015
- United States Marine Band (Jason Fettig, conductor) - 13 August 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- After Hafiz (2016)
- Amber Sky
- Baron Cimetiere's Mambo (2004)
- Baron Piquant on Pointe (2011)
- Baron La Croix's Shuffle (2007)
- Baron Samedi's Sarabande (and Soft Shoe) (2005)
- Bum's Rush (1994)
- Chant and Hymn for Our Lady
- Circa 1600 (2018)
- Cloudless Day, Bitter Sky (2002)
- "Come Memory..." (2002)
- Concerto in One Movement for Bass Trombone (1979)
- Court Music (2005)
- Don't You See? (2001)
- Effulgent Light (2017)
- Exhilaration and Cry (2008)
- Fantasy on "In Dulci Jubilo" (2015)
- Fantasy on "La Golondrina" (2003)
- Fantasy on Mr. Hyde's Song (1998)
- Fantasy Variations (1927/1998)
- Farewell to Gray (2001)
- Fayetteville Bop (2002)
- From "An Alabama Songbook" (2007)
- Honey in the Rock (2008)
- JS Dances (2003)
- J'ai été au bal (1999)
- Kentucky Harmony (2000)
- Let Evening Come (Grantham) (2014)
- Lone Star Twister (2008)
- Music for the Blanton (2006)
- Northern Celebration (2001)
- Phantasticke Spirites (2002)
- Shenandoah (2017)
- Southern Harmony (1998)
- Wondrous Love (2008)
- Sol y Sombra (2014)
- Spangled Heavens (2010)
- Starry Crown (2007)
- Symphony for Winds and Percussion (2009)
- Stomp (Grantham) (2009)
- Summer of 2008 (2008)
- Thunderbird
- Trumpet Gloria (2006)
- Tuba Concerto (Grantham) (2012)
- An Uneasy Mrch
- Variations on an American Cavalry Song (2001)
- What Comes Around... (2017)
- A Winter Sky (2022)
Resources
- Feagin, T. André. "Let Evening Come." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 635-641. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.