Lift Off
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 4:35
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G and M Brand
Cost: Score & Parts - Unknown | Score Only - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
French Horn I-II
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Piano (for rehearsal only)
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbals (suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Lift Off is a short suite of dexcriptive pieces, all inspired by a short flight from Manchester, England to Brussels. In the first movement we hear the start of the engine, and after the plane has moved into position, it takes off. The second movement depicts the beautiful view of the clouds from above. It all seems timeless and you don't even feel as if you're moving. The last movent starts nervously (I'm not a great flier!), as the plane begins its descent from the sky. However, as we land safely back on earth, the piece ends in a flurry of excitement and triumph, returning to a theme heard in the first movement.
Program note by Peter Meechan
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Forgotten Children (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- Letters for Home (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2014/2020)
- Lullaby (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Lullaby. See also: Suite Treats
- Plaza Fanfare (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Song of Hope (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Taking the Fifth (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Zenith (Adaptable Band) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Apex
- Athabasca (2018)
- Autumn Falling
- Bang 2 (2007)
- Carnival (2006)
- Chorales (on Brecht) (2017)
- Close to the Sun (2018)
- Crazy Diamonds Shining
- Devil's Duel
- Dreams Unseen (2021)
- Each Life Converges (2022)
- Episodes and Echoes
- Eternal Light (2008)
- Fanfare for a Festival (Meechan)
- Forgotten Children (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- Fragile Oasis (2013/14)
- ISS Flyover (2012)
- Korn Symphony (2015)
- Lament (from Macbeth) (2008/2014)
- Land of the Living Skies (2018)
- let this place (2019)
- Letters for Home (2014)
- Letters for Home (arr. Ambrose) (2014/2020)
- Lift Off (2006)
- Loss Verses (2021)
- Lullaby (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
- Lullaby. See also: Suite Treats
- Macbeth (Meechan)
- Machines (2020)
- Match Day (2006)
- Meditations (2023)
- Origins (2012)
- Perpetua (2019)
- Plaza Fanfare (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- Renaissance of Wonder (2016)
- Shift (2023)
- Shine (2011)
- A Short Blast (2023)
- Soliloquies from a Quiet Place (2019)
- Song of Hope (with trumpet solo) (2013/2015)
- Song of Hope (band) (2013/2015)
- Song of Hope (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Soul Divine (2017)
- Taking the Fifth (2020/2021)
- Taking the Fifth (Adaptable Band) (2020)
- These Mist Covered Mountains
- Three Stories, Three Worlds (2004)
- Through Clouds and Sunshine (2021)
- Velvet Blue (2013)
- Waves Toward the Pebbled Shore (2018)
- Zenith (Adaptable Band) (2020)
Resources
- Peter Meechan website Accessed 7 September 2020