Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire

Robert Jager

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The original 1997 version of this work was entitled A Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire.

General Info

Year: 1998 / 2013
Duration: c. 14:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: E.B. Marks
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Rental | Score Only (print) - Unknown

Movements

1. Dance at the "glory hole"
2. Of "seaforms," "Venetians," and "puti"
3. The Boathouse Gang

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A tribute to the renowned, Seattle-based glass artist, Dale Chihuly, Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire was commissioned by the Tacoma (Wash.) Concert Band under director Robert Musser.

The outer movement titles refer to Chihuly’s process and studio (known as “The Boathouse”), while the middle movement explores three designs that Chihuly has created. “Putti” is Italian for “angels,” and refers to the cherub figures that adorn some of the artist’s brilliant works.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Boise State University Symphonic Winds (Marcellus Brown, conductor)
Audio: Reference recording. Clarence (N.Y.) High School Wind Ensemble (William Eicher, conductor)
Audio CD: Tacoma Concert Band (Robert Musser, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Boise (Id.) State University Symphonic Winds (Marcellus B. Brown, conductor) – 24 March 2011 (CBDNA 2011 National Conference, Seattle, Wash.)
Tacoma (Wash.) Concert Band (Robert Musser, conductor) – 1998 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Apocalypse (1972)
Appalachian Carol Festival (1983)
Blithe Bells (as arranger) (1989)
Bold Venture (1990)
Carpathian Sketches (1978)
Cliff Island Suite (1990)
Chorale and Toccata (1967/1971)
Colonial Airs and Dances (1987)
A Commemorative Suite (1987)
Concert in the Park (2004)
Concerto for Band (1981)
Concerto for Bass Tuba and Concert Band (1981)
Concerto for Euphonium and Band (1985)
Concerto for Percussion and Band (1984)
Concerto No. 2 for Alto Saxophone (1977)
Courage to Serve March (1971)
Diamond Variations (1968)
Eagle Rock Overture (1986)
Epilogue: "Lest We Forget" (1992)
Esprit de Corps (1984)
Eternal Vigilance (2008)
First Suite for Band (1995)
Hebraic Rhapsody (2000)
Heroic Saga (1986)
Highland Fling (2005)
In Sunshine and Shadows (2004)
Japanese Prints (1976)
Joan of Arc (2008)
Jubilate (1978)
The Last Full Measure of Devotion (1995)
Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire (1997/2013)
Litany (1981)
Lord, Guard and Guide (1993)
March Dramatic (1967/1996)
March of the Dragonmasters (1984)
Meditations on an Old Scottish Hymn Tune (1993)
Mystic Chords of Memory (1999/2001)
Old Time Spirit (1986/1997)
Pastorale and Country Dance (1979)
Potomac Festival Overture (1990)
Preamble (1975)
Prelude: Concert Liberte (1976)
Prelude on an Old Southern Hymn (1983)
A Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire. See: Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire
Second Suite (1965)
Shivaree (1976)
Sinfonia Hungarica (1998)
Sinfonia Noblissima (1965)
Sinfonietta (1973)
Stars and Bars (1965)
Suite from "Edvard Munch" (1967/1996)
Symphony for Band (1965)
Symphony No. 2 (1976)
Symphony No. 3 (2003/2018)
Tableau (1982)
The Tennessean March (1968)
Testament (1988)
Third Suite (1966)
Three Chinese Miniatures (1993)
To Music (2003)
The Tour de Force March (1970)
Triumph and Tradition (1985)
Uncommon Valor March (1991)
Under the Big Top (1987)
Variants on the Air Force Hymn (2000)
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann (1968)
The Wall (1993)
The World Turned Upside Down (1983)

Resources

Jager, R. [2013]. Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire: For Concert Band [score]. E.B. Marks: [New York, N.Y.].
Robert Jager website Accessed 14 August 2021