Liquid

Jay Bocook

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00; (digital) - $125.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV

Bass Drum
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Crotales
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Ocean Drum
Pulli Sticks
Rain Stick (large)
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Vibraphone
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Liquid
Liq-uid | li-kwid

Noun: a fluid (such as water) that has no independent shape, but has a definite volume and does not expand indefinitely.

Adjective: flowing freely like water, smooth and unconstrained in movement, being musical and free of harshness in sound.

Liquid was commissioned by the North Carolina South Central District Bandmasters Association for the 2019 High School Honors Band, and is meant to portray the many different ways that liquids move around us. In the beginning we hear raindrops, which leads us to the first few notes of the main theme that the entire piece is based upon. This theme is then taken through several different variations, which each depict a different form of water: cascading waterfalls, flowing rivers, crashing waves, trickling creeks, and ripples over the surface of a calm lake. The piece culminates with a harmonic modulation and a thunderous setting of the Dies Irae, or Day of Wrath, a famous 13th-century Latin hymn that has been used to portray fear in music from Shostakovich to Sondheim.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

James Clemens High School (Madison, Ala.) Wind Ensemble (Keith Anderson, conductor) – 1 February 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

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Gap Creek (Flex instrumentation) (2000)
The Liberty Bell (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1893/2011)
Nimrod (Flex Instrumentation) (as arranger) (1899/2011)
The North Face (Flex instrumentation) (1999/2021)
Shackelford Banks (Flex instrumentation) (2003)
The Thunderer (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1889/2010)

All Wind Works

76 Trombones (arr. Anderson; as adapter) (1997)
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (as arranger) (1967/2004)
America's Finest (1991)
As All the Heavens Were a Bell (2002)
At Dawn They Slept (2010)
Avatar Soundtrack Highlights (as arranger) (2009/2010)
Aztec Fire (Flex instrumentation) (2003)
Battle Cry of Freedom, The (as arranger) (1862/2001)
The Beatles: Love (as arranger) (2008)
Beauty and the Beast (as arranger) (1992/2017)
The Blues Brothers Revue (as arranger) (2004)
Bolero (as arranger) (1928/2003)
Boy's Dream, A (2007)
The British Are Coming! (as arranger) (2006)
Carnival of the Animals, The (as arranger) (1886/2006)
Catch Me If You Can (as arranger) (2011)
Chariots of Fire (as arranger) (1983)
Concert Suite from "Dances with Wolves" (as arranger) (1991)
The Cowboys (as arranger) (Grade III) (1972)
The Cowboys (as arranger) (Grade V) (1972/2007)
Crown Imperial (as arranger) (1937/1998)
Danse Bacchanale (as arranger) (1877/2004)
Danzón (as arranger) (1944/1990)
Dartmoor, 1912 (as arranger) (2011)
Defying Gravity (as arranger) (2003/2010)
Dies Irae (as arranger) (1874/1998)
Down in the River (2017)
Dream On (as arranger) (1973/2011)
Fanfare and Hymn of Brotherhood (1982/2004)
Fanfare and Hymn: A Mighty Fortress (as arranger) (1529/1991)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (as arranger) (1910/2006)
Film Score Classics (as arranger) (1990)
Firebird Excerpts (as arranger) (1910/1995)
Freedom (as arranger) (2000/2002)
Game of Thrones (as arranger) (2018)
Gap Creek (Flex instrumentation) (2000)
Glee Showstoppers (as arranger) (2010)
Gloriana (2015)
Go the Distance (as arranger) (1997)
Granada (as arranger) (1932/1998)
Head Rush (2015)
Hey Jude (as arranger) (1968/1992)
Hunger Games (as arranger) (2012)
Into the Light (1996)
The Invincible Eagle (as arranger) (1901/2004)
Jekyll & Hyde (as arranger) (c. 1990/1998)
Jingle Bells - Jolly Old St Nick (as arranger) (1857/2002)
John Williams Swings (as arranger) (2011)
Juba Dance (as arranger) (1932/2022)
Kirkpatrick's Muse (2017)
Legacy of Honor (2013)
The Liberty Bell (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1893/2011)
Liberty Fanfare (as arranger) (1986/2010)
Lincoln (as arranger) (2013)
Liquid (2019)
Little Mermaid, The (as arranger) (1990)
Lost Mountain (2008)
Mars (as arranger) (1916/1998)
Maverick (2020)
Miss Saigon Selections (as arranger)
Music from "Mission: Impossible" (as arranger) (1996)
Music from "The Incredibles" (as arranger) (2004/2006)
Nessun Dorma (as arranger) (1926/2003)
Nimrod (Flex Instrumentation) (as arranger) (1899/2011)
The North Face (Flex instrumentation) (1999/2021)
O Waly, Waly (2011)
Olympic Spirit, The (as transcriber) (1988/1996)
Out of Sea and the Shark Cage Fugue (as arranger) (1975/2011)
Out of This World (as arranger) (1999)
Pearl Harbor Soundtrack Highlights (as arranger) (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (as arranger) (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (as arranger) (2007)
Prince of Egypt, The (as arranger, with Zimmer) (1998/1999)
Procession of the Nobles (arr Bocook) (as arranger)
Queen in Concert
The Rebellion Is Reborn (as arranger) (2017)
Ritual Fire Dance (as arranger) (2001)
Robin Hood (as arranger) (1991)
Roll Tide (as arranger)
Russian Easter Overture (as arranger) (1888/2000)
Sacred Harp (2013)
Scheherazade (as transcriber) (1888/2006)
Scherzo from "Symphony No. 9" (as arranger) (1824/2004)
Selections from "Moana" (as arranger) (2016/2017)
Selections from "Wicked" (as arranger) (2004)
Shackelford Banks (2003)
Shackelford Banks (Flex instrumentation) (2003)
Skyfall (as arranger) (2012/2013)
Somewhere from "West Side Story" (as arranger)
Soundtrack Highlights from Les Misérables (as arranger) (1980/2013)
Star Trek: The Inner Light (as arranger) (1995)
Sweet Georgia Brown (arr. Bocook) (1925)
Symphonic Suite from "Jurassic World" (as arranger) (2015/2017)
Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront" (as arranger) (1954/2011)
Symphonic Suite from "Star Trek" (as arranger) (2009)
Symphonic Suite from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (arr Bocook) (as arranger) (2016)
Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (as transcriber) (1937/2005)
Theme from "Blazing Saddles" (as arranger) (1983)
Thriller (as arranger) (1982/2009)
The Thunderer (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1889/2010)
Titan Spirit (as arranger) (2000/2009)
Trooper Salute (as arranger with Reese) (2015)
Uptown Funk! (as arranger) (2014)
Vallum Hadriani (2022)
Vaquero (as arranger) (1967)
Viper (2010)
The Washington Post (as arranger) (1889/2010)
West Side Story: Medley (as arranger) (1957/1991)
Who's That Masked Man? (as arranger) (2007)
Young Person's Guide to John Williams (as arranger) (1991)

Resources

Bocook, J. (2019). Liquid [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.
Perusal score