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Night on Fire (flex)
John Mackey (arr. Robert Ambrose)
Subtitle: From The Soul Has Many Motions
General Info
Year: 2013 / 2021
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Osti Music
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $75.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 2
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Violin
Part 3
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Horn in F
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Viola
Part 4
- Bassoon
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Horn in F
- Cello
Part 5
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Electric Bass
- Cello
Percussion (at least one player), including:
- Bass Drum
- Djembe I-II
- Drum Rim
- Hand Drum
- Marimba
- Tambourine
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Night on Fire is the second movement of a piece titled The Soul Has Many Motions, which was commissioned by student music groups at the University of Texas at Austin to honor the retirement of Dick Floyd. This movement bears a direct relationship to its musical predecessor, Strange Humors, which was brought into being as a wind band work by Mr. Floyd. Where Strange Humors possesses a singular and often intimate voice, Night on Fire is a full-throated shout of collective expression. Its pace is frantic from the outset, with the unique kind of energy that comes only from groups engaged in choreography that is at once carefully planned and seemingly spontaneous. Dick’s masterful teaching has made this kind of energetic expression possible for thousands of musicians over the course of his career, and the relentless drive of Night on Fire matches that same quality in Dick’s character that has brought so many musical possibilities to life.
- Program Note (for 2013 edition) by the Midlothian High School Wind Ensemble concert program, 17 December 2014
Media
- Audio: Reference recording (2013 edition). University of Texas Wind Symphony (Scott Hanna, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Case Western Reserves Bands - March 2021 (Virtual)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
- Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
- Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- Antique Violences (2017)
- Asphalt Cocktail (2009)
- Aurora Awakes (2009)
- Clocking (2007)
- Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble (2007)
- Damn (1998)
- A deep reverberation fills with stars (2022)
- Divine Mischief (2022)
- Drum Music: Concerto for Percussion (2011)
- Fanfare for Full Fathom Five (2015)
- Foundry (2011)
- The Frozen Cathedral (2012)
- Harvest: Concerto for Trombone (2009)
- High Wire (2012)
- Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010)
- Hymn to a Blue Hour (arr. Wallace) (2010/2021)
- Kingfishers Catch Fire (2007)
- Let Me Be Frank with You (2020/2021)
- Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Lightning Field (2015)
- Liminal (2016)
- Mom Song
- The Night Garden (2017)
- Night on Fire. See: The Soul Has Many Motions
- Places we can no longer go (2018)
- (redacted) (2013)
- Redline Tango (2004)
- The Rumor of a Secret King (2017/2018)
- The Rumor of a Secret King (arr. Blegen) (2017/2018/2020)
- Sacred Spaces (2019)
- Sasparilla (2005)
- Sheltering Sky (2012)
- Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
- Snarl (2018)
- Some treasures are heavy with human tears (2021)
- Songs from the End of the World (2015)
- The Soul Has Many Motions (2013)
- Night on Fire (2013)
- Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
- Strange Humors (2006)
- Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- Strange Humors (saxophone ensemble) (2006/2021)
- This Cruel Moon (2014/2017)
- This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Turbine (2006)
- Turning (2007)
- Undertow (2008)
- Until the Scars (2014/2019)
- Wine-Dark Sea (2014)
- Xerxes (2010)
Resources
- John Mackey website Accessed 11 January 2021
- Mackey, J. (2013). The Soul Has Many Motions: For Concert Band [score]. Osti Music: Cambridge, Mass.
- Perusal score (2013 edition)