|
Please DONATE to help with maintenance and upkeep of the Wind Repertory Project!
|
Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt
Contents
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 9:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $220.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Tam-Tam, large
- Tom-Toms (5)
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt came out of a very difficult time in my life where fear and doubt were very real daily struggles. The music is based on the Radiohead song Codex from their album the King of Limbs. This particular song, while beautiful and peaceful, is quite dark and devoid of hope, so I decided to treat the source material in a different way.
The piece begins like a camera that is completely out of focus so that all that one can see are nebulous blobs of color. Eventually, the music gradually gains direction and momentum until, by the end of the piece, the musical shapes and gestures are crystal clear. The title, Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt, comes from the lyrics of a different Radiohead song which has as its theme acceptance of life’s trials, resilience, and forward progress.
Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt was commissioned by a consortium of high school and university wind ensembles:
- Program Note by composer
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Wind Symphony I (Curran Prendergast, conductor) – 28 April 2017
- Ohio University (Athens) Wind Symphony (Andrew Trachsel, conductor) – 4 April 2017 *Premiere Performance*
- University of Illinois at Chicago Wind Ensemble (José Oliver Riojas , conductor)– 2 March 2017
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville Wind Symphony (Scott Anthony Jones, conductor) - 21 February 2017 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by this Composer
Works for Band and Wind Ensemble
- Black Bolt! (2012)
- Blues for a Squirrel in the Rain (2019)
- Bock Fanfares (2013)
- Concertino Caboclo (2012)
- Dancefares (2016)
- Deep Calls to Deep (2016)
- The Exultant Heart (2016)
- Ford's Machine (2011)
- The Grand Processional of Our Reptilian Overlords (2019)
- He Who Would Valiant Be (2010)
- Heavy Weather -- Concerto for Tuba and Wind Ensemble (2012)
- I Know Moonrise (2019)
- If I Am to Leave... See: Symphony No. 1
- In Light, Accessible... (2015)
- The King of Love, My Shepherd Is (2004)
- Like a River Glorious (2008)
- Lullaby from "Memorial to Silent Voices" (2011)
- Moonstruck Possum Trot (2013)
- Mountain Whippoorwill, The (2011)
- Noche Triste (2013)
- Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt (2017)
- Oh, What a Morning! (2013)
- Reanimations (2014)
- Rumpelstilzchen: A Fairy Tale for Wind Ensemble (2010)
- The Seventh Degree of Freedom
- Symphony No. 1 (2019)
- Through the Looking Glass (2008)
- You'll Come Matilda (Endlessly Waltzing) (2015)
Chamber Works:
- And Can It Be, for brass sextet (2009)
- Agua Nocturna, for chamber winds and percussion quartet (2010)
- Burning Music, for chamber ensemble (2011)
- Falling Wrong, for bassoon and piano (2014)
- I Carry Your Heart, for soprano, piano, and flugelhorn (2008)
- Last Dances of Prospero, for horn quartet (2009)
- Lux Veritas, for brass quintet and harp
- Nocturne Under a Red Moon, for Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, cello, piano, and percussion (2013)
- Nuclear Family, for clarinet quartet (2014)
- Paens for Brass Quintet (2009)
- Tom O'Bedlam, for flute/alto flute and percussion (2014)
- Urban Etudes for Double String Quartet and Brass Quintet (2009)
Resources
- Jess Langston Turner website Accessed 4 April 2017
- Perusal score
