Open Ye Gates, Swing Wide Ye Portals
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Subtitle: Celebrating the Centennial of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
General Info
Year: 2004
Duration: c. 11:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: BoonsLick Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $90.00
Movements
1. Gleaming Plaster Palaces 1:05
2. Mr. Ferris's Giant Wheel – 1:20
3. Shufflin' Down the Pike – 0:55
4. Exotica – 1:20
5. A Race at the Bandstand – 0:50
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Sizzle Cymbal (suspended)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle (small)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Whip
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Celebrating the Centennial of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Commissioned by the USAF Bands of Mid-America, Lt. Col. Steven Grimo, conductor.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: United States Air Force Band of Mid-America (Steven Grimo, conductor) - 2009
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Nebraska at Omaha Symphonic Wind Ensemble (James R. Saker, conductor) – 13 March 2008 (CBDNA 2008 North Central Division Conference, Omaha, Neb.)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- ABA Symphonic March (1986)
- Adios
- Allusions
- Booneslickers
- Brass Menagerie
- Canticle for Band (1965)
- A Christmas Greeting (1977)
- Colloquies
- Commemorative Fanfare (1979)
- Concertino
- Divertimento
- Dover Crossing
- Eclectix
- Elegy
- Fanfare and Steeplechase
- Fanfare for the Ozarks
- Gaelic Variations
- Glad Tidings
- Ha' Penny March
- In Memoriam Oklahoma City
- Infinite Horizons (1991)
- Journey of Three Rivers
- Jubilus
- Keystone Celebration (1989)
- Kitty Hawk. See: ABA Symphonic March
- Noel Francais
- Open Ye Gates, Swing Wide Ye Portals (2004)
- Overture "Silver Jubilee"
- Partita Antico
- Pavane
- Scherzo (1963)
- Silhouettes
- Sonata for Brass Quintet
- Songs from the Open Range
- Yuletide Offering
Resources
None discovered thus far.