Over the Moon

Frank Ticheli

General Info

Year: 2023
Duration: c. 9:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

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 Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
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
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum (large)
Bongos
Cabasa
Crash Cymbals
Crotales
Hi-Hat
Marimba
Slapstick
Snare Drum
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Tom Toms
Triangles (3)
Vibraphone
Wood Block (medium)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Much as in the epic tales pf Jules Verne's from the Earth to the Moon and George Méliès' iconic 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, I sought to take the listener on a brief musical voyage Over the Moon. At the start, the listener rides down a steep slide to the surface of the moon. At once a tango-like dance, glittery and light as silk, swims through the air. Instrumental solos appear and disappear like the characters of a story.

Suddenly the dance takes a on forbidding quality – plunger-muted growls appear as the work propels itself forward. Perhaps this is the dark side of the moon. Lines intermingle, the work lifts itself: Over the Moon, in joyful exuberance.

At the halfway mark, there is a brief respite, as if looking forward toward the peaceful blue planet: a hymn to life, to the Earth, the Moon, and towards the boundless energy of the Universe. A lone clarinet connects us to the return of the dance, reaching ever higher and brighter. A triumphant climax is suddenly quashed by a steep slide, back down to life on Earth.

- Program Note by composer

Commissioned by the Kentucky Music Educators Association and the Kentucky College/University Band Directors or the Kentucky Intercollegiate Band.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. University of Texas El Paso Wind Symphony (Andrew Hunter, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Texas El Paso Wind Symphony (Andrew Hunter, conductor) - 30 March 2023
Kentucky Intercollegiate Band (Louisville) (Michael J. Colburn, conductor) – 18 February 2023 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)

All Wind Works

Abracadabra (2005)
Acadiana (2016)
Amazing Grace (Ticheli) (1994)
Amazing Grace (Adaptable Band) (1994/2021)
Amen! (2009)
An American Elegy (2000)
Angels in the Architecture (2009)
Angels Rising (2023)
Apollo Unleashed. See: Symphony No. 2
Ave Maria (as arranger) (1825/2004)
BASH (2021)
Belle. See: Cajun Folk Songs: Belle
Blue Shades (1996)
Boundless River (2020)
Cajun Folk Songs: Belle (Adaptable Band) (1991/2002/2020)
Cajun Folk Songs, Part One (1990)
Cajun Folk Songs, Part Two (1997)
Concertino for Trombone (1987/2007)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2014)
Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2010)
Concerto for Trumpet (1990/2021)
Dance. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
Dancing on Water (2015)
December Snow (2015)
Earth Song (Adaptable Band) (2012/2020)
Earth Song for Band (2012)
First Light (2013)
Fortress (1988)
Gaian Visions (1990)
Ghost Tale (2020)
Here Take This Lovely Flower. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
In C-Dorian (Adaptable Band) (2020)
In Yonder Valley. See: Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs
Joy (2005)
Joy (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
Joy Revisited (2005)
Korean Folksongs from Jeju Island (2013)
Life-Stream (2022)
Loch Lomond (2002)
Loch Lomond (Adaptable Band) (arr. Ambrose) (2002/2020)
Lux Perpetua (2020)
Midnight in Nairobi (2019)
Midnight (2019)
Moving On (Adaptable Band) (2021)
Moving On. See also: Suite Treats
Music for Winds and Percussion (withdrawn)
Nitro (2006)
Over the Moon (2023)
Pacific Fanfare (1994/2002)
Peace (2015)
Portrait of a Clown (Adaptable Band) (1988/2020)
Portrait of a Clown (1988)
Postcard (1991)
Rest (2011)
Sailing the Sky (2021)
San Antonio Dances (2010)
Sanctuary (2006)
Serenade for Kristin (2018)
A Shaker Gift Song (2004)
Shenandoah (1999)
Silver Lining (2017)
Simple Gifts (four movements) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
Simple Gifts (one movement) (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs (2002)
- In Yonder Valley (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Dance (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
- Here Take This Lovely Flower (Adaptable Band) (2002/2020)
Songs of Love and Life (2012)
Sun Dance (1997)
Symphony No. 1 (tr. Green) (2001/2011)
Symphony No. 2 (2004)
The Tyger (2008)
Under the Big Top (2019)
Vesuvius (1999)
Vesuvius (Adaptable Band) (1999/2020)
Wild Nights! (2007)

Resources

Frank Ticheli website Accessed 13 September 2022
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