Paradiso

Robert W. Smith

Robert W. Smith

This work is the fourth movement of the composer's Symphony No. 1, The Divine Comedy.

General Info

Year: 1996
Duration: c. 4:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $87.00; (digital) - $87.00   |   Score Only (print) - $15.00; (digital) - $12.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto 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
Celeste
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV (9-11 players), including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Crotales
• Snare Drum
• Tam-tam
• Triangle
• Vibraphones (2)
• Wind Chimes

Errata

In Score:

• Score, m.13: Missing a rehearsal mark "13"
• Score, m.13: Missing marking "Reverent, yet expressive"
• Score, m.24: Missing marking "Cantabile"

In Parts:

• Oboe II, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Oboe II, m.77: Remove F5 from the dotted half note and play D5 only
• Baritone T.C., m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Mallet Percussion, m.74: Missing marking "Add as many mallets as available, stage throughout hall"

In Score and Parts:

• Piccolo, m.62-64: Remove "8va" marking, play notes as printed
• Piccolo, m.81: B-flat5 should be a C6
• Oboe I, m.63: Add a slur starting from beat 1 to the and of beat 4
• Oboe I, m.63, beat 2: B-flat4 should be a F5
• Oboe I, m.67, beat 2: B-flat4 should be a F5
• Oboe I, m.75, beat 2: C5 should be a G5
• Oboe I, m.79, beat 2: C5 should be a G5
• Oboe II, m.63: Add a slur starting from beat 1 to the and of beat 4
• Bassoon, m.54: Add a hairpin crescendo starting from the and of beat 1 and ending before m.55
• Baritone Saxophone, m.81: Add a hairpin decrescendo lasting whole measure
• Trumpet II, m.52: Add a hairpin crescendo starting from beat 2 and ending before m.53
• Trumpet III, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Trumpet III, m.52, beat 2: First note should be a written E-flat
• Trumpet III, m.52: Add a hairpin crescendo starting from beat 2 and ending before m.53
• Horn I & II, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Horn III & IV, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Trombone I, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Trombone II, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Trombone II, m.81: Replace the half and quarter rests with an A3 dotted half note. Add an accent to this note as well
• Trombone II, m.82: Replace the half and quarter rests with an A3 dotted half note. Add an accent to this note as well
• Trombone III, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Trombone III, m.81: Change the printed A3 dotted half note on beat 1 to a G3
• Trombone III, m.82: Change the printed A3 dotted half note on beat 1 to a G3
• Baritone B.C., m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Tuba, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Piano/Celeste, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Mallet Percussion, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Timpani, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Percussion I, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Percussion I, m.37: Add a fermata for whole measure
• Percussion II, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Percussion II, m.37: Add a fermata for whole measure
• Percussion III, m.35, beat 1: Add "rit." marking
• Percussion III, m.37: Add a fermata for whole measure

- Potential errata noted by Matthew LeFebvre

Program Notes

This fourth and final movement from the composer's symphony The Divine Comedy draws the symphony to a brilliant conclusion! Full of rushing woodwind arpeggios, gorgeous four-part horn writing and an ethereal piano/celeste introduction, Paradiso presents more beauty of sound and less of the violent intensity found in the previous movements of The Divine Comedy.

- Program Note from publisher

Commissioned by the George Mason University Band, Fairfax, Virginia, Professor Anthony Maiello, Conductor.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. George Mason University Wind Ensemble (Anthony Maiello, conductor)
• Audio CD: Symphony Band, Unió Musical of Llíria (José Miguel Micó Castellano, conductor) – 2008
• Audio CD: George Mason University Wind Ensemble (Anthony Maiello, conductor) – 1997

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class A
• Kansas: IV
• Mississippi: VI-A
• North Carolina: VI
• South Carolina: V
• Tennessee: IV

Performances

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• Adrian (Mich.) College Concert Band (Ryan Cupp, conductor) - 20 February 2023
• Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas) Wind Ensemble (Andrew McMahan, conductor) – 25 April 2022
• North Central College (Naperville, Ill.) Concert Winds (Lawrence Van Oyen, conductor) – 5 December 2021
• Rome (Italy) Banda dell'Esercito Italiano (Italian Army Wind Band) (Filippo Cangiamila, conductor) – 22 September 2021
• Central DeWitt (Iowa) High School Symphonic Band (Josh Greubel, conductor) – 9 March 2020
• Franklin (Mass.) High School Wind Ensemble (Diane Plouffe, conductor) – 10 December 2019
• San Dieguito Academy (San Diego, Calif.) Wind Ensemble I (Jeremy Wuertz, conductor) – 23 January 2019
• DuPage Community Concert Band (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) (Terry Redford, conductor) – 3 December 2018
• Banda de Música da Cidade de Espinho (Brazil) (Helder Tavares, conductor) – 27 April 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Christmas Declaration (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (2009/2019)

All Wind Works

• Aces (2015)
• Affirmation Overture (1991)
• Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual (1994)
• African Bell Carol (as arranger) (2001)
• African Holy Night (2017)
• Ain't No Stoppin' Us (2007)
• Alabama Fanfare (2015)
• All Is Calm (as arranger) (2002)
• America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/1988)
• American Bell Carol (2012)
• An American Christmas (2004)
• American Dances (Brass Ensemble) (2017)
  • Rag
  • Square
  • Swing
• American Dances (Wind Ensemble) (2017/2018-2019)
  • Rag (2017/2019)
  • Square (2017/2019)
  • Swing (2017/2018)
• American Flourish (2009)
• American Folk Odyssey
  • The Wayfaring Stranger (2021)
• American Landscape No. 1 (2005)
• American Landscape No. 2. See: North Bay Vistas
• And to All a Good Night (2004)
• Angels, from the Realms of Glory (as arranger) (1816/1999)
• The Apes (2013), from Bestiarium
• Apollo Fanfare
• The Ascension. See: Symphony No. 1, "The Divine Comedy"
• Ash Lawn Echoes (1993)
• At Daybreak (2009)
• At the Crossroads (1994)
• Bells! (2009)
• Beyond the Bell Carol (2018)
• Blue. See: Krisanna's Colors
• Brazil: Ceremony, Song and Samba (2009)
• Brazilian Bell Carol (2016)
• Buffalo Dances (2006)
• By Loch and Mountain (1997)
• Cameroon (2004)
• Castle Lore
• Celtic Bell Carol (2010)
• Celtic Carol (2002)
• Celebration Fanfare from "Buffalo Dances" (2006)
• Ceremonium (1994)
• Chautauqua (2004)
• Christmas Concerto (1991)
• Christmas Concerto No. 2
• Christmas Concerto No. 3 (2003)
• Christmas Declaration (2009)
• Christmas Declaration (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (2009/2019)
• A Christmas Festival (as arranger) (1950/2007)
• Christmas Hymn (2001)
• Christmas in the Round (2001)
• A Christmas Proclamation (2008)
• Christmas Spectacle (as arranger) (2020)
• Cohan Celebration
• Conversations with Matisse (2021)
• Cosmic Harmonies (2023)
• Covenant (1992)
• Crown of Glory (2009)
• Crush (2013)
• Currents (2006)
• Dance Celebration (2000)
• Danza
• Deck the Halls with Drums and Voices
• Declaration and Flourish. See: Vaughan Williams Suite
• Declaration in Blue (2002)
• The Divine Comedy. See: Symphony No. 1, "The Divine Comedy"
• Dramatico
• Dreams (2010)
• Dueling Dragons (2009)
• Dulcinea. See: Symphony No. 3, "Don Quixote
• Earhart (2012)
• El Espiritu de Valencia (2009)
• Encanto (1989/2007)
• Eternal Peaks (2006)
• Evening Alleluias
• Fanfare and Processional on an Old English Carol (1999)
• Fanfare for a Holiday Celebration (2006)
• Fanfare for Tomorrow (2006)
• Fiesta La Vida (2009)
• Flying Fortress (2019)
• Full Throttle (2015)
• Furioso (2001)
• The Gathering of the Yeomen (1993)
• Gemeinhardt Suite (1997)
• Gentle Winds of Spring (2019)
• Georgia on My Mind (as arranger) (1930/1980)
• Gladiator Finale
• Glorioso (1997)
• Goondiwindi
• The Great Escape March (as arranger) (1963/1991/1995)
• The Great Locomotive Chase (2000)
• The Great Steamboat Chase (2003)
• The Greatest Generation (2017)
• Greensleeves. See: Vaughan Williams Suite
• Groovin' Down Cool Street (2009)
• Hadrian's Wall (2010)
• Harry Potter Symphonic Suite (as arranger) (2001)
• Herndon Exaltations (1997)
• High and Low Country
• Highlights from "Ragtime" (as arranger) (1997)
• Holiday March (with Michael Story) (2006)
• A Holst Hymn (as arranger) (1921/2022)
• Holst Winter Suite
  • On This Day Earth Shall Ring (as arranger) (1924/2001)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (as arranger) (1906/1992)
  • Old Brenton Carol (as arranger) (1910/2001)
• Hoosier Suite
• Hope (2015)
• Hymnsong Variants (1996)
• The Iliad. See: Symphony No. 2, "The Odyssey"
• The Illumination. See: Symphony No. 3, "Don Quixote"
• In a Gentle Rain (2000)
• In the Garden of the Gods
• In Times of Turbulence (2019)
• Incantations (1992)
• Inchon (2001)
• Inchon (adapt. Ninmer) (2001/)
• The Inferno. See: Symphony No. 1, "The Divine Comedy"
• Into the Storm (1994)
• Ireland (1996)
• Irish Songs (2007)
• The Isle of Calypso. See: Symphony No. 2, "The Odyssey"
• Ithaca. See: Symphony No. 2, "The Odyssey"
• Jingle Bells Forever (1998)
• Journeys in Time
• King of Kings (1998)
• Krisanna's Colors (2015-2017)
  • Red (2017)
  • Blue (2015)
  • Yellow (2016)
• Kronos (2003)
• Latin Bell Carol (2008)
• Leroy Anderson, a Legacy in Sound (as arranger) (1991/2008)
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (as arranger, with Story) (1945/2008)
• Liturgical Fanfare (1995)
• Lullaby for Band (2007)
• The Maelstrom (1997)
• March Grandioso (as arranger) (1909/2007)
• Mighty Empire (2018)
• A Minor Holiday Celebration (as arranger) (2019)
• Mirages (2009)
• Morpheus (2004)
• A Mother's Hymn (2021)
• Moto Continuo (2009)
• Musical Mayhem (2017)
• Mutations (2023)
• A Nation's Strength (2003)
• Navarro (2009)
• North Bay Vistas (2007)
• The Odyssey. See: Symphony No. 2, "The Odyssey"
• On Eagle's Wings (1999)
• Overture 1812 (as arranger, with Story) (1882/2012)
• Paradiso. See: Symphony No. 1, "The Divine Comedy"
• Peace Like a River
• Postcards from the First Coast (2015)
• The Prairie is My Garden (2018)
• Prevailing Winds (2009)
• Promising Skies (2010)
• Purgatorio. See: Symphony No. 1, "The Divine Comedy"
• The Quest. See: Symphony No. 3, "Don Quixote"
• The Recession, Depression Holiday Blues (2009)
• Red. See: Krisanna's Colors
• Reflections in Moonlight (as arranger) (1801/2007)
• Relativo (2011)
• Rising Dragons (2006)
• Rites of Tamburo (1999)
• Repercussions (2007)
• The Royal Hawaiian (2023)
• The Runaway Sleigh (2007)
• Sancho and the Windmills. See: Symphony No. 3, "Don Quixote"
• Scaling the Mountains of Time (2022)
• Semper Liberi (1998)
• Sensei's Ride on the Cherry Blossom Express (2010)
• Serengeti Dreams (2000)
• Shenandoah (arr. Smith and Story) (2003)
• Soaring Over High and Low Country (2022)
• Solaris (2009)
• Songs of Earth, Water, Fire and Sky (1998)
• Songs of Sailor and Sea (1997)
• The Sound and the Fury (1999)
• Southwest Summer (2009)
• The Spirit of Orpheus (1998)
• Spirit of the Winds (2007)
• The Star of Dreams (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones (as arranger) (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith (as arranger) (2005)
• Stone Gardens (2016)
• Suite for the Heroes Among Us (2018)
• Suite of Appalachian Folk Songs (2016)
• Summer Nights (2016)
• The Sword of Kings (2007)
• Symphonic Festival (1991)
• Symphonic Statement (2006)
• Symphony No. 1, "The Divine Comedy" (1994-1997)
  • The Inferno (1995)
  • Purgatorio (1997)
  • The Ascension (1994)
  • Paradiso (1996)
• Symphony No. 2, "The Odyssey" (1999-2004)
  • The Iliad (2001)
  • The Winds of Poseidon (1999)
  • The Isle of Calypso (2001)
  • Ithaca (2004)
• Symphony No. 3, "Don Quixote" (2008)
  • The Quest
  • Dulcinea
  • Sancho and the Windmills
  • The Illumination
• Symphony of Souls (2007)
• The Tempest (1995)
• Teutonic Tales (2010)
  • Damon-Tanz (2011)
  • Freya (2011)
  • Thor's Hammer (2011)
• Three Fanfares for a Celebration (2007)
• Through the Vulcan's Eye (1996)
• To Dance in the Secret Garden (1996)
• To Challenge the Sky and Heavens Above (2000)
• To the Summit! (2001)
• Top Gun (1986)
• Triton Fanfare (2009)
• Tromba Grande (2016)
• Tuba Christmas (2020)
• 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (as arranger) (1995)
• Twelve Seconds to the Moon (1996)
• Twister (as arranger) (1996)
• Ultimatum (2009)
• Upon a Midnight Clear (as arranger) (2014)
• Üsküdar (with Michael Story) (2005)
• Valiance: A Heroic Overture for Band (2007)
• Vaughan Williams Suite
  • Wassail (as arranger) (2006)
  • Greensleeves (as arranger) (2007)
  • Declaration and Flourish (2008)
• Walking the Planks (2012)
• When Saint Nick Comes Marching In (as arranger) (2017)
• When Summer Takes Flight (2002)
• Where the Black Hawk Soars (1995)
• Willson Suite (1997/2000)
• Wind Song (2017)
• The Winds of Poseidon. See: Symphony No. 2, "The Odyssey"
• A World Holiday Celebration (2007)
• Yellow. See: Krisanna's Colors
• Yi Sun Shin: A Call to the Sea. See: Rising Dragons

Resources

• Perusal score
• Robert W. Smith website Accessed 6 September 2021
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 549.
• Smith, R.; Alighieri, D. (1996). Paradiso: From The Divine Comedy [score]. Belwin Mills: Miami, Fla.