Perseverance
Subtitle: An Isolation Chronicle
General Info
Year: 2021
Duration: c. 8:25
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Joseph T. Spaniola Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $130.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Bells
- Bongos
- Cabasa
- Claves
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Vibra-slap
- Wood Blocks (high and low)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
During the height of the pandemic, people around the world isolated themselves at home for extended periods of time. Each hour and day were difficult to distinguish from the next, each person feeling like Homer’s Sisyphus, sentenced to eternally roll a large stone up a hill only for it to roll down as it approached the top, or being tasked to find a corner in a round room. The days were as the river in Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, “this water ran and ran, incessantly it ran, and was always there, was always at all times the same and yet new in every moment.”
An underlying focused calm was the foundation on which survival was built. It allowed for resolutely facing the moment, courageously moving forward while standing still. Solemn thoughts of resolution invade one’s heart and mind and help fuel the passion to press on. Defiantly, the quest continues, compelled onward by a bold, unwavering, and relentless spirit. How much time has passed? Be it an hour, day, week, month, or year, it was always at all times the same and yet new in every moment and comprises this chronicle of Perseverance.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Kennesaw (Ga. ) State University Wind Ensemble (David T. Kehler, conductor) - 2 March 2022 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Akatonbo (2005)
- Beaver's Delight
- Blow, Eastern Winds (2015)
- Chatwood Springs
- Concerto No. 1
- Escapade (2001)
- Fanfare for a New Day (2017)
- For Lauren with Joy
- Grand Ledge Fantasy
- Jubilation Garden
- Kenneth Fanfare, The
- Lincoln's Lamp
- Moishe's Miracle
- Navajo Code Talkers
- New Horizons (2002)
- Perseverance (2021)
- Resounding Joy (2018)
- Road from Aphonia, The
- Serendipity
- Space: Dreams and Adventures
- Space Fanfare
- Suite - Lo Rejoice
- Sweet Light's Reflection
- Take Flight
- Through Chocolate-Brown Eyes
- Together in the Park (2023)
- Tomorrow's Calling
- Un Bel Di (as arranger) (1904/1997)
- Uplifted
- Water Fanfare (2008)
- Whimsical Lane
- Winds of the Quadrumvirate
- World of Wonder (2017)
- Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Resources
- Joseph Spaniola, personal correspondence, March 2022
- Joseph T. Spaniola website Accessed 1 March 2022