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Phase Shift
General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 6:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: RLCompositions
Cost: Score and Parts – Available fall 2020
Instrumentation
Full Score
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-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:
- Bass Drums (2)
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Hi-Hat
- Marimbas (2)
Electronics
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The term “phase shift” is a change in the phase of a waveform, meaning how far has the waveform shifted from its usual position.
In this piece, we iterate on that concept by putting the ensemble into an unusual arrangement and shifting the sound (waveforms) away from their usual positions. Throughout the piece, a four-note motif is present that is passed around from side to side and shifted between instrument families throughout the stage. Punctuated brass fanfares mark each phase shift while providing driving motion for the entire piece.
More than that, the title refers to the shift away from the traditional performance medium to a more modern soundscape with incorporated electronics. The concert band medium has gone under many evolutions over the last 100 years and Phase Shift celebrates those evolutions while taking that next step into the future.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.) Symphonic Band (Jonathan Sweet, conductor) – 29 September 2019 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Celestial Body (Adaptable Band) (2019/2020)
- Curtain in the Sky (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2018)
- Excelsior! (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Forge (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
All Wind Works
- Beyond the Scope (2012)
- Celestial Body (Adaptable Band) (2019/2020)
- Curtain in the Sky (2016/2018)
- Curtain in the Sky (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2018)
- Excelsior! (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Forge (2019)
- Forge (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- The Great Machine. See: Symphony No. 1
- Milestones (2020)
- Millennium Fanfare (2011)
- New Horizons. See: Symphony No. 2
- Phase Shift (2019)
- Reflections (2019)
- Sonic Fanfare (2018)
- Spark! (2015)
- Symphony No. 1 (2009/2021)
- Symphony No. 2 (2012)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Robert Langenfeld, personal correspondence, October 2019
- Robert Langenfeld website Accessed 1 October 2019