Rhapsody for Flute

Stephen Bulla

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General Info

Year: 1996
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: IV / II (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Curnow Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $74.00 | Score Only - $14.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This concert piece for flute soloist and band is divided into three sections. A fast opening theme provides the soloist with a rhythmic melody that evolves into a slower and more expressive middle section. Here too the band has ample opportunity to display a full and warm sensitivity with the music. This section concludes with a brief cadenza for solo flute supported by sustained woodwind harmony. The final section is quick and light-hearted, becoming an energetic finale to this original composition.

- Program Note from the score

This is a truly fascinating work for solo flute with band. Symphonic in nature, the band accompaniment displays a multitude of colors and textures underneath the solo, which is at times playful, somewhat contemporary, and occasionally dark and warm.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Shobi Wind Orchestra

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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National Concert Band of America (Alexandria, Va.) (Adrian Holton, conductor; Katherine Riddle, flute and piccolo) - 5 March 2023
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Ensemble (Christopher J. Woodruff, conductor; Suzanne Duffy, flute) – 8 March 2020
University Heights (Ohio) Symphonic Band (Matthew Salvaggio, conductor, Robert Cotrell, flute) – 20 October 2019
Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.) Wind Ensemble (James Patrick Miller, conductor, Jess Backus, flute) - 12 May 2018
Ohlone Community Band (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 16 March 2016
Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band (New York City) (Kelly Watkins, conductor; Craig Devereaux, flute/piccolo) - 12 December 2014
Wilkes Civic Band (Wilkes-Barre,Penn.) (Lish Lindsey, flute) - 9 December 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adirondack Festival Overture (2014)
Andante con Moto (as arranger) (1816/2003)
Bells of Christmas (1999)
Blue Mountain Saga (1995)
Bond, James Bond (as arranger)
Cartoon Capers (as arranger) (2000)
Celestial Suite (1989)
Christmas Calypso (1997)
Cole Porter Songbook (as arranger)
Declaration for Trumpet
Ellington! (as arranger) (2019)
Escapades (as transcriber) (2002/2012)
Euphonium Fantasia
Excerpts from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (as arranger) (1978/2009)
Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924)
Firestorm (1992)
Heather Ridge Sketches (2000)
The Imperial March (as arranger) (1980/2008)
Irish Lullaby, An
Irish Songs, Set No 1 (as arranger)
Irish Songs, Set No 2 (as arranger) (2004)
Legend of Knife River (1997)
Legends of Jazz (as arranger) (2012)
Library of Congress March, The (as arranger)
Mambo Greats (as arranger) (2013)
Mancini! (as arranger) (2000?)
March Creole (1995)
North Bridge Portrait (2001)
Of Ancient Dances (2015)
Pride of a People (as arranger)
Rhapsody for Flute (1996)
Rhapsody for Hanukkah (1994)
Russian Carol Variations (1999)
The Schumann Suite (as arranger) (1997)
Selections from "Into the Woods" (as arranger)
Selections from "The Great Race" (as arranger)
Selections from ''Sweeney Todd'' (as arranger) (1979/2009)
Shipston Prelude (2000)
Sinatra! (as arranger) (2011)
Slavonic Fantasy (as arranger)
Sondheim! (as arranger) (2021)
Stephen Foster Songbook (as arranger) (1999)
Symphonette (2003)
Symphonic Highlights from "Frozen" (as arranger) (2013)
Tiger Rag (as adapter)
Tribute to Louis Armstrong (as arranger)
Trilogy Americana (2002)
Uncommon Valor (1995)
Wade in the Water (as arranger) (2001)
Winterfest (as arranger) (2002)
Yankee Doodle (as arranger) (1845/)

Resources

Bulla, S. (1996). Rhapsody for Flute [score]. Curnow Music Press: Wilmore, Ky.