Rhapsody for Hanukkah

Stephen Bulla

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Subtitle: The Festival of Lights

General Info

Year: 1994
Duration: c. 11:40
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Curnow Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $94.00 | Score Only - $19.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass 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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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North Jersey (Fair Lawn) Concert Band (Michael Roth, conductor) – 6 December 2019
Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Ben Loomer, conductor) – 13 December 2017
Callanwode Concert Band (Decatur, Ga.) (Glenn Moore, conductor) – 3 December 2017
Ohlone Wind Orchestra (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor) – 3 December 2016
Contra Costa (Calif.) Wind Symphony (Brad Hogarth, conductor) – 7 December 2015
North Jersey (Oakland, N.J.) Concert Band (Michael Roth, conductor) – 4 December 2015
Foothill Symphonic Winds (Palo Alto, Calif.) (David Bruce Adams, conductor) - 7 December 2014
Pleasanton (Calif.) Community Concert Band (H. Robert Williams, conductor) - 30 November 2014
Arlington Heights (Ill.) Community Concert Band - 8 December 2013

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)
Cole Porter Songbook (as arranger)
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)
The Imperial March (as arranger) (1980/2008)
Irish Lullaby, An
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)
Stephen Foster Songbook (as arranger) (1999)
Symphonic Highlights from "Frozen" (as arranger) (2013)
Tiger Rag (as adapter)
Tribute to Louis Armstrong (as arranger)
Uncommon Valor (1995)
Wade in the Water (as arranger) (2001)
Winterfest (as arranger) (2002)

Resources

Bulla, S. (1994). Rhapsody for Hanukkah: (The Festival of Lights) [score]. Curnow Music Press: Wilmore, Ky.).
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Stephen Bulla." Accessed 30 November 2014