Sea of Tranquility
This work is the first movement of Buckley's suite The Seas of the Moon.
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 4:25
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Cabasa
- Finger Cymbals
- Marimba
- Ratchet (or Snare Drum)
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-toms (2)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Since the beginning of humanity we've been mesmerized by the moon, and what were originally thought to be “seas” appearing on the surface. The "Sea of Tranquility” is probably the best-known of these thanks to the landing of Apollo 11 in 1969. The first movement of Robert Buckley's four-movement suite captures the astronauts' sense of awe and wonder of their journey from lift-off, to weightlessness, to the triumph and jubilation of the lunar landing itself.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by Michael Burch-Pesses in celebration of his 20th anniversary as conductor of the Oregon Symphonic Band.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) Wind Ensemble (James Popejoy, conductor) - 12 October 2021
- Band of the 15th Field Regiment (Vancouver, B.C.) - 29 January 2020
- Oregon (Portland) Symphonic Band (Michael Burch-Pesses, conductor) - 22 April 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Final Countdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
- Highlights from "Doctor Who" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2019)
- My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1959/2014)
All Wind Works
- Above and Beyond (2020)
- Ancient Stone Circles (2015)
- Arctic Fire. See: Symphony No. 1
- Attack of the Cyborgs (2017)
- Autumn's Garland. See: Symphony No. 3
- Bigfoot Stomp (2020)
- Cathedral Grove (2012)
- Codebreaker (2013)
- Continuum (2011)
- December (2013)
- Doctor Who (as arranger) (2016)
- Dreamcatcher (2016)
- Eagle Song (as arranger) (2018)
- Echo Lake (2014)
- Echoes of the Silent (2018)
- Excerpts from "The Rite of Spring" (as arranger) (2015)
- Fantasy on the Huron Carol (2014)
- Final Countdown (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1986/2014)
- Finn McCool (2020)
- Free Running (2012)
- From the Highest Peak (2017)
- The Gathering of Eagles (as arranger) (2018)
- Highlights from "Doctor Who" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2019)
- Highway of Heroes (2019)
- Hymn to Freedom (as arranger) (1962/2017)
- I Am the Doctor (as arranger) (2015)
- Iditarod. See: Symphony No. 1
- Jitterbug! (2018)
- Kingdom of the Sun and Moon (2015)
- The Knights' Creed (2018)
- Land of the Midnight Sun. See: Symphony No. 1
- LOL (2016)
- The Legend of Billy Miner (2018)
- Let the Bells Ring! (2015)
- Lightspeed (2017)
- The Lions March (2020)
- The Magic Mirror (2020)
- My Favorite Things (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1959/2014)
- Ogopogo (2015)
- An Olympic Celebration (2007/2010)
- Pacifica (Buckley) (2013)
- The Pathway to the Stars (2023)
- Portraits of the North. See: Symphony No. 1
- Postcard from Amsterdam (2015)
- Postcard from England (2014)
- Postcard from Pittsburgh (2013)
- Prestidigitation (2016)
- Procession of the Sorcerers (2009/2012)
- Propulsion (2014)
- Raven (as arranger) (2020)
- ReBoot (2013)
- Red Sky (2015)
- Rock It Science (2013)
- The Seas of the Moon
- Sea of Tranquility (2018)
- Foaming Sea (2018)
- Sea of Clouds (2019)
- Serpent Sea (2019)
- Shadowplay (2012)
- Smoke and Mirrors (2012)
- Smugglers' Cove (2019)
- Snow (2017)
- Spirit of the Wolf (as arranger) (2019)
- Spring Awakening. See: Symphony No. 3
- Squonk Blues (2016)
- Starburst (2015)
- Summer Festivals. See: Symphony No. 3
- Sunlight Dancing (2023)
- Symphony No. 1 (2012–14)
- Arctic Fire (2014)
- Land of the Midnight Sun (2013)
- Iditarod (2012)
- Symphony No. 3 (2021)
- Synergy (2019)
- Themes from "The Crown" (as arranger) (2020)
- Thunderbird
- A Tribute to Arthur Delamont
- Front and Center (2015)
- Memento (2015)
- Flying Colors (2015)
- Under the Prairie Sky
- Undercurrents (2016)
- Walking to the Sky (2016)
- Where Mountains Touch the Sky (2014)
- Wild Rose Jamboree (2016)
- Windjammer (2011)
- Winter Light. See: Symphony No. 3
- Wolf Song (as arranger) (2019)
Resources
- Bob Buckley Productions – Accessed 18 May 2018
- Buckley, R. (2018). Sea of Tranquility: (1st movement of: "The Seas of the Moon") [score] Hal Leonard:Milwaukee, Wisc.