Second Suite (Jager)
General Info
Year: 1965
Duration: c. 11:25
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Volkwein
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Movements
1. Fanfare
2. Ballade
3. Scherzo
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (I doubling English horn)
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion (4 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Gong
- Marimba
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Second Suite places much emphasis on tone color in the band. The opening fanfare of restrained dignity contrasts the higher instruments with the lower. The second movement is based on a lyrical theme played first by English horn. The final movement is a brilliant and driving scherzo with solos in percussion, bassoon and euphonium. Following a dynamic buildup of the main theme, the opening fanfare returns in abbreviated form before the work concludes with a final presto.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
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State Ratings
- Kansas: V
- Louisiana: IV
- Michigan: Senior High AA
- Tennessee: VI
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Joshua Neuenschwander, conductor) – 8 April 2019
- PRO WiND 023 (Japan) – 5 June 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Apocalypse (1972)
- Appalachian Carol Festival (1983)
- Blithe Bells (as arranger) (1989)
- Bold Venture (1990)
- Carpathian Sketches (1978)
- Cliff Island Suite (1990)
- Chorale and Toccata (1967/1971)
- Colonial Airs and Dances (1987)
- A Commemorative Suite (1987)
- Concert in the Park (2004)
- Concerto for Band (1981)
- Concerto for Bass Tuba and Concert Band (1981)
- Concerto for Euphonium and Band (1985)
- Concerto for Percussion and Band (1984)
- Concerto No. 2 for Alto Saxophone (1977)
- Courage to Serve March (1971)
- Diamond Variations (1968)
- Eagle Rock Overture (1986)
- Epilogue: "Lest We Forget" (1992)
- Esprit de Corps (1984)
- Eternal Vigilance (2008)
- First Suite for Band (1995)
- Hebraic Rhapsody (2000)
- Heroic Saga (1986)
- Highland Fling (2005)
- In Sunshine and Shadows (2004)
- Japanese Prints (1976)
- Joan of Arc (2008)
- Jubilate (1978)
- The Last Full Measure of Devotion (1995)
- Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire (1997/2013)
- Litany (1981)
- Lord, Guard and Guide (1993)
- March Dramatic (1967/1996)
- March of the Dragonmasters (1984)
- Meditations on an Old Scottish Hymn Tune (1993)
- Mystic Chords of Memory (1999/2001)
- Old Time Spirit (1986/1997)
- Pastorale and Country Dance (1979)
- Potomac Festival Overture (1990)
- Preamble (1975)
- Prelude: Concert Liberte (1976)
- Prelude on an Old Southern Hymn (1983)
- A Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire. See: Like a Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire
- Second Suite (1965)
- Shivaree (1976)
- Sinfonia Hungarica (1998)
- Sinfonia Noblissima (1965)
- Sinfonietta (1973)
- Stars and Bars (1965)
- Suite from "Edvard Munch" (1967/1996)
- Symphony for Band (1965)
- Symphony No. 2 (1976)
- Symphony No. 3 (2003/2018)
- Tableau (1982)
- The Tennessean March (1968)
- Testament (1988)
- Third Suite (1966)
- Three Chinese Miniatures (1993)
- To Music (2003)
- The Tour de Force March (1970)
- Triumph and Tradition (1985)
- Uncommon Valor March (1991)
- Under the Big Top (1987)
- Variants on the Air Force Hymn (2000)
- Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann (1968)
- The Wall (1993)
- The World Turned Upside Down (1983)
Resources
- Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 166-167. Print.
- Jager, R. (1965). Second Suite [score]. Volkwein Bros.: Pittsburgh, Penn.
- Robert Jager website Accessed 8 April 2019
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 325.