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Seeker, The
Subtitle: A Symphonic Movement
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 9:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maslanka Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $299.00; (digital) - $209.00 | Score Only (print) - $99.00; (digital) - $69.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Anvil
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Metal Piece (hanging)
- Orchestra Chimes
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal (large)
- Tam-Tam
- Tenor Drum
- Tom-Tom (small, medium, large)
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Seeker, a symphonic movement for wind ensemble, was composed by David Maslanka in 2016, commissioned by the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors' Association.
The Seeker draws its name from the Buddhist tradition, in which Buddhist followers are “the seekers” after enlightenment. Mr. Maslanka writes “it can be said that we are all seekers on this path, the path to self-understanding, of the heart of compassion, of caring for the world.”
The Seeker opens with a slow melody that feels like an Appalachian folk song. It transitions suddenly and sharply into the main body of the work, an energetic and exuberant romp at a very speedy tempo. The melody returns in the context of a chorale, a recomposition of Christe, der du bist tag und licht (Christ, you who are day and light) from the 371 four-part chorales of Johann Sebastian Bach. The movement concludes with a partial recap of the fastmusic, and a very brief coda.
The Seeker is also the last finished piece of Mr. Maslanka, prior to his passing on August 6, 2017. The composition is a truly remarkable gem, summarizing the truly profound and wonderful output of wind ensemble music that Mr. David Maslanka created in his lifetime.
- Program Note from James Madison University Wind Symphony concert program 4 October 2017
Media
- Audio flash drive: University of West Georgia (Carrollton) Wind Ensemble (Josh Byrd, conductor) – 2020
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Towson (Md.) University Wind Ensemble (Christopher Cicconi, conductor) - 16 March 2022
- University of West Georgia (Carrollton) Wind Ensemble (Josh Byrd, conductor) – 22 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 Southern Division Conference, Natchitoches, La.)
- Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Wind Symphony (Brian Youngblood, conductor) - 13 February 2020 (2020 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Wind Symphony (Brian Youngblood, conductor) - 11 February 2020
- University of Portland (Ore.) Wind Symphony (Patrick Murphy, conductor) – 28 September 2019
- University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Wind Ensemble (Scott Hagen) – 3 April 2018
- University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Symphonic Band (Eric LaPrade) – 1 March 2018
- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Wind Symphony (Stephen Bolstad, conductor) – 4 October 2017
- Virginia All-State Band (Gary Green, conductor) – 8 April 2017 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alex and the Phantom Band (2002/2015)
- Angel of Mercy (2015)
- California (2016)
- A Child's Garden of Dreams (1981)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1999)
- Concerto for Marimba and Band (1990)
- Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2015)
- Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1979)
- Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (2012)
- Concerto No 2 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (2002)
- Concerto No 3 for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2016)
- Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2007)
- Crown of Thorns (1991)
- Desert Roads (2005)
- Fanfare-Variations on the Chorale Melody "Durch Adams Fall" (Through Adam's Fall). See: Recitation Book
- First Light (2016)
- Four Pieces for Band (1980)
- Give Us This Day (2005)
- Golden Light (1990)
- Heart Songs (2001)
- Hell's Gate (1997)
- Hohner (1999)
- Hosannas (2015)
- Husa (2016)
- Hymn for World Peace (2014)
- Illumination (2013)
- In Memoriam (1990)
- Laudamus Te (1995)
- Letter to Martin (2015)
- Liberation (2012)
- Little Concerto (1990)
- Mass (1995/2005)
- Montana Music: Chorale Variations (1993)
- Morning Star (1997)
- Mother Earth (2008)
- Mountain Roads (1997)
- On This Bright Morning (2013)
- Peace (2012)
- Prelude on a Gregorian Tune (1981)
- Procession of the Academics (2008)
- Quintet for Winds Number 2
- Recitation Book (2006)
- Remember Me (2013)
- Requiem (2013)
- Rollo Takes a Walk (1980)
- Saint Francis (2015)
- Sea Dreams (1998)
- The Seeker (2016)
- Song at the End of Time
- Songs for the Coming Day (2012)
- Song Book (2001)
- Symphony No. 2 (1987)
- Symphony No. 3 (1991/2007)
- Symphony No. 4 (1993)
- Symphony No. 5 (2000)
- Symphony No. 6 (2004)
- Symphony No 7 (2004)
- Symphony No 8 (2008)
- Symphony No. 9 (2011)
- Symphony No. 10 (2018)
- Tears (1994)
- Testament (2001)
- Traveler (2003)
- A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter (1995)
- ufo dreams (1999)
- Unending Stream of Life (2007)
- Variants on a Hymn Tune (1995)
Resources
- David Maslanka website Accessed 4 October 2017