Serenade for Winds and Percussion

David Gillingham

Subtitle: Songs of the Night

General Info

Year: 1990 / 2000
Duration: c. 18:20
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C Alan / McClaren Productions
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00

Movements

1. Journey into Darkness – 4:35
2. Apparitions – 3:00
3. Romance – 3:35
4. Nocturnal Life-Forces – 2:35
5. Journey into Daylight – 3:55

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Anvil
Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Cricket
Crotales
Log Drums
Marimba, Bass
Marimba
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Temple Blocks
Tom-Tom (6)
Triangle
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Serenade for Winds and Percussion seeks to faithfully recreate the spirit of the classical serenade of Mozart's time. Since wind instruments could project better than strings, these serenades were often used for outdoor performances. Though it is not intended that the Serenade for Winds and Percussion be performed outdoors, the theme of the work deals with outdoor associations of the night.

The work is cast in five movements. The first, Journey Into Darkness, leads the listener into the exotic and mysterious aura of the night. Following the first movement is Apparitions, which is a haunting scherzo-like depiction of the multitude of shadows cast on moonlit nights. The third movement, entitled Romance, is quiet and simple. One should picture a young man serenading his lover on a warm, starlit summer evening. In the fourth movement, Nocturnal Life-Forces, there transpires a march of all the living creatures that adorn the darkness of night. Finally, Journey Into Daylight brings the listener out of the darkness and into the reality of the new day with dramatic fanfare.

- Program Note by composer

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Cincinnati Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 2004

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio: Cincinnati Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Wind Ensemble (David Roush, Preston Weber, Shaun Evans, conductors) - 22 April 2021
Ohio State University (Columbus) Chamber Ensemble (Russel C. Mikkelson, conductor) - 29 March 2021

The Hartt School (Hartford, Conn.) Wind Ensemble (Glen Adsit, conductor) - 19 March 2021

Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Thomas Caneva, conductor) - 5 October 2020
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Symphony Band (John Pasquale, conductor) – 26 January 2018
University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Ensemble (Chad R. Nicholson, conductor) – 27 April 2017
John W. North High School (Riverside, Calif.) Chamber Players - 2009

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Appalachian Counterpoint (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
At Morning's First Light (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
Scherzo d'Espoir (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Three Ships (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

Abiquiu (2010)
Aerodynamics (2003)
America the Beautiful (as arranger) (1882/2018)
And Can It Be? (2000)
Angels of the Apocalypse (2013)
Apocalyptic Dreams (1995)
Appalachian Counterpoint (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Assurance
At Evening's First Star (2019)
At Morning's First Light (2004)
At Morning's First Light (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2020)
Au Sable River Festival (2002)
Be Thou My Vision (1999)
Bells of Freedom (2002)
Beneath the Sacred Light (2015)
Bright Gleams a Beacon (2012)
Cantus Laetus (2001)
Century Variants (2009)
Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1997)
Concerto for Euphonium, Winds and Percussion (2009)
Concerto for Horn and Symphonic Band (2008)
Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Wind Ensemble (1984/2006)
Concerto No. 2 for Marimba and Wind Ensemble (2008)
Concerto for Piano, Percussion and Wind Orchestra (arr. Fisher) (2005)
Council Oak (2002)
A Crescent Still Abides (1998)
Crest of Honor (2005)
Double F Fanfare (2008)
Drums of Rwanda (2014)
The Echo Never Fades (2004)
Finale, from All Hail the Power
Fire Up
Foster's America (2003)
Foundations (2017)
Galactic Empires (1998)
Glorified (2010)
Heroes, Lost and Fallen (1990)
Homage (2012)
Home Again (2016)
Internal Combustion (1999)
Intrada Jubilante (1979/1999)
Jeju Memoir (2019)
Joyau (2019)
Keep Silence (2004)
Kentucky Home (2012)
A Light Unto the Darkness (1997/1998)
Mansions of Glory (2007)
New Century Dawn (1999)
No Shadow of Turning (2005)
Point of Reckoning (arr. Daughtrey) (2015)
Providence (2003)
Quintessence I (1997)
Quintessence II (2006)
Radiant Moonbeams (2007)
Rising Star
Sails of Time (2006)
Scherzo d'Espoir (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Serenade for Winds and Percussion (2000)
Seven Bagatelles (2014)
Song Shall Never End, The (2014)
Sub-Saharan Rhythm (1998)
Symphony No. 2 (2007)
Three Ships (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Vintage (1990)
Vital Signs of Planet Earth (2015)
Waking Angels (1997)
When Speaks the Signal Trumpet Tone (1999)
While the Dew Is Still on the Roses (2013)
With Heart and Voice (2000)

Resources

Gillingham, D. (2000). Serenade for Winds and Percussion : Songs of the Night [score]. C. Alan Publications: [Greensboro, N.C.].