Silvertube Variations
Subtitle: For Concert Band with Flute Solo
General Info
Year: 2015 / 2019
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Imagine Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00; (digital) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Flute
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon (div.)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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-III
Euphonium (div.)
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Silvertube Variations is a set of variations for concert band with flute solo; the title refers to the solo flute. The music is consistently melodic, with harmonies that are modal and consonant. The piece begins with a simple, folk-like theme, played by the solo flute, unaccompanied. The theme is then repeated in the full band, with a chord progression that is not as simple as the tune seems to imply. The piece continues with several variations on that chord progression. Some variations feature the soloist, some feature specific sections of the band, and some use the full band. Some are brisk and playful; some are quiet and tranquil; some are expansive and forceful. In the final variation, the full band builds toward a climax, and then, just before the final chord, stops abruptly. After a brief pause, the solo flute, again playing alone, repeats the theme, and a quiet two-bar coda in the woodwinds and horns ends the piece.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio: Reference recording. Blawenburg Band (Jerry Rife; Leslie Rife, flute)
- Audio CD: Winds of Filharmonie Brno (Stanislav Vavřínek, conductor) - 2022
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Balkan Dance (2008/2020)
- Call to the Mountains (2011/2018)
- Celebrating the Fourth (2007/2016)
- Gentle Winds (2013/2018)
- Silvertube Variations (2015/2019)
- Three American Scenes (2013/2020)
- Winter Sunrise (2021/2022)