Singapore Flyer, The
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 4:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo (optional)
Flute I-II
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon (optional)
Contrabassoon
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 (optional)
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Heralding the opening of Marina Center in Singapore on March 2008, the Singapore Flyer is the tallest Ferris wheel in the world. located in this marina. The view from each 28-person gondola is a breathtaking experience.
I traveled to Singapore for the second time in June 2010 because I had come to love this beautiful country and her warm people after my first visit in March of that year. My second visit was part vacation so I had some time to do sightseeing which included a visit to the Singapore Flyer, the tallest Ferris wheel in the world. I remember seeing the smiles of people of all ages and races. I was thus inspired to compose a song based upon this Ferris wheel. Not only would I like performers to enjoy playing this song, I also wish to introduce this dear country, Singapore, to rest of the world through this work of mine.
This work was composed as a test piece for 2011 Concert Band Festival Secondary Education Category of Singapore Youth Festival hosted by the Republic of Singapore Ministry of Education.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Tohoku Fukushi University Wind Ensemble (Taiken Matsuzaki, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Bowling Green (Ohio) State University White Band (Kaitlin Bove, conductor) - 18 November 2023
- Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (San Diego, Calif.) (Christian Torhadl, conductor) - 29 October 2022
- East Texas Baptist University (Marshall) Symphonic Band (Nathan G. Phillips, conductor) - 3 March 2022
- Phoenix Winds (Elon, N.C.) Wind Ensemble (Jonathan Poquette, conductor)– 14 November 2019
- Da'an Junior High School (Singapore) Symphony Orchestra (Lu Yanhui, conductor) – 16 June 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Capricious Winds II (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2013)
- Intrada II (Flex instrumentation) (2011/2012)
- Seasons Floral Scented (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
- Triple Scoop Ice Cream II (Flex instrumentation)
All Wind Works
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- And Then the Ocean Glows (2002/2011)
- The Bells of Sagrada Familia (2009)
- Call of the Aboriginals (2017)
- Cantilena
- Capricious Winds
- Capricious Winds II (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2013)
- Concertino for Solo Percussion and Wind Orchestra (2012)
- The Earnest Wish of Priest Kokei
- Fanfare - Flight to the Unknown World
- Fanfare - The Benefaction from Sky and Mother Earth (2010)
- Fanfare Hayabusa (2011)
- Fanfare Mi-Chi-Bi-Ki
- Four Seasons of Japan (2019)
- Hunting Scenes (2013)
- Hymn to the Infinite Sky (2006)
- Hymn to the Sun - with the Beat of Mother Earth (2006/2010)
- Intrada (2001)
- Intrada II (Flex instrumentation) (2011/2012)
- Kyo-Wa (2013)
- Largo (2010)
- Machu Picchu - City in the Sky (2005)
- March-Bou-Shu (2006)
- March-Chagu-Chagu (2016/2017)
- March Willing and Able
- Marimba Concerto (2009)
- The Memory of Our Native Place
- Moses and Ramses
- Nazca Lines (2005)
- Perseus (2005)
- Pompeii (2011)
- Primavera (2008)
- A Scene of Rome (2010/2014)
- Seasons Floral Scented (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
- Sentimentale (2015)
- The Singapore Flyer (2010)
- Spring Sketches, The
- Swaying in the West Wind
- Symphonic Episode
- Triple Scoop Ice Cream
- Triple Scoop Ice Cream II (Flex instrumentation)
- Trumpet Concerto (2013)
- The Victoria Peak (2015)
- Voyage (Flight to a Hopeful Future)
- The West Symphony (2003-2006)
- The Wings of Eternity (2015)
- Young Pheasants in the Sky