Skye Boat Song
Folk song arranged by John O'Reilly
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 1:55
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Folk Song
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $48.00; (digital) - $48.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Piano Accompaniment
Percussion, including:
- Bells
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This lovely Scottish folksong provides an opportunity to learn to play with expression. All instruments get to play the melody, which is further enhanced by the gently flowing accompaniment.
- Program Note from publisher
The Skye Boat Song is a late 19th-century Scottish song recalling the journey of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) from Benbecula to the Isle of Skye as he evaded capture by government troops after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet composed the lyrics to an air collected by Anne Campbelle MacLeod in the 1870s, and the line "Over the Sea to Skye" is now a cornerstone of the tourism industry on the Isle of Skye.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
- Florida: I
- Louisiana: I
- Texas: I. Complete
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Woodville (Tx.) Middle School Band – 19 May 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Africa Alleluia (2014)
- African Marching Song (2004)
- African Spirit Dance
- An Afternoon at the Ballet (as arranger) (1991)
- American Spirit March
- The Ancient Forest (2002)
- Ashford Castle
- Aurora (2001)
- Autumn Colors (2009)
- Bell Canyon March
- Best of Beethoven
- The Big Three
- Buena Vista
- Camino Real (2008)
- Canciones Mexicanas
- Castlebridge
- Chant and Canon (1995)
- A Chanukah Festival
- Chino Hills
- Christmas Fun
- Christmas Joy
- Christmas, Here We Come!
- A Christmas Treat
- Clarinet Blues
- Cobb County Festival
- Concertino for Oboe (2019)
- Court of the Patriarchs
- Crater Lake Overture
- Dana Point Overture
- Deck the Halls
- Delmar Festival Overture
- Drums-Up-Front March
- Early English Christmas
- Echoes of Kyoto
- El Niño
- The Enchanted Wizard
- An Evening with the Masters
- Fallbrook March
- Fanfare for Freedom
- Fanfare for Trumpets
- Fantasia on an Irish Hymn
- Firestorm
- First Christmas March
- First Christmas Overture
- First Concert Parade
- First Holiday Concert
- First Rockin' Christmas
- First Winter's Sleighride
- Five Note Concerto
- Forest Pines Overture (1987)
- Galway Bay Overture
- Goin' on a Sleigh Ride
- Granite Bay Overture
- Holiday for Basses
- Holiday Magic
- A Holiday Processional
- Hudson River Suite (1986)
- In a Christmas Mood
- In Memoriam
- Jefferson County Overture
- Kaleidoscope
- Knight's Kingdom
- A Kwanzaa Celebration (2001)
- Let's Rock
- The Little Drummer Boy
- The Lost Kingdom
- Manzanita
- March del Mar
- March for Kim
- March for Megan
- March Sarnac
- March Supreme
- March Zuma (2001)
- Marching Marines
- Meadowlawn March
- Merry Christmas to All
- Modal Overture
- Montana Visions (2010)
- Mountain Fantasy
- Mountain Ridge Overture
- A Mozart Mix
- Newcastle Overture
- Night at the Pops
- North Bay Festival
- North Star Overture
- Northern Lights
- Northbridge Overture
- Northwest Suite
- Old MacBingo
- On-Line March
- Overture Caprice
- Overture for a New Decade
- Pacific View Overture
- Palisades Overture
- Parade of the Tin Soldiers
- A Patriotic Salute (as arranger, with Albrecht) (1999)
- Port Royal Overture
- Postwood March
- Procession of the Kings
- Regalia
- Rio Grande Overture
- A River Trilogy
- Rockin' a Round
- Rockin' Folk Medley
- Rockin' La Bamba
- Royal Pageant
- Santa Comes Marching In
- Saturday at the Symphony
- Saxy Cat Blues
- Shaker Hymn
- Skye Boat Song (2006)
- Song and Dance
- Sparticus
- Spirit of Flight (2008)
- Spring Island Celebration
- St Charles Suite
- Stand Up and Swing (2010)
- Starlight
- Starship (2006)
- Still the First Noel
- Stonegate Overture
- Suncoast Processional
- Supernova
- Suprise Symphony Variations
- Swingin' the Blues
- Synco-Rock
- Temple of Sinawava (2007)
- Three National Anthems
- Three Warm-Up Chorales
- Tintagel Castle (2007)
- Tokyo 2000 (2000)
- Trumpets of Seville
- Trumpets Up Front
- Two Colonial Sketches
- Two English Dances (1992)
- Two Famous Processionals
- Two Grieg Sketches
- Valley Circle March
- Viper Squadron March
- A Virginia Trilogy
- Viva Mariachi
- Water Music
- Wind Storm (2012)
- Windstar Overture
- Winter Fun
- A Winter's Sleighride
- Wood County Celebration
- Woodlake March
- Yankee Spirit March
- Yorkshire Fantasy
Resources
- Perusal score
- O'Reilly, J. (2006). Skye Boat Song [score]. Alfred: Van Nuys, Calif.
- Skye Boat Song. Wikipedia Accessed 5 August 2021