Soaring (Wada)

Naoya Wada

General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 6:25
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00; (digital) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The title of this lofty work perfectly describes the musical elements it portrays: memorable, soaring melodies and upper woodwind obbligatos, a traditional ABA structure presented in an elevated way, and overall feeling of exhilaration one gets in the presence of great bands and band music. The slower middle section of the work unfolds in an uplifting way through two key changes and many different sonorities, including solos for trombone and trumpet.

- Program Note from publisher

Commissioned by and dedicated to the Sagami Women's University Junior & Senior High School Band, Urara Sekii & Yoshiki Kondo, directors.

- Program Note from score

This work reflects superb sophisticated simplicity in its compositional crafting. After an opening with a timpani and snare drum duo, the trumpets and saxophones herald a bold melodic theme that functions as a fanfare introduction. Conceived structurally like a band overture, the work features each section of the concert band, with the clarinets having a contrastingly slower theme in the second section of this three-part structure. A return to the opening fanfare with a concluding coda completes this excellent compo- sition.

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Tabb High School (Yorktown, Va.) Symphonic Band (Benjamin Lawson, conductor) – Spring 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Flower Crown (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
In Seizing the Distant Light (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
Latte Macchiato (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
Londonderry Air (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
The Moon Illuminates the Love Tenderly (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1934/2018)
To a New Horizon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
The Wind Blows Where It May (Flex instrumentation) (2016)

All Wind Works

Across the Sunlit Path (2002/2018)
Amber Moon (2006)
As Spring Arrives (2013)
As The Dawn Breaks (2006)
Beyond the Light and Darkness (2022)
The Explorers of Orion (2005)
Fanfare and Festive Hymn (2016)
Flower Crown (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
The Hope of Tomorrow (2020)
In Seizing the Distant Light (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
Latte Macchiato (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
Liberty Fanfare (2006)
Line of Ants (2007)
Londonderry Air (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2014)
The Moon Illuminates the Love Tenderly (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
On Wings of Magic (2006)
Pacifica (2006)
A Portrait of Henry C. Work (as arranger) (2018)
The Promise of Hope (2007)
Soaring (2017)
The Sounds of Spring (with Sato) (2013)
Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1934/2018)
To a New Horizon (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
The Wind Blows Where It May (Flex instrumentation) (2016)

Resources

Naoya Wada website Accessed 11 September 2021
"New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 75/1 (August/September 2020), p. 26.
Perusal score
Wada, N. (2017). Soaring [score]. Grand Mesa Music: Grand Junction, Colo.