|
Please DONATE to help with maintenance and upkeep of the Wind Repertory Project!
|
Solar Flare (flex) (Jenkins)
General Info
Year: 2019 / 2020
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Derek Jenkins
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $40.00; (digital) - $20.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
Part 2
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
Part 3
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- F Horn
Part 4
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Bassoon
- F Horn
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Part 5
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Bassoon
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Sandpaper Blocks
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-Toms (2)
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
It is the stars,
The stars above us, govern our conditions."– William Shakespeare’s King Lear
Our sun has represented different things throughout history. It was a deity. An indirect source of food. A supplier of light. A point for navigation. An aid in the telling of time. However, one thing has remained constant: humans have always been enamored by the sheer power of the sun.
Solar flares are one such manifestation of this power. NASA states that "[solar] eruptions are created when the motion of the sun's interior contorts its own magnetic fields. Like the sudden release of a twisted rubber band, the magnetic fields explosively realign, driving vast amounts of energy into space. This phenomenon can create a sudden flash of light - a solar flare." This piece alludes to the awesome power of a solar flare with its driving rhythms, sudden changes, and majestic fanfares.
Solar Flare was commissioned by John Oelrich for the 40th Annual University of Tennessee at Martin Honor Band Festival for performance by the festival's Junior High Honor Band.
- Program Note by composer
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Fountains (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- Kolo (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Solar Flare (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
All Wind Works
- Blue Marble: A Symphony for Wind Ensemble
- Boreas: The North Wind
- Eosphorus: The Morning Star
- Fountains (2014/2017)
- Fountains (Adaptable Band) (2014/2020)
- in transit
- inertia
- into air, into thin air (2023)
- Kolo (2015)
- Kolo (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
- Rock Bottom (2020)
- Solar Flare (2018)
- Solar Flare (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2020)
- Quintet for Winds No 1
- We Seven (2014)
Resources
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- Derek M. Jenkins website – Accessed 9 July 2020
- Perusal score