Spacious Skies
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General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 7:55
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: U.S. Air Force Band
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Saxophone quartet with band accompaniment
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Spacious Skies (2017) was commissioned and recorded by the United States Air Band in Washington. D.C.. An exuberant piece, it features a saxophone quartet as a solo ensemble with the band as accompanist.
The phrase “spacious skies” comes from the song, America the Beautiful (“Oh beautiful for spacious skies . . .”), but does not have any programmatic connotation or association other than to convey the sheer exhilaration of flying, especially as described in the words that follow the opening line, “O’er amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! . . . From sea to shining sea!”
- Program Note from University of North Texas Symphonic Band concert program, 13 February 2018
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Texas (Denton) Symphonic Band (Dennis W. Fisher, conductor) – 13 February 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Little Acorns (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- The Mouse King (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Pursuit (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Shell Game (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Takin' It Easy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Alone Yet Not Alone (arr. Graham) (2013)
- American Hero (2001)
- A Celebration Overture (2014)
- Concerto for Tuba and Winds (1987)
- Concerto for Piccolo and Wind Ensemble (orch. Bass) (1992/2005)
- Concerto for Trumpet, Euphonium, and Band
- Dinosaurs (Broughton) (1992)
- Excursions for Trumpet and Band (1995)
- Fanfare for 16 Horns (2015)
- Fanfares, Marches, Hymns & Finale (2003)
- Flourishes (2022)
- From Sea to Shining Sea
- Frontier Overture, A (1982)
- Goin' for the Gold (2020)
- Grimm Tales (2023)
- Harlequin (1984)
- Heliotrope Bouquet
- Hornworks
- In the World of Spirits (2012)
- Jag: Theme (2002)
- Little Acorns (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Masters of Space and Time
- The Mouse King (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- New Era (2010)
- Oliver's Birthday (1998/2008)
- Open the Door! (2018)
- Overture to "Miracle on 34th Street" (arr. Vinson) (2007)
- Pursuit (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Quaternity (2019)
- Shell Game (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Silverado (1985)
- A Southern Jubilee (2019)
- Spacious Skies (2017)
- Takin' It Easy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Tent Meeting Revival (2014)
- Terry Takes a Walk (2022)
- Themes from "Silverado" (arr. Morsch) (1985)
- Turbulence (2013/2016)
Resources
- Bruce Broughton website Accessed 7 February 2018