Spirit of the Dance
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General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 13:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Studio Music
Cost: Score and Parts - £130.00 | Score Only - £26.00
Movements
1. Stomping Dance – 4:26
2. Waltz Interlude- 3:52
3. Duende – 4:00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
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-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In Spirit of the Dance the composer attempted to capture some of the elements of this most fundamental of human activities, the urge to move our bodies to the rhythm of music.
The first movement, Stomping Dance, starts with the most basic dance feeling, the desire to stomp our feet to music. The heavy stomp is not always present, and sometimes you can sense the dancers trying something a little more refined, but it is always lurking in the background, ready to draw us back to the elemental rhythm of the beat. The second movement, Waltz Interlude, is elegant and restrained, emphasizing fluidity of line and movement. The final movement, Duende, is inspired by flamenco dancing. The term "duende" is defined as the spirit of performance, that moment when you are right in the middle of the creative spirit of the music. It is about sound and a heightened state of emotion.
- Program Note by Jeff Girard, Midwest Sheet Music
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Vancouver, B.C.) (David Brantner, conductor) – 15 July 2015– WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.
- HK Tak Ming Philharmonic Winds (Hong Kong) (Colin Touchin, conductor) 12 August 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Acentos Orscuros
- At the Splash with Sim
- Baile de Gitano
- Barney
- British Dances
- Glimpse of Paradise, A
- Pastime with Good Company (as arranger)
- Phoenix Rising
- Shining Sword (2002)
- Songs of the Great War (1914-1918)
- Songs of World War II (as arranger) (1996/)
- Spirit of the Dance (2011)