Spirit of the Falcon

Richard Saucedo

Richard Saucedo

General Info

Year: 2003/2008
Duration: c. 5:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Electronic Keyboard (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Marimba
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal
• Tom-toms
• Triangle
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

SATB Choir (optional)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Fabius-Pompey Middle School Band in Fabius, NY, commissioned Spirit of the Falcon in 2002. Under the direction of Michael Dardaris, Jr., the piece was used to celebrate the opening of the school's new auditorium in May of 2003.

The piece is basically an overture form, the opening section filled with exciting rhythms and occasional mixed meters. The lyrical middle section of the piece offers very accessible solo (or soli) opportunities for flute, clarinet, alto sax, trumpet and horn. The final section restates the original exuberant opening of the piece before moving to an even faster tempo in a coda filled with a combination of mixed meter and rhythmic intensity that is sure to deliver an exciting finish to the piece.

- Program Note from score

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Band Class B
• Georgia: IV
• Indiana: ISSMA HIGH SCHOOL BAND GROUP II
• Kansas: III
• Michigan: Senior High Band Class C
• Maine: HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE BAND CATEGORY 3
• Mississippi: Band Class 3A
• South Carolina: III
• Tennessee: IV
• West Virginia: III

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Riverside High School (Painesville, Ohio) Wind Ensemble (David Schwartz, conductor) - 27 January 2022

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
• Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)

All Wind Works

• Along an English Countryside (2012)
• American Barndance (2009)
• Andante and Tranquillo (as arranger) (1943/2009)
• Angelic Festival (1998)
• Antares (1999)
• As Tears Fall on Dawn's New Light (2013)
• Asian Folk Rhapsody (2001)
• Asian Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (2001/2017)
• At the End of the Rainbow (2016)
• Awakening Hills (2003)
• Beyond the Clouds and Into the Heavens (2013)
• Bobbleheads! (2014)
• Brick Street Encounter (2008)
• A Brass Thing (as arranger) (2005/2007)
• Cambrian Explosion (2010)
• Caravan (as arranger) (1937/2000)
• Carol of the Night (2003)
• Celebrating My Three Best Friends (2016)
• A Celtic Christmas
• Chorale and Presto (2001)
• Christmas Festival Overture
• Cloud Dancing (2022)
• Concerto No. 1 (2016)
• Confluence (2010)
• Copacabana (as arranger) (1978/2002)
• Coventry Carol (as arranger) (2010)
• Dashing Through the Snow (2005)
• Dreamsong (2006)
• Duelin' Xylos (as arranger) (1998)
• Eagles Awake! (2017)
• Earth, Wind and Fire in Concert (as arranger) (1996)
• Everything for a Dream
• Fanfare and Call to the Post (2014)
• Fanfare for Justice (2018)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (2004)
• Fanfare for the Third Planet (Flex instrumentation) (2004/2006/2012)
• Fanfare to New Beginnings (2019)
• Fantasy on a Theme by Samuel Barber (as arranger) (1931/2005)
• Fantasy on "Deck the Halls" (2019)
• Fantasy on Keystone Chorale
• Fantasy on an Irish Air (2001)
• Finale to "Symphony No 3" (as arranger)
• The Fives Prevail! (2013)
• Flash in the Pan! (2014)
• Flight of the Thunderbird (2004)
• Forever Holding Close the Memories (2008)
• French Carol Festival (as arranger) (2002)
• Full Tilt (2008)
• Funky, Rockin' Choo Choo (2011)
• Georgian Court Fanfare (2008)
• Grasshopper Dance (2008)
• Groovee! (2010)
• A Guide Along the Pathway (2011)
• Heroes Near and Far (2016)
• Hymn for the Cream and Crimson (2006)
• Hymn to Loved Ones Lost (2016)
• If It Were Easy... (2020)
• Imagine (as arranger)
• In Perfect Silence, I Often Gaze at the New Stars (2012)
• In Search of Ancient Aliens (2020)
• Incandescence (2012)
• Interstellar Fanfare (2017)
• Into Moonlight's Mist (2016)
• Into the Clouds! (2007)
• Into the Clouds! (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2016)
• An Irish Party in Third Class (as arranger) (1999)
• Jubilancelation! (2017)
• Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
• Lady Marmalade (as arranger)
• Legacy (2021)
• Lodestar Fanfare (2020)
• Looking Past the Shadows (2009)
• Lord of the Dance (as arranger)
• Lullaby From a Distant Star (2011)
• The Lullaby in the Mirror (2017)
• March of the Hyperion Robots (2010)
• Meeting at Tyron Palace (2009)
• Nightsong (2003)
• Noel (as arranger) (2006)
• Northwest Odyssey (2020)
• Ode to Greensleeves (as arranger) (2002)
• Of Gale Force Winds (2014)
• On Cloud Nine! (2012)
• On to the Next Frontier (2020)
• One Hit Wonders (as arranger) (2002)
• Poem Romantic No. 1 (2015)
• Persistence (2004)
• Pulsation (2009)
• Purple Whispers (2014)
• Quest for the Mountain Top
• Regal Fanfare (2002)
• Rendezvous With the Other Side (2003)
• Rhythm Danse (2007)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (2015)
• (Risk) Everything for a Dream (Flex instrumentation) (2015/2020)
• Rondo for Band (1999)
• Scherzo for Horn and Wind Ensemble (2021)
• Scorpion! (2013)
• Shooting Stars (2011)
• Short Ride in a Fast Machine (as arranger) (1986/2006)
• Silhouette of a Dream (2018)
• Sky Dance (2010)
• Smooth (as arranger)
• Sneak Attack! (2011)
• Snow Caps (2004)
• Song and Dance (2006)
• Song of the Gandy Dancers (2007)
• Spirit of the Falcon (2003/2008)
• Spy Ring (2017)
• Sure on this Shining Night (as arranger)
• Symphony No. 1 (2007)
• Temecula Valley Fanfare (2008)
• Theme and Fugue from "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" (as arranger) (2019)
• Theme and Tirade (2009)
• Three Trails Turning West (2020)
• Through the Wormhole! (2019)
• To All Things Left Behind (2018)
• To Dance With Storm Clouds (2019)
• To This Heartbeat There Is No End (2006)
• Toccata Rhapsodic (2016)
• Triumphant Fanfare (1997)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (as arranger) (1904/2004)
• Ukrainian Bell Carol (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/2004/2018)
• Valley Montage and Celebration (2015)
• Walking into History (2009)
• Waterdrops Come Spring (2017)
• What a Wonderful World (as arranger)
• When the Lovely Miss (as arranger) (2016)
• Whirlwind(s) (2005)
• Wind Dances (2018)
• Windsprints (2003)
• With Each Sunset (2005)

Resources

• Perusal score
• Saucedo, R. (2008). Spirit of the Falcon [score]. Musicworks: Milwaukee, Wisc.