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Spirit of the Sequoia
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General Info
Year: 2004
Duration: c. 9:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $190.00 | Score Only (print) - $23.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
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-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
When Philip Sparke composed this piece he tried to create a work that characterized man’s ability to overcome personal tragedy and the feeling of serenity gained when the tragedy is forgotten. To do this he decided to use the analogy of the sequoia, a generic name for the huge redwood trees, particularly the Californian redwood. The remarkable life cycle of these amazing trees involves them dropping seeds to the ground which require heat, such as a ferocious forest fire, to re-grow. In a similar way, the human spirit can actually gain from setbacks - we become stronger after adversity.
The music falls into sections which can broadly be characterized as doubt, conflict, catharsis, inner calm and finally triumph.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by Dr. Robert Oertli for his family and the Musikgesellschaft Möhlin.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Golden Valley High School (Merced, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Michael Vasquez, conductor) - 15 April 2016 (2016 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
- Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington) Wind Ensemble (Lev Ivanov, conductor) – 7 November 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Atlantic Odyssey (2010)
- Ballad for Benny (2001)
- Bandwagon
- Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn (1982)
- Beethoven's Greeting
- Between the Two Rivers (2003)
- Big Sky Overture
- Blazon
- A Bluegrass Overture (2017)
- Bolero (as arranger) (1928/2011)
- Cambridge Intrada
- The Camelot Chronicles
- Carnival
- Carol of the Shepherds
- Celebration (1993)
- The Centurion (1988/2000)
- Chorale and Variations
- Clarinet Calypso
- Colorado Springs (2007)
- A Colour Symphony (2015)
- Concert Prelude (1976/2000)
- Concertino Classico (2010)
- Concerto for Clarinet
- Dance Movements (1995)
- Deserts (2008)
- Diamond Concerto (2012)
- Diversions - Variations on a Swiss Folk Song
- Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
- Earth, Water, Sun, Wind (2000)
- An English Sea Song Suite
- Euphonium Concerto No. 2
- Exultation (2010)
- Fanfare for Saint Cecilia (2008)
- Fanfare, Romance and Finale
- Fantasy for Euphonium
- A Festive Tribute (J.S. Bach)
- Fiesta! (1998)
- Fiesta de la Vida
- Five Festive Fanfares
- Flying the Breeze (2002/2004)
- Four Norfolk Dances (2001)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (as arranger) (1910/2007)
- Hail the Dragon! (2010)
- Harlequin (2004)
- Hanover Festival (2000)
- A Huntingdon Celebration (2003)
- Infinity and Beyond...
- Invictus
- Jubilee Overture (1983)
- A Klezmer Karnival (2004)
- The Land of the Long White Cloud (1980/1988)
- A Lindisfarne Rhapsody (1998)
- The Long Day Closes (as arranger) (1868/2007)
- Madrigalum (2006)
- Marchissimo (2004)
- Mary's Boy Child (as arranger)
- Masquerade
- Merry-Go-Round (2002)
- Morning Song (2002)
- Music for a Festival (1985)
- Music of the Spheres (2004)
- Navigation Inn
- Once in Royal David’s City (as arranger)
- Orient Express (1987)
- Out of the Darkness, Into the Light
- Overture for Woodwinds (2000)
- Panis Angelicus (as arranger) (1872/2001)
- Pantomime (1988/1996)
- Pastime with Good Company (as arranger) (15--?/2005)
- Postcard from Singapore (2004)
- The Pioneers (2005)
- A Quiet Moment
- Reflections
- Reflections on an Old Japanese Folk Song (2015)
- Rhythm and Blues (arr. Wheeler) (1986/2012)
- The Roaring Forties (2008)
- Sailing with the Tall Ships (2012)
- Salute to a Hero (2009)
- A Savannah Symphony (2017)
- Scenes from a Comedy
- The Seasons (2005)
- Shalom! (2001)
- Sierra Nevada (2006)
- Sinfonietta No. 1
- Sinfonietta No. 2
- Sinfonietta No. 3 (2001)
- Sleepers, Awake! (as transcriber)
- Snow Valley Sleigh Ride (2007)
- Song and Dance (1984)
- Sounds of the Saint Lawrence
- Spirit of the Sequoia (2004)
- Strathcarron (2002)
- Suite from Hymn of the Highlands (2002)
- The Sun Will Rise Again (2011)
- Sunrise at Angel's Gate (2001)
- Symphonic Metamorphosis (2007)
- Symphony No. 1. See: Earth, Water, Sun, Wind
- Symphony No. 2. See: A Savannah Symphony
- Symphony No. 3. See: A Colour Symphony
- Tales of the River Wye (2007)
- Tallis' Canon (arr. Sparke) (/2012)
- Tameside Overture
- Te Deum Prelude (as arranger)
- Ten Chorale Preludes (as arranger) (1914/2002)
- Theatre Music
- Three English Folk Song Miniatures (2013)
- Three Klezmer Miniatures (2009)
- Three Washington Statues (2015)
- To a New Dawn (2000)
- To a Wild Rose (as arranger)
- Tokyo Triptych
- Trombone Concerto (2007)
- Tuba Concerto (2007)
- Valerius Variations (2005)
- Victory Fanfare
- A Weekend in New York (2008)
- The White Rose (2002)
- Wilten Festival Overture
- A Winter's Tale (2010)
- Year of the Dragon (1984/1985)
- Year of the Dragon (2017 edition) (1984/1985/2017)
- A Yorkshire Overture (1991)