Spring Festival
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: BandQuest, through Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Chinese Cymbals
- Congas
- Gong (high and low)
- Tom-Toms
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Composer Chen Yi wrote Spring Festival as a celebration of the Chinese New Year and all the traditions that accompany this special Chinese festival. While the melody is drawn from a southern Chinese folk ensemble piece called Lion Playing Ball, the form of the piece is based on the idea of the Golden Section. The CD-ROM that accompanies this piece explains this mathematical idea and how Chen Yi incorporated it into the composition of this piece. Commissioned by American Composers Forum's Bandquest project in 1999.
Media
- Audio CD: VanderCook College of Music Band (Charles T. Menghini, conductor) – 2002
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Lambert High School (Suwanee, Ga.) Wind Ensemble (Tonya Mashburn, conductor) - 21 December 2023 (2023 Midwest Clinic)
- University of Illinois (Champaign) Hindsley Symphonic Band (Isaac Brinberg, conductor) - 21 April 2023
- Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.) Symphony Band (Julia Baumanis, conductor) - 23 February 2023
- Mid-Atlantic Honor Band (Winchester, Va.) (Tim Robblee, conductor) - 29 January 2023
- University of Texas (Austin) Symphony Band (Clifton Croomes, conductor) – 26 October 2022
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) North Star Campus Band (Lauren Visel, conductor) -- 20 October 2022
- Luther College (Decorah, Ia.) Symphonic Band (Cory Near, conductor) - 13 April 2022
- Lockport (Ill.) Township High School Wind Symphony (Brian Covey, conductor) – 8 April 2022 (CBDNA 2022 North Central Conference, Madison, Wisc.)
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Symphony Band (Jason Gardner, conductor) - 23 February 2022
- Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti) Symphonic Band (J. Nick Smith, conductor) - 5 December 2021
- O'Fallon Township (Ill.) High School Wind Ensemble (Rubén Darío Gómez, conductor) - 8 May 2021
- Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.) Concert Band (Curran Prendergast, conductor) – 4 December 2019
- Manhattan Wind Ensemble (New York) (Sarah Fernández, conductor) – 23 May 2019
- Rhode Island (Woonsocket) Wind Ensemble (Robert Franzblau, conductor) – 13 April 2019
- Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) Concert Band (Joseph Higgins, conductor) 28 February 2019
- Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) Concert Band (Thomas Duffy, conductor) – 15 February 2019
- Northshore Concert Band (Evanston, Ill.) (Mallory Thompson, conductor) - 10 February 2019
- Tel-Aviv (Israel) University Wind Orchestra (Uri Reisner, Conductor) - 31 January 2019
- Denison University (Granville, Ohio) Wind Ensemble (Chris David Westover, conductor) – 10 November 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Ba Yin (2015)
- Dragon Rhyme (2010)
- Dunhuang Fantasy (2000)
- KC Capriccio (2000)
- Spring Festival (2002)
- Suite for Cello and Chamber Winds
- Suite from China West (2008)
- Tu (2003)
- UMKC Fanfare (2009)
- Wind (2011)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 288.
- Pease, Andrew. "Spring Festival." Wind Band Literature. Web Accessed 5 January 2018
- Perusal score