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Sun Cycles
Contents
General Info
Year: 2012
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bb Clarinet I-II
Bb Bass Clarinet I-II
Bassoon
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpets (in Bb) I-II
Horn in F
Trombone I-II
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Darbukas
- Finger Cymbals
- Frame Drum
- Marimba
- Shaker
- Suspended cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This innovative work is based on the Egyptian Sun God Ra and features a wealth of Middle Eastern percussion instruments. A mystical opening leads into the main theme of the work, representing the beginning of day. The second section, “Journey through the sky,” takes the listener on a journey with Ra as he flies through the clouds, following the sun's rotation. A dark passage represents his journey to the Underworld before the original theme returns once more to represent “Renewal.” Music then builds as an incredible series of modulating chords and textures all combine to bring the piece to a tremendous and powerful conclusion.
-Program note by publisher
Commercial Discography
Audio Links
Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Shadow Ridge Middle School Honors Winds (Chris Meredith, conductor) - 19 December 2012 (2012 Midwest Clinic)
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- African Journey (2001)
- Always United, Forever Strong (2013)
- American Big Top (2018)
- Among the Clouds (2004)
- Apollo (2008)
- Arabian Dances (2009)
- The Awakening
- Backstage Pass (2015)
- Beyond the Summit (2004)
- Blue Ridge Reel (2013)
- Bright Morning Stars
- Bringer of War (2017)
- Call of the Wild (2013)
- Camptown Variations
- Chant and Savage Dance
- Chesapeake Serenade
- Comet Ride
- Conquest
- Courtly Dance and Procession
- Dragonfly
- Eagles Among Us (2017)
- Elements (2010)
- Enchantment (2014)
- Endless Rainbows (2013)
- Escapades
- Etowah
- Evocatio (2014)
- Falcon Fanfare (2012)
- Fanfare Canzonique (2003)
- Fanfare on a Theme of Imagination (2015)
- A Festive Fanfare (2017)
- Fiesta de los Toros (2017)
- Flight
- Flight of the Griffin
- Forever... (2014)
- Fusion (2007)
- Gettysburg (A Civil War Portrait)
- Grace (2016)
- Groove Music (2013)
- Haunted Clocks (2014)
- A Hero's Destiny
- Homage to Bharat (2018)
- A House Divided (2013)
- Hypnotic Fireflies (2013)
- Images of Ireland
- Incantation and Ritual
- In Nature's Glory
- Industrial Loops (2017)
- Infinite Hope (2018)
- Instant Christmas Spirit
- Into the Arctic (2015)
- Invictus
- Jingle Bell Tones
- Journey By Night
- Journey for a Soldier (2010)
- Joy in All Things (2012)
- Joy of Life (2015)
- Jungle Dance (2011)
- Kilauea (The Volcano's Fury)
- Kindred Spirits (2009)
- Legacy (Processional for Band)
- Legend
- Legend of the Drop Bear (2016)
- A Light at the End of Forever (2016)
- Loudoun Praises
- Lullaby to the Moon (2017)
- Majestica
- Marche Diabolique (2014)
- Metal (2013)
- Metamorphic Dances (2019)
- Midnight on Main Street (2009)
- Midnight Suite
- Miramar Fanfare
- Moscow, 1941 (2006)
- Motion (2006)
- Nevermore (2011)
- Not Afraid to Dream (2006)
- O Mio Babbino Caro
- Of Emperors and Chariots
- Olympia
- Open Space (2014)
- Parade of the Jesters
- Pele (2004)
- Phasing Thunder (2014)
- Primal Dances (2018)
- Proclamation
- Proudly We Hail
- Raging Machines
- Rain (2008)
- Renaissance Reimagined (2017)
- Reverberations (2009)
- Rhythms and Riffs
- Rippling Watercolors (2015)
- Rite of Passage (2000)
- Rocky Mountain Romp
- Sapier's Story
- Shadow Waltzes (2016)
- Shadows Unleashed (2013)
- Shenandoah Triptych
- Shrine of the Fallen (2016)
- Silence Overwhelmed (2010)
- Smithsonian Suite
- A Solitary Wish (2017/2018)
- Sound Prisms (2002)
- Sparks (2007)
- Spirit of the Stallion (2016)
- Spontaneous Beings (2017)
- Star Above, Shine Brightly (2001)
- Star-Spangled Banner, The (arr Balmages) (as arranger) (1814/2014)
- Starscapes (2007)
- Summer Dances (2000)
- Summer Resounding!
- Summit City
- Sun Cycles (2012)
- Swirling Prisms
- Symphonic Episodes
- Symphony No. 1 for Brass
- Synthesis (2016)
- Temple of the Murals (2011)
- That Which Binds Us (2015)
- Three Celtic Dances (2008)
- Through Courageous Eyes
- Trust in Angels (2017)
- Twittering Machine (2017)
- A View of the World
- Waves
- When Spirits Soar (2006)
- Whispering Winds
- Winged Victory (2007)
- Winter Dances
- Within the Castle Walls (2012)
References
None discovered thus far.
