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Swirling Prisms
Contents
General Info
Year:
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00 | Score Only (print) - $11.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
English Horn (optional)
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Cabasa
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Crystal Glasses (5)
- Marimba (2)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Swirling Prisms is derived from the abstract concept of optical prisms spinning freely in space while reflecting light in numerous directions. It depicts the bending, reflecting and dispersing of light into its component colors (the colors of the rainbow). The challenge was to create a sense of each prism affecting light in countless ways, yet also implying a certain “harmony” between the light and the prisms. To help tie everything together, further inspiration was taken from Impressionism in art which, among other things, places emphasis on the changing characteristics of light. This directly led into the overall Impressionistic quality of the music in that there is a strong focus on harmony, texture and orchestration.
Swirling Prisms was commissioned by the Artie Henry Middle School Honors Band and premiered at the 2016 Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, December 16, 2016.
- Program Note from Artie Henry Middle School Honors Band concert program, 16 December 2016
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Oregon (Portland) Symphonic Band (Michael Burch-Pesses, conductor)- 22 April 2018
- Artie Henry Middle School (Cedar Park, Texas) Honors Band (Robert T. Herrings, III, conductor) - 16 December 2016 (2016 Midwest Clinic)
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)
Resources
- Brian Balmages website Accessed 11 December 2016
