Symphony VII (Maslanka)

David Maslanka

David Maslanka

General Info

Year: 2004
Duration: c. 34:10
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: David Maslanka
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - Rental   |   Score Only (print) - $152.25

Movements

1. Moderate - 10:10
2. Slow - 7:20
3. Very Fast - 8:35
4. Moderately Slow - 7:40

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II (II doubling Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II (II doubling Contra)
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
E-flat Contra Alto 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 (I doubling Piccolo Trumpet)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

• Anvil
• Bass Drum
• Bells, small
• Bongos
• Buddhist Meditation Bell (small)
• Chimes
• Crash Cymbals
• Crotales
• Hammered Dulcimer (optional) (small)
• Hand Chimes (optional)
• High Toms
• Log Drums
• Marimba
• Orchestra Chimes
• Rain Tree
• Sandpaper Blocks
• Shakers, small
• Snare Drum
• Suspended Cymbal (small and large)
• Tam-Tam
• Temple Blocks
• Tenor Drum
• Vibraphone
• Xylophone

Errata

In Parts:

• B-flat Soprano Clarinet III, Mvt. I, m.31: Not properly transposed; written notes should be D, E, F#
• B-flat Tenor Saxophone, Mvt. I, m.31, beat 3: Quarter note should be a written F#

Program Notes

Symphony No. 7 for Wind Ensemble was completed in 2004. It was commissioned by a consortium headed by Illinois State University/Stephen K. Steele. The work was premiered March 10, 2005, at the Illinois State University Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, Illinois, by the Illinois State University Wind Symphony, Stephen K. Steele, conductor.

The composer says the following about his work:

I am strongly affected by American folk songs and hymn tunes, and I think of this symphony as old songs remembered, with one exception. All of the tunes are original, but they all feel familiar. Each song has a bright side and a dark side, a surface and the dream underneath. Each is a signal or call, which evokes an inner world of associations.

I. Sunday night church services from your youth. Mr. Smith played the piano. The opening piano piece is marked "enthusiastically" in the score. A dream travels to a far place.
II. In the manner of an American folk song, with a setting that might come out of the 19th or early 20th centuries.
III. A ferocious fast music, unrelenting, determined to get a grip on chaos. Toward the end a fractious quote of the Bach chorale melody Du Friedesfurst Herr Jesu Christ (Prince of Peace Lord Jesus Christ).
IV. A simple song of peace and healing.

- Program note by William V. Johnson for the San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra concert program, 24 March 2012

Media

• Audio: Illinois State University Wind Symphony (Stephen K. Steele, conductor)
• Audio CD: Illinois State University Wind Symphony (Stephen K. Steele, conductor)
• Audio CD: U.S. Navy Band (Anthony Maiello, conductor) - 2007

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) Wind Ensemble (Travis J. Cross, conductor) – 17 March 2023
• University of Texas (Austin) Wind Ensemble (Jerry Junkin, conductor) - 11 September 2022
• Saratoga (Calif.) High School Concert Band (Michael Boitz, conductor) – 20 July 2022 WASBE Conference (Prague, Czech Republic)
• University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond) Wind Symphony (Brian Lamb, conductor) – 2 April 2022 (CBDNA 2022 Southwestern Conference, Waco, Tx.)
• Lamar University (Beaumont, Tex.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew McMahan, conductor) - 26 March 2022
• Central Washington University (Ellensburg) Wind Ensemble (T. André Feagin, conductor) - 1 December 2021
• Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, Minn.) Wind Orchestra (James Patrick Miller, conductor) – 20 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 North Central Division Conference, Chicago, Ill.)
• Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Mark Scatterday, conductor) – 6 May 2019
• Bowling Green (Ohio) State University Concert Band (Bruce Moss, conductor) – 7 March 2019
• Texas Christian University (Houston) Wind Ensemble (Bobby Francis, conductor; Demondrae Thurman, euphonium) – 20 February 2019 (CBDNA 2019 National Conference, Tempe, Ariz.)
• Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Wind Symphony (Bobby R. Francis, conductor) – 19 November 2018
• University of Oregon (Eugene) Wind Ensemble (David M. Jacobs, conductor) – 13 November 2018
• University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Wind Ensemble (Carolyn Barber, conductor) – 3 October 2018
• Gwinnett Symphony Wind Orchestra (Lawrenceville, Ga.) (Robert Dunham, conductor) – 11 March 2018
• Texas A&M University-Commerce Wind Ensemble (Phillip Clements, conductor) - 15 February 2018 (2018 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
• Ohio State University Win Symphony (Scott A. Jones, conductor) – 9 March 2016
• Illinois State University Wind Symphony (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) - 26 April 2015
• San Francisco Wind Ensemble (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) - 11 April 2015
• San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 24 March 2012

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Alex and the Phantom Band (2002/2015)
• Angel of Mercy (2015)
• California (2016)
• A Child's Garden of Dreams (1981)
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1999)
• Concerto for Marimba and Band (1990)
• Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2015)
• Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1979)
• Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (2012)
• Concerto No 2 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (2002)
• Concerto No 3 for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2016)
• Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2007)
• Crown of Thorns (1991)
• Desert Roads (2005)
• Fanfare-Variations on the Chorale Melody "Durch Adams Fall" (Through Adam's Fall). See: Recitation Book
• First Light (2016)
• Four Pieces for Band (1980)
• Give Us This Day (2005)
• Golden Light (1990)
• Heart Songs (2001)
• Hell's Gate (1997)
• Hohner (1999)
• Hosannas (2015)
• Husa (2016)
• Hymn for World Peace (2014)
• Illumination (2013)
• In Memoriam (1990)
• Laudamus Te (1995)
• Letter to Martin (2015)
• Liberation (2012)
• Little Concerto (1990)
• Mass (1995/2005)
• Montana Music: Chorale Variations (1993)
• Morning Star (1997)
• Mother Earth (2008)
• Mountain Roads (1997)
• On This Bright Morning (2013)
• Peace (2012)
• Prelude on a Gregorian Tune (1981)
• Procession of the Academics (2008)
• Quintet for Winds Number 2
• Recitation Book (2006)
  • Fanfare-Variations on the Chorale Melody "Durch Adams Fall" (Through Adam's Fall) (2006)
• Remember Me (2013)
• Requiem (2013)
• Rollo Takes a Walk (1980)
• Saint Francis (2015)
• Sea Dreams (1998)
• The Seeker (2016)
• Song at the End of Time
• Songs for the Coming Day (2012)
• Song Book (2001)
• Symphony No. 2 (1987)
• Symphony No. 3 (1991/2007)
• Symphony No. 4 (1993)
• Symphony No. 5 (2000)
• Symphony No. 6 (2004)
• Symphony No 7 (2004)
• Symphony No 8 (2008)
• Symphony No. 9 (2011)
• Symphony No. 10 (2018)
• Tears (1994)
• Testament (2001)
• Traveler (2003)
• A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter (1995)
• ufo dreams (1999)
• Unending Stream of Life (2007)
• Variants on a Hymn Tune (1995)

Resources

• Maslanka, D. (2004). Symphony No. 7 : For Wind Ensemble [score].
• Schroeder, Angela. "Symphony No. 7." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 887-896. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.