Waiting for the Sun
General Info
Year: 2000
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Rundel
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €95.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet (or Flugelhorn) I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Baritone (or Tenor Horn)
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Drum Set
- Gong
- Woods
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Pavel Stanĕk wrote about Waiting for the Sun and how he found the title for this piece: "What do you expect after such an unharmonious beginning? Something easy-going, something beautiful? Something probably like a bright sunrise."
Dramatic passages, abrupt changes of moods, complex rhythms and harmonies are important elements of this fascinating composition.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Royal Military Band (Pieter Jansen, conductor) - 1997
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Central Band of the Czech Armed Forces (Jaroslav Šíp, conductor) – 19 July 2022 WASBE Conference (Prague, Czech Republic)
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Amen (1999)
- Burlesque e Cantabile (2016)
- Columbus
- Compliment (2011)
- Czech Folk Dance Suite (1999)
- Die grosse Seefahrt 1492 (1994)
- Evening Serenade (2013)
- A Fairy Tale Suite (2000)
- Fiorellina (1999)
- Four Adagios (2000)
- The Great Journey 1492. See: Die grosse Seefahrt 1492
- Made in Europe
- Minimusic Fantasy (1992/1999)
- Waiting for the Sun (2000)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Stanĕk, Pavel." Accessed 1 August 2022
- Perusal score
- Stanĕk, P. (2002). Waiting for the Sun [score]. Rundel: Rot an der Rot, Germany.