Winter Song

Steve Danyew

Steve Danyew

Subtitle: For Solo Flute and Chamber Winds

General Info

Year: 2015
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Steve Danyew
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $149.99; (digital) - $149.99   |   Score Only (print) - $30.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo C Flute
Flute I-II-III
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Horn in F I-II
String Bass
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chimes
• Crotales
• Marimba
• Suspended Cymbal, large
• Tam-Tam (med./small)
• Triangle
• Vibraphone
• Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Winter can, at times, present us with spectacular beauty – snow covered landscapes glistening in the morning sunlight. Other times, winter can be bleak and unforgiving. When I think of winter scenes, I mostly think of a stillness and quietness that is often not found other times of the year. I try in some way to reflect all of these sights and feelings in Winter Song. This piece is based on one of my favorite sonorities – the major 7th chord. There is much stillness and starkness in the music throughout, but at times the music grows intense and dramatic, especially as the work leads to a climax in the middle of the piece. After this point, we hear the beginnings of a familiar bird call (the black capped Chickadee), perhaps a sign of spring. The quiet and stark music begins to grow warmer at the end, hinting at the gradual relenting of winter and the unfolding of spring.

Winter Song for chamber winds and solo flute was commissioned in 2018 by Sam Houston State University and conductor Brian Gibbs.

- Program Note by composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Brian Gibbs, conductor; Kathryn Daniel, flute) – 13 April 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Canon Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• The Lost City of Tryon (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
• Three Spirituals (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
  • Down by the Riverside (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1922/2020)
  • Deep River (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
  • I Want to Be Ready (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
• Three Tallis Melodies (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (2020)

All Wind Works

• Adagietto (2014)
• Alcott Songs (2015)
• Amazing Grace (2020)
• American Nocturne (2021)
• Canon Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Distant Moons
• Entrata (2019)
• Festival Music (2020)
• Flash Back
• For This Brave New Day (2020)
• Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
• Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
• Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
• Goodnight, Goodnight (2010)
• Green Diamond (2018)
• An Hour of Hallowed Peace (2016/2019)
• Into the Silent Land (2018)
• Journeys
• Lamentation for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble (2019)
• Lauda (2009)
• The Lost City of Tryon (Flex instrumentation) (2021)
• Magnolia Star (2012)
• Montis Dei. See: Lauda
• Mountainscape (2012)
• River Town Jubilee (2015)
• The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2011)
• This World Alive (2013)
• Three Fugues by J.S. Bach (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 16 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
  • Fugue No. 23 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
• Three Scenes from Home (2017)
• Three Spirituals (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1722/2020)
  • Down by the Riverside (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1922/2020)
  • Deep River (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
  • I Want to Be Ready (Flex instrumentation) (as adapter; arr. Burleigh) (1917/2020)
• Third Mode Melody (2020)
• Three Tallis Melodies (Adaptable Band) (as arranger) (2020)
• Vermont State Fair (2015)
• Winter Song (2018)

Resources

• Perusal score
• Steve Danyew website Accessed 17 May 2019