Woodscapes

From Wind Repertory Project
Clark McAlister

Clark McAlister


General Info

Year: 1998 / 1999
Duration: c. 15:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maecenas Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - £53.00   |   Score Only (print) - £15.00


Movements

1. Allegretto – 4:25
2. Adagio – 5:15
3. Allegretto – 5:20


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II (II doubling Piccolo)
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Commissioned by a consortium of American high schools and tailored to the needs and abilities of their young players, Woodscapes is performable by as few as 16 players. Its ever-changing moods abound with McAlister’s delicious felicities of scoring, atmosphere and colour.

- Program Note from publisher


Clark McAlister wrote Woodscapes as a commission honoring Jim Cochran, who through his work with Shattinger Music served as a wonderful resource for the wind band community throughout the world.

The Allegretto is the opening movement of the work. Its germinal rhythmic motive of an eighth-two sixteenths-eighth, governs the contrapuntal development of the music. Composed with an attribute of textural clarity, all players function as chamber players or soloists at one time or another in the work.

- Program Note from University of Louisville Wind Ensemble concert program, 22 November 2020


To Jim Cochran.

- Program Note from score


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • University of Louisville (Ky.) Wind Ensemble (Frederick Speck, conductor) - 22 November 2020


Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • McAlister, C. (1998). Woodscapes: For Wind Ensemble [score]. Maecenas Music: Surrey.
  • Perusal score