Night and Light

Band Concert band - Grade 1.5

SKU: CF.FPS96F

Composed by Bill Calhoun. SWS. First Plus Performance Series. Full score. With Standard notation. 16 pages. Duration 1 minute, 57 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #FPS96F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FPS96F).

ISBN 9780825887628. UPC: 798408087623. 9x12 inches.

Bill Calhoun is quickly becoming one of the best composers in this business. He has a way of writing pieces that are exciting, well-scored, interesting and different. Night Flight shows his aggressive side with a piece that starts strong, right out of the gate. The fearless-sounding melody lifts up players and audience, grabs hold of them and takes them on the musical journey of a flight into the night sky. A perfect selection to showcase your developing band at a contest or festival performance.

Band Concert band - Grade 1.5

SKU: CF.FPS96

Composed by Bill Calhoun. SWS FS. First Plus Performance Series. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 8+2+4+4+2+5+2+2+4+4+4+6+2 +3+1+1+2+4+16 pages. Duration 1 minute, 57 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #FPS96. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FPS96).

ISBN 9780825887611. UPC: 798408087616. 9x12 inches.

Bill Calhoun is quickly becoming one of the best composers in this business. He has a way of writing pieces that are exciting, well-scored, interesting and different. Night Flight shows his aggressive side with a piece that starts strong, right out of the gate. The fearless-sounding melody lifts up players and audience, grabs hold of them and takes them on the musical journey of a flight into the night sky. A perfect selection to showcase your developing band at a contest or festival performance.

SSATB choir and cello (SATB) - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193408210

Composed by Cecilia McDowall. Secular Choral - Mixed Voices. New Horizons. Secular. Cello part. 12 pages. Duration 13'. Oxford University Press #9780193408210. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193408210).

ISBN 9780193408210. 12 x 8 inches.

For SSATB and cello Night Flight was written to mark the centenary of Harriet Quimby's pioneering flight across the English channel and won the 2014 British Composer Award in the Choral category. McDowall uses vocal clusters and haunting solo cello lines to set texts by Sheila Bryer on the mysterious powers of the sea, earth, and air.

By Sammy Nestico. Professional Editions. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Piccolo, clarinet, and piano - Grade 5-6

SKU: B7.B363

Composed by Howard J. Buss. This riveting work showcases the piccolo and clarinet, exploring their different registers and colors. It provides exciting contrasts between lyrical and technical sections. 20th Century. Score and parts. Composed 1999. Duration 9'. Brixton Publications #B363. Published by Brixton Publications (B7.B363).

8.5x11 inches.

This riveting work showcases the piccolo and clarinet, exploring their different registers and colors. It provides exciting contrasts between lyrical and technical sections. Night Flight was commissioned for the 1999 National Flute Association Convention in Atlanta and was premiered at the event by Rebecca Arrenson, piccolo; Robert E. Price, clarinet; & Paula Peace, piano. Recorded by Lois Herbine, piccolo; Allison Herz, clarinet; and Charles Abramovic, piano on the critically-acclaimed Crystal Records CD TAKE WING.

Dan Welcher’s most enduringly and frequently played orchestral work, Prairie Light is a fascinating musical companion to three of Georgia O’Keeffe’s most unusual paintings, Light Coming on the Plains, Canyon with Crows, and Starlight Night. This work is ideal for performances using visual projections of the paintings, and is frequently programmed for subscription concerts as well as those for educational settings. Duration: 14’ Parts available on rental.
This work for full orchestra was inspired by three paintings of the noted Americanartist Georgia O’Keeffe. These three watercolors were done in 1917 while the artist was living in Canyon, Texas (near Amarillo), and deal primarily with color and shape. Consequently, the music is primarily concerned with broad lines and shapes rather than rhythms, with subtle washes of color rather than constant harmonic movement, and with arching melody instead of linear counterpoint.The first movement, Light Coming on the Plains, is an elliptical-shaped painting, deep blue to indigo with a “horizon” at the bottom that seems flat and unchanging. The sun hasn’t risen yet, although it does in the course of this movement, but it seems instead to be providing light from behind the canvas. The music is unmoving in terms of rhythm or harmony (although there is a modulation midway through), a color-infused mantra of sound that is almost Eastern.At the height of the sun, we proceed to the second movement, entitled Canyon with Crows. The canyon is red-orange, with black crows circling above friendly unfolding hills. The music is gentle but lively and more rhythmic, with the birds represented by solo oboe, clarinet, and sometimes flute. Halfway through, the brass have a chorale version of the opening motive, played very slowly, over the unending triplets of woodwinds and strings. At the end of the movement, the birds return for a duo-cadenza, accompanied by the dying rays of the sun in muted strings and the ongoing triplets of the solo quartet.The stage is set for the final movement, Starlight Night. In O’Keeffe’s painting, the stars are represented by regularly-spaced rectangles of bright pale yellow on a blue-black sky, with the same shape to the field of vision and the horizon that is found in Light Coming on the Plains. The stars become audible: harp, celesta, glockenspiel, and string pizzicati all lend a sparkle while a solo flute introduces a slowly unfolding theme. After this theme has been heard twice and the sky has begun to really brighten, there is a sudden interruption: a xylophone and a piano begin another “mantra” in brittle staccato chords. This is the same mechanical eternity as O’Keeffe’s regularly-spaced square stars, and it continues on its own as the night progresses. The music builds and grows as the moon rises and arcs, then falls as the pre-dawn light that opened the work returns to bring it to a close. Acycle of light, changing with the movements of sun, moon, and stars, appearing differently from various points of view

By Sally K. Albrecht. For Choir. (2-Part (with Opt. Flashlight Choreography)). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Novelty. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Piano Solo - Easy-Intermediate

SKU: FP.FBS02

Composed by Sarah Baker. Sheet Music and Books. Eight pieces on a night theme for solo piano, by Sarah Baker. Suggested grade 4-5. Classical. Collection. Forsyths Publications #FBS02. Published by Forsyths Publications (FP.FBS02).

ISBN 9790570500192.

Sara h Baker is Vocal Composer in Residence at Education Music Services, an ABRSM examiner and a well known composer of songs and musicals for primary schools and massed-choral events.

All this experience has come together in the creation of this first published album of piano pieces, inspired by the sounds heard at night from the woodland just beyond Sarah’s childhood home.

Suitable for players of around grade 4-5 standard, her evocative sound pieces begin at the tranquillity of dusk and end with the exuberant dawn chorus.

The composer writes:

'I grew up with woods behind my house, and the nocturnal noises and images that I remember were the inspiration for these eight short sound pictures on the theme of night. The music moves first from the tranquility of dusk and evening mists, to the emerging starlight of twilight. As night falls it takes on on a darker quality with shadows and dreams disturbing peace and calm.The night birds and bats swoop and flit past as they seek their prey, but gradually dawn approaches and peaceful sleep is restored. The morning is heralded in the joyful exuberance of the dawn chorus.'.

Choral (2-Part)

SKU: HL.370607

Composed by Glenda E. Franklin. Shawnee Press. Christmas, Concert, Holiday. Octavo. Duration 150 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.370607).

ISBN 9781705147153. UPC: 840126994148. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches.

Poignant message of hope and peace with snippets of “Silent Night” throughout. Limited vocal ranges and simple vocal textures create an ethereal quality; excellent for teaching tone, diction, dynamics, balance and blend.

Composed by Lightfoot/Salkeld. For SATB choir. Published by Cypress Choral Music

Choral (3-Part Mixed choir)

SKU: HL.370606

Composed by Glenda E. Franklin. Shawnee Press. Christmas, Concert, Holiday. Octavo. Duration 150 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.370606).

ISBN 9781705147146. UPC: 840126994131. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.

Poignant message of hope and peace with snippets of Silent Night throughout. Limited vocal ranges and simple vocal textures create an ethereal quality; excellent for teaching tone, diction, dynamics, balance and blend.

Arranged by Bradley Knight. For SATB choir, piano accompaniment. Anthem. Includes Silent Night! Holy Night!; What Child Is This?; and Angels, From the Realms of Glory. Christmas. Octavo. Published by Word Music

Choral (3-Part Mixed choir)

SKU: HL.1134816

Composed by Karen Crane. Shawnee Press. Christmas, Concert, Winter. Octavo. Duration 137 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.1134816).

ISBN 9781705183052. UPC: 196288112914. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.

This original work in minor sets an inviting mood singing of candles shining in the night. Whether for Christmas, Hanukkah, or any other time of year the theme of candles is used, you will love this text of joy, peace and love set with vocals that are beautifully written and easily learned.

By Lloyd Larson. For Brass Ensemble. Quintet for Brass Ensemble. Christmas. Level: 4. Published by Light Of The World Music.