Toward the Splendid City

Composer: Richard Danielpour
Editor: Peter Stanley Martin
Instrument: Concert Band
Publisher: G SCHIRMER, INC

Song List:
Toward The Splendid City

Instrumentation:
CONDUCTOR SCORE (FULL SCORE)
PICCOLO
FLUTE 1
FLUTE 2
OBOE 1
OBOE 2
ENGLISH HORN
BASSOON 1
BASSOON 2
CONTRABASSOON
BB CLARINET 1
BB CLARINET 2
BB CLARINET 3
BB CLARINET 4
BB BASS CLARINET 1
BB BASS CLARINET 2
BB CONTRA BASS CLARINET
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 1
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 2
BB TENOR SAXOPHONE
EB BARITONE SAXOPHONE
BB TRUMPET 1
BB TRUMPET 2
BB TRUMPET 3
F HORN 1
F HORN 2
F HORN 3
F HORN 4
TROMBONE 1
TROMBONE 2
BASS TROMBONE
BARITONE BC 1
BARITONE BC 2
TUBA
PERCUSSION 1
PERCUSSION 2
PERCUSSION 3
PERCUSSION 4
TIMPANI
PIANO/CELESTE
HARP
CONTRABASS

Description:
Originally commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and written as a love letter in music to all of New York City's “wonderful and terrible things”, Danielpour and Martin's collaboration brings Toward the Splendid City - an 8-minute wild ride of musical imagery of NYC's skyline, bridges and tunnels, bawdy and brash nightlife and more - to the wind band medium. Brassy bursts of color and surges of notes are abundant in a musical tribute to the vitality of this dynamic city. Dur: 8:00 (Recorded by the West Chester University Wind Ensemble, Dr. Andrew Yozviak, conductor)
Difficulty: 5