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Radiant Joy
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General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Gorilla Salad Productions / Available directly from the composer or via Shattinger Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $245.00 | Score Only - $40.00
Instrumentation
Flute I-II-III (Flute III doubles Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Bb Bass Clarinet I-II
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Piano
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
Marimba
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Cymbal (suspended)
- Cymbal (2 Hi-Hats)
- Drumset Crash (sus.) Cymbal
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Note
Radiant Joy was my first new work for winds after two and a half years away, and one that I hope is equal to its title in character and purity of intent. It comes after a difficult period in my personal life, and thus its character was something of a surprise to me. This work began life as a strict, 12-tone, serialized creature modeled on Webern - I wanted something sparse and tightly constructed (in harmonic and intervallic terms), while still retaining a vital rhythmic pulse. After several sketches that ended in anger and frustration, I realized I was metaphorically banging my head against the creative wall, and perhaps I should stop forcing this music into existence with a prescriptive process, and simply listen inwardly to what I actually wanted to hear. The result is simultaneously the opposite of what I was originally trying to create, and also its direct realization - the vital rhythmic pulse is still prominent, but the harmonic materials veered toward the language of 70s/80s funk/jazz/fusion (at least, that's what I've been told). Regardless, the piece is intended to emanate joy and 'good vibes' (literally - the vibraphone is featured prominently), for the performers, the audience, and the composer!
Program Note by Steven Bryant
Awards
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Audio Links
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
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Works for Winds by this Composer
- Alchemy in Silent Spaces
- Anthem (Bryant)
- Axis Mundi
- Bloom
- Chester Leaps In (see Parody Suite)
- Concerto for Wind Ensemble
- Dusk
- Ecstatic Fanfare 2012
- Ecstatic Waters
- First Light
- Impercynations (see Parody Suite)
- Interruption Overture
- Interruptions
- Marbled Midnight Mile, The
- MetaMarch (see Parody Suite)
- Million Suns at Midnight, A
- Monkey
- Parody Suite
- Radiant Joy
- RedLine
- Rise
- Stampede
- Suite Dreams (see Parody Suite)
- Wings that Work
Additional Resources
- Steven Bryant - Official Website
- McCutchen, Mathew G. (2009) An Examination of the History and Winning Pieces of the National Band Association's Composition Contest: 1977-2008. Florida State University, Doctoral Dissertation.
