Moon by Night

for band and optional chorus
(2001)
Duration: 4'
INTERMEDIATE

Winner of the 2003 NBA/Merrill Jones Memorial Young Band Composition Award

Picc, 2Fl, 2Ob, 2Bsn, EbClar, 3Clar, BClar, 2ASax, TSax, Bax, 2Trp, 4Hn, 2Trb, Bar, 2Tba, Cb, Timp, Perc1 (Glock/ 'C'Gong), Perc2 (Vibr/ SusCym/ WChim), Perc3 (Mar/ BDr), Perc4 (Crot/ TubBells/ Tri)

Published by Wingert-Jones.

Moon by Night is a modular work, as it is performable as a work for band and chorus, band alone, chorus and piano, or chorus a cappella. The text is the King James translation of Psalm 121, and the title is an image directly quoted from the psalm. The theme of the work is not sacred, however---it should be more like a hymn-like tone poem; a simple, straightforward chorale with long unending lines, where the text serves only to create an evocative mood. Moon by Night was premiered by the Sterling Municipal Symphony Band in Sterling, IL, on June 27, 2001, with Eric Whitacre conducting.

See also Moon By Night for SATB chorus.

An errata list is available to correct early editions of this work.

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Fukui, Japan, 2008 Summer Tour - Jul 12 2008

Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Takaoka, Japan, 2008 Summer Tour - Jul 11 2008

Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Uozu, Japan, 2008 Summer Tour - Jul 09 2008

RECENT PERFORMANCES

Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Kohriyama, Japan, 2008 Summer Tour - Jun 28 2008

Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Yamaguchi, Japan, 2008 Summer Tour - Jun 15 2008

Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Hamada, Japan, 2008 Summer Tour - Jun 14 2008