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.
Download program note.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Van Tech Senior Concert Band, Van Tech Auditorium, - Apr 07 2010
RECENT PERFORMANCES
Prince William All County Honors High School Band, Osbourn Park High School, Manassas, VA, Emily Threinen, conductor - Jan 09 2010
Encore Wind Ensemble, Gethsemane Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, MN, Jerry Luckhardt, conductor - Dec 05 2009
Southwestern University Wind Ensemble, Fine Arts Center, Georgetown, TX, Lois Ferrari, conductor / COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE - Nov 21 2009