Firework!
General Info
Year: 1992
Duration: c. 1:15
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €76.00 | Score Only (print) - €18.00x
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet/Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
In composing Firework! Jan Van der Roost has once again succeeded in creating another spectacular intro following on Flashing Winds and Signature. In just over a minute the composer shows the band off in a powerful and virtuosic manner.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio CD: Herndon High School Wind Ensemble (Richard Bergman, conductor) - 1995
State Ratings
- Virginia: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Washington (Seattle) Concert Band (David Stewart, conductor) - 28 November 2023
- University of North Dakota (Bismarck) Wind Ensemble (James Popejoy, conductor) – 26 November 2018
- College of the Sequoias (Visalia, Calif.) Symphonic Band – 2018
- Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (James Chesebrough, conductor) - 31 October 2013
- Keene (N.H.) State College Concert Band (James Chesebrough, conductor) - 5 November 2009
- Herndon (Va.) High School Wind Ensemble (Richard L. Bergman, conductor) – 21 December 1995 (1995 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Four Old Dances (Flex Instrumentation) (1986)
All Wind Works
- 4 Old Dances
- Amazonia (1988/1990)
- Apollo (2010)
- Arioso Cantabile (2025)
- Arsenal (1996)
- Avalon
- Balkanya (1999)
- Brasiliana (1985)
- Canterbury Chorale (1991)
- Castellum
- Centennial Prelude
- Ceremonial March
- Christmas Time (1993)
- Colores (2021)
- Concerto Grosso (1986)
- Condacum (1996)
- ConZEnSus (1996)
- Credentium
- Crescent Moon (2011)
- Dances of Innocence (2009)
- Domus
- Dublin Dances (2007)
- Dynamica (1998)
- Et in Terra Pax (1998)
- Finnish Folk Song Suite (2001)
- Firework! (1992)
- Flashing Winds (1989)
- Four Old Dances (Flex Instrumentation) (1986)
- From Ancient Times (2009)
- Helios
- Highland Rhapsody, A (1991)
- Homage (1993)
- Humanos
- Hymnus Antverpia
- Hypernikon (2019)
- I Shall Love But Thee (2018)
- Jubilus
- Jupiter (2007)
- Kebek (2006)
- Manhattan Pictures (1994)
- Mercury (1990)
- Metalla
- Minerva (1999)
- Montana (2008)
- Nemu-Susato (1997)
- Olympica (1993)
- Orion (2000)
- Poeme Montagnard (1996)
- Ponte Romano
- Prima Luce
- Puszta (1988)
- Rhapsody for Horn, Winds and Percussion (1995)
- Rikudim (1986)
- Sayonara
- Seatbelts Fastened! (2019)
- Signature (1988)
- Sinfonia Hungarica (2000)
- Sinfonietta (2004)
- Singapura Suite (1998)
- Slavia
- The Snail (2013), from Bestiarium
- Spartacus (1989)
- Spirit of Independence
- St Martin's Suite (1992)
- Suite Provençale (1989)
- The Swan on the Hill (2005)
- Tanczi (2006)
- Toccata Festiva
- Volcano
- Yokohama Festival Fanfare (2013)
- Yokohama Festival Overture (2013)
Resources
- Jan Van der Roost website. Accessed 23 November 2018
- Perusal score (in Attachments)
- Roost, J. (1992). Firework [score]. De Haske Music: Heerenveen, Netherlands.