Flight (Idio)
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 8:07
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Joshua A. Idio
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $95.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells (or Glockenspiel)
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Ride Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-Tom (low, mid, high)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Flight is an imposing contemporary work that is suitable for festival and/or mid-concert performances. Bringing dreams and thoughts to life, the program piece tells a story of one’s journey through the heavens on a plane, from take-off to landing. The theme of the entire work comes from the melody at the beginning of the overture with the French horn. As the story unfolds, the theme is continuously echoed in some way until the epic conclusion where a new form of the short overture is played to portray the plane’s arrival. This exciting composition was written for the kind-hearted and spirited. We all need the courage to fly!
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Lander University (Greenwood, S.C.) Wind Ensemble (Reed Gallo, conductor) - 25 February 2025
- Los Angeles (Calif.) Valley College Wind Ensemble (Lori Musicant Kozubek, conductor) - 22 May 2023 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Autumn Winds (2024)
- Aviators (2025)
- Calling University (2021)
- Christmas Exultations (2019/2021)
- The Cruise Line Dream (2019/2020)
- Dark Side of the City (2023)
- Dreams of an Architect (2022)
- The Edge (2020)
- Flight (2018)
- Gaudi (2023)
- Glowing World (2025)
- The Great Academy (2024)
- Lumen de lumine caelum (2020)
- Overture for Education (2018/2020)
- A Prayer That Sings the Life in Us (2023)
- The Procession of Scholars (2020)
- Vision Beyond the Stars (2020)
Resources
- Joshua A. Idio website. Accessed 24 January 2023
- Perusal score