Global Variations
General Info
Year: 1990
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Faber Music Ltd.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - £69.99 | Score Only (print) - £10.99
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- African Long Drums (2)
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Bongos
- Castanets
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- Finger Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Mark Tree
- Sandpaper Blocks
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum (2)
- Stamping Sticks
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tabla (2)
- Tabor
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tom-Tom (2)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Vibra-slap
- Whip
- Wobble Board
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Around the world in just over eight minutes!
Although commissioned for a Youth Band, no concessions are made here for lack of technical ability, particularly in the percussion department. The chimes of Big Ben herald the start of a whistle-stop global journey, calling in turn at France, Spain, South Africa, Egypt, Russia, India, China, Australia, South America, and the USA, with a final detour through Ireland and Scotland before hearing Big Ben once more as we arrive home!
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- LUUMS Symphonic Wind Orchestra (Leeds, England) (Mark Jump, conductor)– 3 December 2017
- High Wycombe Music Centre's Concert Band (U.K.) (Andy Rogers, conductor) – 2008
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Chansons de Normandie (2014)
- A Christmas Overture (2007/2010)
- East Coast Pictures (1985)
- Shelter Island (1985)
- The Catskills (1985)
- New York (1985)
- Global Variations (1990)
- Ladies in Lavender Theme (2004/2010)
- The Lochnagar Suite (2007/2012)
- March Barnes Wallis (2013)
- Monck’s March (2010)
- New London Pictures
- Scramble! (1994)
- Shakespeare Pictures (2010)
- Stephenson's Rocket (1992)
- Thames Journey (1991)
- The TV Detectives
- To the Stars!
- The Winds of Power
Resources
- Hess, N. (1990). Global Variations: For Symphonic Wind Band [score]. Faber Music: London.