Illuminations
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Subtitle: Concerto in One Movement for Solo Trombone & Wind Symphony
General Info
Year: 2004
Duration: c. 17:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $150.00 | Score Only - $45.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Solo Trombone
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- String Bass
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II-III, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Finger Cymbals
- *Glockenspiel (or Bells)
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Triangle
- *Tubular Bells (or Chimes)
- *Xylophone
Errata
Note: The following errata are found earlier versions of the work. They may or may not be present in later published versions.
In Score and Parts:
SOLO TROMBONE
- m. 65, change diminuendo to crescendo
FLUTE
- m. 47, delete quarter rest
- m. 266, upper C in solo flute should be natural
OBOE/ENG HORN
- m. 233-234, omit last two notes of run
- m. 332, slur first two notes
BASSOON
- m. 75-78, natural missing on lower D
CONTRABASS CLARINET
- m. 324, slur first two 8th notes
SAXOPHONES
- m. 326, alto saxophone start mp
- m. 334, bari sax play first three 8th notes up one octave
- m. 338, bari sax play first four 8th notes up one octave
TRUMPETS
- m. 295, all trumpets, add quarter rest to measure
- m. 454-455, trumpet 4, tie half note to quarter note
TROMBONE
- m. 114, trombone 3, add accent to last 8th note
PERCUSSION
- m. 240, snare and bass drum, rhythm should be the same as brass
In Parts Only:
BASSOON II
- m. 219, bassoon 2 first pitch should be G-flat
TRUMPETS
- m. 113, trumpet 4, 8th rest is between staves
- m. 114, trumpet 4, 8th rest is missing
- m. 232-233, trumpet 4, tie doesn't cross to next system
- m. 295, all trumpets, beat 3 should tie to beat 4
- m. 361-362, trumpet 4/5, should tie across bar line
Program Notes
Illuminations was written for trombonist Joseph Alessi and commissioned by the following consortium:
University of New Mexico Wind Symphony: Eric Rombach-Kendall, conductor; Arizona State University Bands: Gary W. Hill, conductor; Hope College Wind Symphony: Steven Ward, conductor; Michigan State University: John Whitwell, Director of Bands; University of Missouri-Kansas City: Dr. Sarah McKoin, conductor; University of Oregon Wind Ensemble & the Robert Vagner Memorial Fund: Robert Ponto, Director of Bands; University of Toledo Wind Ensemble: Brant Karrick, conductor; Yale Concert Band: Thomas C. Duffy, music director.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio CD: University of New Mexico Wind Symphony (Eric Rombach-Kendall, conductor; Joseph Alessi, trombone) - 2005
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Georgia State University (Atlanta) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Robert J. Ambrose, conductor; Thomas Gibson, trombone) – 24 February 2006 (CBDNA 2006 Southern Division Conference, Nashville, Tenn.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- And music echoes eternal tones (2024)
- and yet your touch upon them will not pass (2021)
- Arabesque (1990/2004)
- Celebration (2010)
- Ceremonial Prelude for Brass Choir (2010)
- Chronicles (2000)
- Concert Processional (2011)
- Concertino for 11 Instruments and Wind Ensemble (2011)
- Dedication for Band (2009)
- Equinox (2010)
- Escapade (1989/1994)
- Fandango: For Solo Trumpet, Trombone and Wind Symphony (1999)
- Fanfare and Prelude (2008/2010)
- Hemispheres (2002)
- High Flight (2008)
- Hope Alive (2000)
- Illuminations (2004)
- Invocation (1992)
- Jazzalogue No 1 (1997/2002)
- Labyrinth (2011)
- The Light They Left Behind
- Lullaby for Noa (2008)
- Lullaby for Noah. See: Lullaby for Noa
- Masquerade (2012)
- Monologues (2010)
- Nessum Dorma (as arranger) (1926/2010)
- Quadrille (2002)
- Regiment of Heroes March (2016)
- Ritual. See: Soundings for Band (1997)
- Sandia Crest (2013)
- Scarecrow Overture (2009)
- Serenade Romantic (1982)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (as arranger, with Rumbelow) (1926/2006)
- The Sounding of the Call (2014)
- Soundings for Band (1997)
- Ritual (2011)
- Triptych for Trumpet and Trombone (2023)
- Two Sketches for Band (1998)
- Zarabanda (1998)
Resources
- Joseph Turrin website. Accessed 12 September 2021
- McCutchen, Mathew G. "An examination of the history and winning pieces of the National Band Association's composition contest: 1977-2008." 2009. Florida State University, PhD dissertation.
- Turrin, J. (2010). Illuminations: Concerto in One Movement for Trombone and Wind Symphony [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.
