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Genre: Band
# of Players: Standard
Level: 5 | Duration: 9:30
Publisher: G & M Brand | Copyright: 1995
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This colourful scene is brilliantly captured in Paul Hart's tour-de-force Circus Ring, as the jugglers, cyclists, acrobats, and clowns make their appearance, dressed up in an astonishing variety of musical colours from bicycle bells to ratchets and a precarious pair of alto saxophones.
Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Level: 5 | Duration: 9:30
Instrumentation
Piccolo
1st Flute
2nd Flute
1st Oboe
2nd Oboe
Eb Clarinet*
1st Bb Clarinet
2nd Bb Clarinet
3rd Bb Clarinet
Eb Alto Clarinet*
Bb Bass Clarinet
1st Bassoon
2nd Bassoon
1st Eb Alto Saxophone
2nd Eb Alto Saxophone
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone
1st F Horn
2nd F Horn
3rd F Horn
4th F Horn
1st Bb Cornet
2nd Bb Cornet
3rd Bb Cornet
1st Bb Trumpet
2nd Bb Trumpet
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
(TC Baritone)
Tuba
String Bass*
Timpani
Percussion 1 (cymbals, xylophone, ratchet, glockenspiel, wood block)
Percussion 2 [2 players] (bass drum, 2 bike bells, crash cymbal, suspended cymbal, snare drum, whistle, tam tam, siren)
Percussion 3/4 (ratchet, snare drum, tam tam, marimba, cymbals)
Parts marked with an asterisk (*) are NOT ESSENTIAL, although their presence will obviously enable a fuller realization of the composer's intentions to be achieved.
Program Notes
This circus has frequently provided inspiration for composers; from Fucik's "Entry of the Gladiators" to Stravinsky's "Circus Polka." The tension, the big top, and in the old days, the band, all add to the atmosphere.
This colourful scene is brilliantly captured in Paul Hart's tour-de-force Circus Ring, as the jugglers, cyclists, acrobats, and clowns make their appearance, dressed up in an astonishing variety of musical colours from bicycle bells to ratchets and a precarious pair of alto saxophones.