Wonderworld (Band Gr. 4)

In Wonderworld, the band enters into a mysterious and colorful world of circuses and fairgrounds. However, life is not just “bread and circuses;” in the middle of the piece there is time for the darker sides of life.

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Level: 4 | Duration: 4:45

Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/2
Bassoon
B-flat Clarinet 1
B-flat Clarinet 2/3
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone 1
E-flat Alto Saxophone 2
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet 1
B-flat Trumpet 2/3
F Horn 1
F Horn 2/3
Trombone 1
Trombone 2/3
Euphonium
Baritone T.C.
Tuba
Timpani (4)
Glockenspiel
Percussion 1-2 [2 players] (Snare Drum, Bass Drum)
Percussion 3 (Crash Cymbals)


Program Notes
Wonderworld was commissioned by Petri Junna and Minna Kajander as one of five works premiered at the 2014 Ruskatrööttä festival (a wind band festival held in Lieksa, Finland). I did not originally plan to write music referring to circuses and fairgrounds. However, as the compositional process progressed I noticed the piece’s character and let it become, let’s say, what it wanted to be.

In Wonderworld, the band enters into a mysterious and colorful world of circuses and fairgrounds. However, life is not just “bread and circuses;” in the middle of the piece there is time for the darker sides of life.