James Barnes
Citadel
Oversized Score for Concert Band
James Barnes
Citadel
Oversized Score for Concert Band
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer James Barnes
- Edition Score
- Publisher Southern Music Company
- Order no. SMC-S952OS
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Description:
Citadel was composed to commemorate the 150th anniversary of The University of Kansas (1865 to 2015.) It begins with optional offstage chimes (one or two sets [opt. ]) to depict the daily ringing of the bells in KU's World War II Memorial Campanile. Trumpets introduce a fanfare-like figure that quickly evolves into the opening theme of the work. As the music settles and becomes softer, a saxophone choir introduces a slower, more pensive middle theme intended to describe the university's academic nature. A quiet moment at the end of this section hints at the famous Rock Chalk Chant in solo horn before the chimes and fanfare return to end the work in a final, dramatic outburstof sound and color.