Concert band (Piccolo, 1st Flute, 2nd Flute, 1st Oboe, 2nd Oboe*, Eb Clarinet*, ...(+)
Concert band (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 Barito) -
grade 5
SKU:
CN.S11175
Composed by
Philip Sparke. Arranged
by Geoffrey Brand. Band
Music. Score only.
Duration 14:00. Published
by G & M Brand Music
Publishers (CN.S11175).
From majestic
to pastoral to
dance-like, Land of the
Long White Cloud is
Philip Sparke's
representation of New
Zealand. This piece is a
wonderful addition to the
concert band
repetoire.
Long
before Europeans ventured
out of sight of land, the
bold and restless
ancestors of the Maori
people were making
voyages of thousands of
miles across the world's
greatest oceans. It was
around 1000 AD that they
landed in New Zealand.
The discovery of New
Zealand is attributed in
Maori tradition to Kupe
and the circumstances of
the landfall gave the
country its Maori name.
As land was approached, a
long, flat volcanic cloud
could be seen. Kupe's
wife Hine-te-aparangi,
looked to the horizon and
cried out, He ao! He ao!
A cloud! A cloud! The
name of Aotearoa was
given to the islands -
The Land of the Long
White Cloud. Land of the
Long White Cloud was
originally conceived as a
brass band work as a
result of a commission by
the New Zealand Brass
Band Association for
their National
Championships held in
1980 in Christchurch.
This transcription by the
composer was commissioned
by Keith Allen and
Birmingham Schools' Wind
Orchestra who gave the
first performance in the
Adrian Boult Hall,
Birmingham, England on
Sunday 15 May 1988.