JAMES M. DAVID, composer
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Lookfar: Chorale for Ursula

Lookfar: Chorale for Ursula
​for wind band with flexible instrumentation


Purchase score and parts through Murphy Music Press
$70 - 5.5 minutes
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Murphy Music Press · Lookfar-James David

Program Notes

​Lookfar: Chorale for Ursula is inspired by the imaginative works of Ursula K. LeGuin, one of America’s greatest authors of science fiction, fantasy, and young adult fiction who passed away in 2018. “Lookfar” is the name of a small boat used by the protagonist of A Wizard of Earthsea who sails to the many islands and exotic ports of LeGuin’s novels. Her works, the Earthsea books in particular, are remarkable to me for their depth of feeling and humanity as well as an undying sense of hope and optimism. My short chorale is a loving tribute to little Lookfar and its lonely passenger, struggling to find his way in a sprawling sea filled with terrors, wonders, and joys.
 
-Notes by the composer, June 2020, Fort Collins, Colorado

Instrumentation

​Five wind parts may be played with any number of instruments as described below:
 
Part 1: Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, B-flat Trumpet
 
Part 2: B-flat Clarinet, B-flat Trumpet, Alto Saxophone
 
Part 3: B-flat Clarinet, B-flat Trumpet, Alto Saxophone, F Horn
 
Part 4: Tenor Saxophone, F Horn, Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon
 
Part 5: Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone, Trombone/Euphonium/Bassoon, Tuba
 
Piano (optional)
 
Percussion: Timpani (3 drums), Crotales (Glockenspiel may be substituted), Suspended Cymbal, Triangle
  • Home
  • about
  • wind ensemble
    • Message from Arecibo
    • Flying Jewels
    • Urban Light
    • Troublesome Fire
    • Symphony no. 1
    • Ghosts of the Old Year
    • Call to Commitment
    • With Soul Serene
    • March Tumbao
    • Lookfar
    • Menlo Park, 1879
    • Zephyrus
    • Flexible Instrumentation
    • Heartland Verses
    • Swing Landscape
    • I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
    • Concerto for Vibraphone
    • The Moorlands
    • Big Four on the River
    • All Dark Is Now No More
    • Temple's Grace
    • From the Shaken Tower
    • Two-Lane Blacktop
    • Sinfonietta no. 3
  • compositions
    • wind ensemble
    • clarinet >
      • all clarinet works
      • clarinet sonata
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      • L'oiseau dans l'espace
      • Saxophone/Percussion Double Quartet
    • trombone >
      • all trombone works
      • Trombone Sonata
      • Five American Dances
      • Song of the Valar
      • Bass Trombone Sonata
      • Partiels 2
      • Garden of the Gods
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      • Of Unsurpassed Heroes
      • Trumpet Sonata
    • Percussion >
      • The Dandelion
      • NOLA - BELA - SOWEGA
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      • Tin Lizzies on Old Fall River
      • LASCAUX
      • KAFKA - Sax Concerto
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      • Clarinet and Horn Trio
    • solo / electroacoustic
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      • KUBLA KHAN
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