Fireworks in Outer Space $125.00 Complete Score and Parts Composer: Bryan Donald-DeVoe Schumann Genre: Orchestra Instrumentation: (see below) Description: Fireworks in Outer Space was originally written for the new music ensemble Zeitgeist, who premiered the work on March 22nd, 2011. Schumann complete the full orchestration shortly there after (see below for more). Duration: 6 min, 10 sec **Add Sheet Music to Cart** (Complete Score and Parts) Add To Cart

Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
English horn
2 Clarinets in Bb
Bass Clarinet
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
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4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
2 Trombones
Tuba
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Timpani (E, A, B)
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3 Percussionists
Vibraphone (arco & w/ soft mallets), Crotales
Marimba, Suspended sizzle cymbal, Suspended cymbal
High pitched snare drum, Low pitched granite block, Deep muffled kick drum
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Harp
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Strings

Fireworks in Outer Space is a through-composed piece of music. The architecture of the piece can be divided into four smaller sections. Although the piece is not necessarily programmatic, it is meant to depict how a fireworks display would sound and appear in outer space.

The opening section portrays the vastness and obscurity of outer space with sustained open intervals and complex rhythmic counterpoint.

Percussive cluster chords and flourishing melodic lines represent the fireworks that are created as space objects ricochet off of each other, generating beautiful sparks, vibrant colors, and bombastic sounds. Although the fireworks display in this second formal section starts out slow and graceful, it eventually turns into a wild and crazy explosion-frenzy which is at times even violent and frightening.

The heavens open up in the third section and reveal a universe filled with twinkling stars and happy little planets, which are characterized by pizzicato strings and sounds from the upper registers of the harp, vibraphone, and marimba.

Finally, the whole ensemble builds in intensity and complexity, symbolizing all of space swirling around wildly as it is swiftly sucked into the vortex of a black hole.

Fireworks in Outer Space is the perfect “grand finale” to any orchestral concert program.