FROM THE FIELD TO THE SKY by Kenneth Fuchs

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Composer's Notes: "FROM THE FIELD TO THE SKY was composed at the request of First Lieutenant Daniel W. Boothe, Commander and Conductor of the United States Air Force Band of Flight, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The work is dedicated to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Lieutenant General (ret.) John "Jack" Hudson, Director. The Museum, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is the world's largest military aviation repository, with more than 350 aircraft and missiles on display.

Lieutenant Boothe suggested that I compose a celebratory work for brass instruments and percussion that would capture in musical sound our nation's storied military heritage, from the valiant work of soldiers defending our country on the ground to the unrivaled superiority of United States armed forces in the air.

FROM THE FIELD TO THE SKY is cast in one movement in three sections. The work is unified by a ceremonial fanfare theme characterized by upward-aspiring intervals of the perfect fourth, major second, and minor seventh. A cadence played on the field drum - an instrument characteristic of military fife-and-drum corps - appears as a rhythmic motive throughout the work. These elements provide the basis for musical development during the work's vigorous opening and closing sections - "Nobilmente" - and a contrasting lyrical middle section - "Tranquillo."

I am indebted to Lieutenant Boothe for his encouragement and advice on the fine points of military brass band orchestration during the composition of this work, September - October 2012, Mansfield Center, Connecticut.

FROM THE FIELD TO THE SKY was premiered by the United States Air Force Band of Flight under the baton of First Lieutenant Daniel W. Boothe at "Summon the Heroes: A Veteran's Day Concert" on November 3, 2012, in the Modern Flight Gallery of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio." --Kenneth Fuchs

Видео FROM THE FIELD TO THE SKY by Kenneth Fuchs канала Daniel W. Boothe