Rhythm Fantasia

Based on George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"

Justin P. Tokke (1990 -   )

To the American Compoers' Orchestra



To the American Composers' Orchestra Rhythm Fantasia For Chamber Orchestra JUSTIN P. TOKKE (1990 - ) 2 Instrumentation Flute 1 Flute 2 Oboe 1 Oboe 2 Clarinet in Bb 1 Clarinet in Bb 2 Bassoon 1 Bassoon 2 Horn in F 1 Horn in F 2 Trumpet in C Tenor Trombone Bass Trombone Violin I (3) Violin II (3) Viola (3) Violoncello (3) Double Bass (3) To the American Composers' Orchestra 3 JUSTIN P. TOKKE (1990 - ) Rhythm Fantasia For Chamber Orchestra Allegro giocoso, Straight es (h = 112) Flute 1 f Flute 2 f Oboe 1 f Oboe 2 f Clarinet in Bb 1 f Clarinet in Bb 2 f Bassoon 1 Bassoon 2 Horn in F 1 mf Horn in F 2 mf Trumpet in C p 3 sf p sf p Tenor Trombone mf sf p Bass Trombone mf pizz. Violin I sffz pizz. Violin II sffz tutti - pizz. f f (pizz.) sf p (pizz.) Solo Viola p sf Solo Violoncello p sf Solo - pizz. Double Bass p f sffz tutti - arco sffz tutti - arco sffz 1 2 3 4 Copyright © 2009 Justin P. Tokke All rights reserved. 5 6 7 8 4 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score A Fl. 1 sfz sfz f Fl. 2 f Ob. 1 fp f mf Ob. 2 fp f mf Cl. 1 fp f mf Cl. 2 fp f mf Bsn. 1 sfz fp Bsn. 2 sfz f f mf Hn. 1 ff f mf Hn. 2 ff to harmon mute - no stem Tpt. f p f harmon mute - no stem T. Tbn. ff f 3 3 B. Tbn. ff arco Vln. I ff arco Vln. II ff arco Vla. ff arco Vc. ff pizz. Db. sfz f f p f arco f pizz. p sfz sfz f f pizz. p pizz. f arco f pizz. sfz sfz f f pizz. sfz pizz. f arco pizz. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 5 Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 p Ob. 2 Cl. 1 Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 Hn. 2 mf Tpt. p T. Tbn. B. Tbn. Vln. I Vln. II p Vla. p Vc. Db. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 p Cl. 2 p Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. p arco Vln. I mp Vln. II Vla. pizz. Vc. mf pizz. Db. mf 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 7 B Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Solo Tpt. mf T. Tbn. B. Tbn. mf Vln. I div. a 3 mf mf Vln. II Vla. Vc. Db. 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 8 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score Fl. 1 p Fl. 2 p Ob. 1 7 7 f f Ob. 2 Cl. 1 Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 f Hn. 2 f Tpt. 3 3 T. Tbn. B. Tbn. Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vc. Db. 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 9 Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vc. Db. 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 10 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score C Fl. 1 mf Fl. 2 Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 mp Bsn. 2 mp Hn. 1 mp Hn. 2 mp To Open Tpt. T. Tbn. mp B. Tbn. mp Vln. I arco Vln. II arco Vla. Vc. Db. 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 11 Fl. 1 ff 3 3 3 Fl. 2 ff 3 3 3 Ob. 1 ff 3 3 3 Ob. 2 ff 3 3 3 Cl. 1 ff 3 3 3 Cl. 2 ff 3 3 3 3 Bsn. 1 ff 3 3 3 3 3 Bsn. 2 ff Hn. 1 ff Hn. 2 ff open Tpt. ff T. Tbn. ff growl B. Tbn. ff unis. Vln. I ff gliss. Vln. II ff Vla. ff arco Vc. ff Db. 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 12 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score Fl. 1 mf Fl. 2 Ob. 1 mf Ob. 2 Cl. 1 mf Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 mf Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. Vln. I div. Vln. II div. Vla. div. Vc. arco Db. 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 13 D Fl. 1 Fl. 2 mf Ob. 1 Ob. 2 mf Cl. 1 Cl. 2 mf Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 mf Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. unis. Vln. I f with groove! unis. unis. Vln. II f with groove! Vla. Vc. Db. 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 14 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score Fl. 1 ff Fl. 2 ff Ob. 1 ff Ob. 2 ff Cl. 1 ff Cl. 2 ff Bsn. 1 ff Bsn. 2 ff Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. Vln. I ff Vln. II ff unis. Vla. f with groove! Vc. f pizz. Db. f ff pizz. 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 15 Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. Vln. I mf Vln. II mf Vla. mf Vc. Db. 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 16 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score E Fl. 1 p Fl. 2 Ob. 1 p Ob. 2 p Cl. 1 p Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 ff Hn. 2 ff Tpt. ff T. Tbn. ff B. Tbn. ff Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vc. Db. 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 17 Fl. 1 Fl. 2 p Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 Cl. 2 p Bsn. 1 p Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 p Hn. 2 p Tpt. p T. Tbn. p B. Tbn. Vln. I p Vln. II p Vla. Vc. Db. 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 18 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score F Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 ff Cl. 2 ff Bsn. 1 ff Bsn. 2 p ff Hn. 1 ff Hn. 2 ff Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. Vln. I ff con fuoco Vln. II ff con fuoco Vla. mp arco Vc. mf ff con fuoco (pizz.) ff con fuoco Db. ff con fuoco 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 19 Fl. 1 ff Fl. 2 ff Ob. 1 ff con fuoco 3 3 Ob. 2 ff con fuoco Cl. 1 ffcon fuoco 3 Cl. 2 ff con fuoco Bsn. 1 ff con fuoco Bsn. 2 ff con fuoco Hn. 1 ff con fuoco 3 Hn. 2 ff con fuoco 3 Tpt. ff con fuoco 3 T. Tbn. ff con fuoco B. Tbn. ff con fuoco Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vc. ff con fuoco arco Db. ff con fuoco 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 20 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score G Fl. 1 ff ff obnoxiously!fp Fl. 2 ff ff obnoxiously!fp Ob. 1 ff Ob. 2 ff Cl. 1 ff Cl. 2 ff Bsn. 1 ff ff obnoxiously! ffobnoxiously!fp ffobnoxiously!fp f ff obnoxiously! Bsn. 2 ff f Hn. 1 ff Hn. 2 ff to harmon mute - no stem Tpt. ff T. Tbn. ff mf B. Tbn. ff Vln. I marc. mf Vln. II marc. mf Vla. marc. mf Vc. mf Db. mf 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 21 H Fl. 1 sfffz fff obnoxiously! Fl. 2 sfffz fff obnoxiously! Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 sfffz Cl. 2 sfffz Bsn. 1 fff obnoxiously! fff obnoxiously! Bsn. 2 ff p Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. 3 3 3 Vln. I p Vln. II Vla. Vc. Db. 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 22 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 p Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vln. I 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vln. II p 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vla. p 3 Vc. Db. 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 23 I Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 p Ob. 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 f 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Cl. 1 p Cl. 2 f Bsn. 1 p f Bsn. 2 p f Hn. 1 p f p sf Hn. 2 p f harmon mute - no stem Tpt. p p sf T. Tbn. p B. Tbn. p sf sf Vln. I Vln. II 3 Vla. 3 3 Vc. p f Db. p f 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 24 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score (q. + q + q) Fl. 1 f Fl. 2 f Ob. 1 f Ob. 2 f 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Cl. 1 f 3 3 Cl. 2 f Bsn. 1 f 3 3 3 3 Bsn. 2 f Hn. 1 Hn. 2 to open Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. Vln. I p Vln. II p Vla. p 3 3 (h + e + q) 3 Vc. mp 3 3 (h + e + q) 3 Db. mp 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 25 (q. + q) Fl. 1 J f Fl. 2 f Ob. 1 f Ob. 2 f Cl. 1 f Cl. 2 f Bsn. 1 f Bsn. 2 f Hn. 1 mp f Hn. 2 mp open Tpt. mp T. Tbn. mp B. Tbn. fp f f f f Vln. I div. mp f mp f Vln. II mp Vla. mp f f Vc. fp Db. fp f f 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 26 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 Cl. 2 Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. unis. Vln. I Vln. II Vla. Vc. f Db. f 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 27 K Fl. 1 ff Fl. 2 ff Ob. 1 ff Ob. 2 ff Cl. 1 ff Cl. 2 ff Bsn. 1 ff Bsn. 2 ff 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Hn. 1 ff Hn. 2 ff Tpt. ff T. Tbn. ff B. Tbn. ff f pizz. Vln. I ff 3 3 f f f f f pizz. Vln. II div. ff f pizz. ff f pizz. Vla. div. ff f pizz. ff f pizz. Vc. ff Db. ff f f pizz. 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 28 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score Fl. 1 Fl. 2 Ob. 1 f Ob. 2 f Cl. 1 mf Cl. 2 mf Bsn. 1 f Bsn. 2 f Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. Vln. I div. Vln. II div. Vla. div. Vc. Db. 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 29 L Fl. 1 mf Fl. 2 mf Ob. 1 Ob. 2 Cl. 1 mf molto espress. Cl. 2 mf molto espress. Bsn. 1 Bsn. 2 Hn. 1 Hn. 2 Tpt. T. Tbn. B. Tbn. arco unis. Vln. I mf molto espress. arco Vln. II mp arco mp arco mp arco mp Vc. mf molto espress. arco Db. mp ff pizz. Vla. arco 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 30 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score M Fl. 1 ff fff Fl. 2 ff Ob. 1 ff Ob. 2 ff Cl. 1 ff Cl. 2 ff Bsn. 1 ff Bsn. 2 ff Hn. 1 ff Hn. 2 ff a2 Tpt. ff fff fff fff fff fff fff fff fff fff fff T. Tbn. ff B. Tbn. ff fff fff Vln. I ff Vln. II ff pizz. fff arco fff ff pizz. Vla. div. a 3 fff div. a 2 arco ff pizz. ff pizz. fff arco Vc. ff Db. fff fff arco 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 Rhythm Fantasia - Full Score 31 Fl. 1 3 mp Fl. 2 3 mp Ob. 1 3 mp Ob. 2 3 Cl. 1 3 p Cl. 2 3 3 3 mp Bsn. 1 mp 3 3 p Bsn. 2 mp Hn. 1 3 Hn. 2 3 Tpt. 3 con sord. T. Tbn. 3 3 3 p B. Tbn. pizz. Vln. I 3 sub. mf pizz. sf mp p Vln. II 3 sub. mf pizz. sf mp p 3 Vla. sub. mf pizz. sf mp p 3 3 3 sub. mf pizz. sf mp p Vc. sub. mf 3 3 sf mp p pizz. Db. sub. mf sf mp p 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258


Program Notes:

Based on the popular Gershwin showtune "I Got Rhythm", this piece takes the famous chord progression to new heights.

Instrumentation:

Chamber Orchestra: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in B-flat, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, Trumpet in C, Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, Violin I (3), Violin II (3), Viola (3), Violoncello (3), Double Bass (3)

Duration:

5 minutes.

Performed By:

Read by the American Composers' Orchestra on February 2, 2009 as part of the "Orchestrations+" workshop of the New York Youth Symphony.

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