Concert Band & Audio - GRADE 4

Winds of Mars was commissioned with the goal of incorporating original audio recorded on Mars by the NASA Perseverance Rover with textures of the modern concert band. There seems to be more than one characteristic wind on the recording - a dry and desolate wind, a playful and quick dust devil, a grand and booming wind, and a soaring and penetrating wind. All of these personifications of wind are present, beginning with a Piccolo Solo - cued in Clarinet 1, traveling throughout the entire ensemble, then finally ending with a Contrabass Clarinet solo - cued in the Bass Clarinet.