Upriver

Instrumentation:

• 2 Piccolo
• 2 Flute 1
• 2 Flute 2
• Oboe 1
• Oboe 2
• English Horn
• Clarinet in Eb
• 2 Clarinet 1 in Bb
• 2 Clarinet 2 in Bb
• 2 Clarinet 3 in Bb
• Bass Clarinet in Bb
• Contrabass Clarinet in Bb
• Bassoon 1
• Bassoon 2
• Contrabassoon
• Soprano Saxophone in Bb
• Alto Saxophone in Eb
• Tenor Saxophone in Bb
• Baritone Saxophone in Eb
• Horn 1 in F
• Horn 2 in F
• Horn 3 in F
• Horn 4 in F
• Trumpet 1 in C
• Trumpet 2 in C
• Trumpet 3 in C
• Trumpet 4 in C
• Trombone 1
• Trombone 2
• Bass Trombone
• Tuba
• Contrabass
• Solo Fiddle
• Harp
• Timpani
• 5 Percussion

Following a celebrated series of wind ensemble tone poems about national parks in the American West, Dan Welcher’s Upriver celebrates the Lewis & Clark Expedition from the Missouri River to Oregon’s Columbia Gorge, following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Welcher’s imaginative textures and inventiveness are freshly modern, evoking our American heritage, including references to Shenandoah and other folk songs known to have been sung on the expedition. For advanced players.