Recommended - Grade 3 or above

Two Giants and Ten Thousand Stones is a descriptive work telling the dramatic story of the legendary fight between Finn McCool and Finn Gael in which legend says they hurled huge stones at each other across the sea, which formed the spectacular basalt columns of the Giants Causeway in Ireland and similar columns at Fingal’s Cave in Scotland.

The piece was commissioned by and written for the the National School Band Association for the NSBA 2005 County Antrim Youth Band Festival and is scored for concert band with an additional four Bass Drum parts to be played in the four corners of the hall (amongst the audience) to represent the huge stones crashing into the ground.

Scored for:
Piccolo;
1st Flute;
2nd Flute;
Oboe;
Cor Anglais (English Horn);
1st Bassoon;
2nd Bassoon;
Contra Bassoon;
Eb Clarinet;
1st Bb Clarinet;
2nd Bb Clarinet;
3rd Bb Clarinet;
Bass Clarinet;
Soprano Sax;
1st Alto Sax;
2nd Alto Sax;
Tenor Sax;
Baritone Sax;
1st Bb Trumpet;
2nd Bb Trumpet;
3rd Bb Trumpet

1st Horn in F;
2nd Horn in F;
3rd Horn in F;
4th Horn in F;
1st Tenor Trombone;
2nd Tenor Trombone;
Bass Trombone;
Euphonium (Parts in both Bass & Treble Clef);
Tuba (Parts in both concert pitch Bass Clef & Eb Bass Treble Clef);
Double Bass;
Timpani;
2 Percussion parts (3 players);
4 Bass Drum parts (4 players)

Includes score & parts