For concert band and narrator

Based on a legend of the Lakota Sioux, this dramatic piece tells the story of Wakinyan Tanka, the great thunderbird, who saves mankind from the wrath of Unktehi, the water monster.

Duration: ca. 9 min.

Instrumentation: 3 Fl.(3dPicc.)-3 Ob.(3dE.Hn.)-2 Bsn./4 Cl.-Eb Cl.-Bass Cl.-2 Alto Sax-Ten. Sax-Bari. Sax/3 Corn.-3 Tpt.- 4 Hn.-3 Tbn.-Euph.-2 Tba.-Str. Bass/Timp.+3 perc.

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