Fiesta d’Alabastro
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Sample Score | SHOW PDF |
Composer | Wittrock, Carl |
Instumentation | Concert Band |
Grade | 4 |
Duration | 12:30 |
Genre | Concert Music |
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Article | SMP-10-0027 |
- Description
Description
This composition was commissioned by the wind band Sint Willibrord Lievelde, To commemorate their 75th anniversary.The band’s visionary conductor,Maestro Willem Loff directed the premiere in 2009″Fiesta d’Alabastro”(Alabaster Festival) opens with a fanfare.The oboe introduces a motif that subsequently appears in many variations throughout the composition. Proceeding from a waltz through an adagio section, the composition ends with an energetic allegro. Each of these sections was inspired by episodes in the history of the band and of the village of Lievelde