Alegria
Roberto Sierra (trans. Mark Davis Scatterday)
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General Info
Year: 1996 / 2010
Duration: c. 5:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Subito Music Corp.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $24.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Transcribed for wind ensemble by Mark Scatterday of Eastman School of Music, Alegría (happiness) was inspired by the playful mood and 6/8 meter pattern often found in music from Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean. Out of a simple pulse and simple folk-like tunes evolve a complex web of harmonies and rhythmic interactions that oftentimes dissolve into a fast vortex of sound, to resume again to the initial playful mood. The harmonies too follow a similar path of evolution: from simple consonances to colorful dissonances.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio CD: North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) - 2011
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Wind Ensemble (Seth Davis, conductor) -- 4 December 2023
- University of Illinois (Champaign) Wind Orchestra (Jason Gardner, conductor) – 15 October 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Alegría (tr. Scatterday) (2010)
- Carnaval (tr. Scatterday) (2008/2012)
- Concerto for Saxophones (arr. Scatterday) (2000/2018)
- Diferencias (1997)
- Fandangos (tr. Scatterday) (2001)
- Fanfarría (2002)
- Montuno (arr. Spinazzola) (2013/2015)
- Octeto para Vientos (2003)
- Poema y Danza (2018)
- Rapsodia (1996)
- Sinfonía No. 3 (tr. Scatterday)
Resources
- Sierra, R.; Scatterday, M. (2010). Alegría [score]. Subito Music: [s.l.].