Atmósferas

Alicia Terzian

Subtitle: De Imágenes Cósmicas

General Info

Year: 1969 / 1971
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Two pianos
Publisher: Ediciónes Encuentros
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental

Movements

Fourteen short movements

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Bass Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Tuba
String Bass I-II
Piano
Celesta
Harp I-II
Requinto
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Crash Cymbals
Marimba
Sistro
Tam-Tam
Tom-Tom
Triangle
Xylophone

Violincello I-II

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Atmósferas as originally written in 1969 as a piece for two pianos, and was transcribed for wind ensemble in 1971. It was commissioned by the Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon and premiered in the Great Auditorium of this Portuguese foundation in the European tournée of the Tila and John Montes.

The work is composed of 14 different integrated pieces that form a great whole. Musical ideas, in contrast that do not forget the lyrism that set free the creative imagination of the composer, result in a solid musical work.

Atmósferas was awarded the National Fund for the Arts Prize in 1972 and integrates the “First Book of Cosmic Images.” It received its premiere 23 March 1972 by the Banda de la Guardia Republicana, conducted by Silva Dionísio.

- Program Note by World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE)

Awards

Atmósferas has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Banda de la Guardia Republicana (Silva Dionísio, conductor) - 23 March 1972 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Atmósferas (1969/1971)
Movimientos Contrastantes (1964)

Resources

Alicia Terzian website Accessed 29 July 2016
The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 493.
Perusal score
Terzian, A. [19--]. Atmósferas : das "Imagens cósmicas" [score]. [A. Terzian?]: [s.l.]
World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) Accessed 29 July 2016