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Bulgarian Dances
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Subtitle: In Memoriam Alfred Reed
This work bears the designation Opus 35.
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 10:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Mitropa, through De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €159.99 | Score Only (print) - €27.50
Movements (played without pause)
1. Harvest Song from Thrace - 3:57
2. Song of Schopsko 2:59
3. Todora is Taking a Nap
4. The Golden Apple
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Bulgarian Dances is a free rhapsody, divided into four distinct movements based on famous Bulgarian folk songs. These songs have a very old tradition and stem from both the antique world of Byzantium and even earlier in the ancient and mysterious civilization of the Thrace region. In the beginning they were monodic songs, then diaphonic, with characteristic dissonances of major and minor seconds which make them unique. What also makes these songs so fascinating are seductive and complex irregular rhythms. The composer, while remaining faithful to the original spirit of the songs, has not hesitated to broaden the musical ideas, enriching them and making them more suitable to the rich palette of colours of contemporary concert bands.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Taiwan Ministry of National Defense Symphonic Wind Orchestra (Wang Chih-Chiang, conductor) - 2011
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Colorado Christian University (Lakewood) Symphonic Band (Mark S. Dorn, conductor) - 28 October 2022
- Texas A&M University (Lubbock) Symphonic Winds (Travis Almany, conductor) – 13 October 2019
- University of Kansas (Lawrence) Symphonic Band (Brett Keating, conductor) – 3 May 2018
- Bob Jones University (Greenville, S.C.) Symphonic Wind Band (Dan Turner, conductor) – 14 April 2018
- Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) Symphonic Band (Douglas Henderson, conductor) – 28 April 2016
- Banda de Alcazar de San Juan (Spain) (Luis Sanchez Romanos, conductor) - 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Abysses
- Aida: Grand Finale
- Alpina Fanfare (1997)
- Antiche Danza Ed Arie Per Liuto
- Arizona (2014)
- Blue Horizons (2002)
- Bulgarian Dances (2011)
- Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (2013)
- Ceresio
- Convergents
- Cossack Folk Dances
- Ernani
- Greek Folk Song Suite (2002)
- The Haunter of the Dark (1995)
- Huckleberry Finn Suite (2005)
- Huntingtower (as arranger) (1932/1987)
- I Vespri Siciliani
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia (as arranger) (1816/2011)
- Il Trovatore : Coro dei Gitani
- A Joyful Fanfare (2007)
- Jubilee Fanfare
- La Forza del Destino (as transcriber) (1862/1995)
- Le Cortège du Roi Renaud (1999/2021)
- MGB March
- Mountain Majesty
- Norma
- Poema Alpestre (1999)
- Piccola Suite Italiana (2005)
- Puss in Boots (2013)
- Renaissance Suite (2008)
- Solemnitas
- Symphonic Fanfare (2009)
- Symphony No. 1 (2016)
- Symphony No. 2 (2018)
- Symphony No. 3 (2021)
- Tom Sawyer Suite (2002)
- Triumphal March
- Un Ballo en Maschera
- Variations on a French Folk Song (2000)
Resources
- Cesarini, F. (2006). Bulgarian Dances: Opus 35 [score]. Mitropa Music: Hagendorn, Switzerland.
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Franco Cesarini." Accessed 4 May 2016.
- Perusal score