Canarios Fantasia

Douglas Akey

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $12.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
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
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Crash Cymbals
Bell Tree
Bells
Bongos
Cabasa
Chimes
Claves
Slapstick
Sleigh Bells
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Tambourine
Tom-Tom
Triangle
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Canarios Fantasia is a contemporary band work that uses the melody from a Baroque guitar work for its inspiration. The source work is Canarios by Gaspar Sanz (1647-1710).

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Langham Creek High School Symphonic Band (Scott McAdow, conductor) - 2005

State Ratings

Alabama: Class B
Louisiana: IV
North Carolina: IV
Texas: IV. Complete
Virginia: IV

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Champion High School Symphonic Honors Band (Kevin Arnott, conductor) - 2 April 2019
Sacramento Symphonic Winds (Timothy M. Smith, conductor) – 18 October 2015
Michigan Concert Band - 2012
Langham Creek High School (Houston, Tx.) Symphonic Band (Scott McAdow, conductor) – 17 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

An Angel Fantasie (as arranger) (2005)
Awaken to the Morning Light
Canarios Fantasia (1999)
Cheyenne Cañon (2005)
Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (as arranger) (1995)
Entry of the Nobles (2003)
Ever More Distant (2007)
A Farnaby Prelude (2000)
Fire Dance (2001)
Flourish & Festivity (2003)
Joy Fantastique
Mountainbrook March (2001)
Mystic Battle
Over Slope and Summit (2006)
Overture Jubilate (2013)
Overture on an American Folk Tune (1999)
Peregrin (1994)
Pirates (1995)
A Praetorius Prelude (1997)
Riders on the Wind (2004)
Rocky Mountain Carnival (2003)
Rhapsodie Noel (1997)
The Sorcerer's Procession (2004)
A Susato Prelude (1994)
Tales of the Emerald Isle (2003)
A Tallis Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
Voyage Through the Night (2001)
The Wayfarer's Journey (2010)
Wild Dance (2011)

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