Fantasia di Concerto

Subtitle: Sounds from the Riviera

General Info

Year: 1906
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: Band IV; soloist V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bovaco
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00 | Score Only - $9.00

For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Cornet
Solo Euphonium
C Flute I-II
D-flat Flute I-II (II doubling piccolo)
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Cornet
B-flat B-flat Cornet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
B-flat Tenor I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3 players), including:

Bass Drum
Castanets
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Tambourine

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Fantasia di Concerto has been performed by euphonium, cornet and clarinet soloists for almost the entire 20th century. It was originally dedicated to John J. Perfetto, the euphonium soloist with the Sousa Band from 1904 (the year Boccalari arrived in the U.S.) in 1921.

The solo alternates between a fantastic display of technical facility and the expressive theme anticipated from the subtitle, "Sounds from the Riviera."

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Media

Audio CD: National Concert Band of America (Ed DeMattia, conductor) - 2011
Audio CD: New World School of the Arts Wind Ensemble (Rodester Brandon, conductor; Hiram Diaz, euphonium) - 2005

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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The Philharmonic Winds (Singapore) (Leonard Tan, conductor; Kang Chun Meng, euphonium) – 30 December 2017
United States Army Band (Trae Blanco, conductor; Adam Lessard, euphonium) – 23 July 2015
Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor; Brian Bowman, euphonium) – 2011
New World School of the Arts Wind Ensemble (Miami, Fla.) (Rodester Brandon, conductor; Hiram Diaz, euphonium) – 16 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Dance of the Serpents (1906)
d'Annunzio March
Fantasia di Concerto (1906)
Il Bersagliere March (ed. Ragsdale) (1908/2006)
Mauresque Caprice (arr. Laurendeau) (1906)
Sounds from the Riviera

Resources

Girsberger, Russ. Percussion Assignments for Band & Wind Ensemble. Volume I: A-K. Galesburg, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2004, 46. Print.
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Eduardo Boccalari." Accessed 14 August 2015
Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 76.