Festa!

Elliot Del Borgo

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General Info

Year: 1985
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Festa! is an energetic and driving work that utilizes the power and color of the symphonic band in a contrasting three-part overture format. The dramatic opening dissolves to a slow, rhythmic pulse in the clarinets, under the melodic theme in the flutes. The low winds return with the theme and gradually add voices in very soft tones until an explosive return to the opening completes the work. Extensive use of the percussion provides excitement and enhances the strong melodic material.

- Program Note from University of North Carolina, Greensboro, University Band concert program, 3 October 2016

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Alabama: Class BB
Georgia: IV
Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP II
Minnesota: II
Mississippi: IV-A
South Carolina: IV
Tennessee: IV
Virginia: IV

Performances

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University of West Alabama (Livingston) Wind Ensemble (Brianna Jarvis, conductor) – 16 February 2023
Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Collegiate Band (Matthew Brunner, conductor) - 24 April 2022
Modesto (Calif.) Junior College Symphonic Band (Erik Maki, conductor) – 22 April 2019
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Concert Band (Dustin Jones, conductor) – 30 April 2017
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, University Band (William L. Lake, Jr., conductor) – 3 October 2016
University of Tennessee Concert Band (Michael Stewart, conductor) – 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)

All Wind Works

Adagio for Winds (1974)
Ancient Air and Dance (2000)
Ancient Moon (2000)
Blue Ridge Holiday
Call to Glory
Calypso a la Rondo (2003)
Canterbury Overture
Celtic Suite (1994)
Ceremoniale (1981)
Chant Rituals (1993)
Chorale and Canon (1985)
Chorale and Variant (1969)
A Christmas Fantasia (1989)
A Christmas Triptych (as arranger) (1994)
Christmas Variants (2000)
Cole Porter in Concert (as arranger)
Commemoration Overture (1976)
Continental Christmas Suite (1996/2010)
Coventry Carol
Crown and Scepter
Dervish Dance
Dies Irae
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1979)
Dorian Rhapsody (1996)
Fantasia for Christmas (1998)
Fascinating Rhythm (as arranger) (1924/1994)
Festa! (1985)
Fire Dance (Del Borgo) (2004)
A Flemish Carol (1994)
Flight of Eagles
Fortress Variants (2004)
Gaelic Rhapsody (1987)
Good King's Christmas, A
Intermezzo Sinfonico (as arranger) (1890/2003)
A Jefferson Portrait (2001)
Joyant Overture
Knightsbridge Overture (1987)
Lest We Forget
Locksley Hall (1996)
Lux Aeterna (1993)
Miss Liberty's Promise
Modal Song and Dance (1985)
Music for Winds and Percussion (1973)
New England Suite
Ode to Joy
Overture for Winds (1982)
Phantom Ship
Prelude and Dance
Prologue and Dance (1981)
Renaissance Couplet (as arranger) (1994)
Rituale (1981)
Ritual Dances
Sailing Songs (1995)
Sea Trilogy
Serial Music (1970)
Shaker Variants (1995)
Slavonic Dances
Soliloquy and Dance
Songs of the Whalemen (1995)
The Steppes of Russia (1999)
Symphonic Essay (1973)
Symphonic Paraphrase (1995)
Tryptich II (1985)
Two British Folk Songs (1993)
Two British Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1993/2019)
Yultide Celebration

Resources

Borgo, E. (1985). Festa! [score]. Neil A. Kjos: San Diego, Calif.