Islero
Subtitle: A fanfare commissioned by Steven Lipsitt and the Boston Classical Orchestra
General Info
Year: 2004
Duration: c. 3:45
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Amis Musical Circle
Cost: Score and Parts - $28.00 | Score - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II (I doubling Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Timpani
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Islero was commissioned by Steven Lipsitt and The Boston Classical Orchestra to celebrate the orchestra’s 25th anniversary. The work was to be a fanfare that opened the ensemble’s season and only utilized the group’s woodwinds, brass and timpani.
The initial sketches for this commission took on a light, neo-classical tone to reflect the history of the ensemble’s programming and to capitalize on the experience of its traditionally small wind section. However, upon learning of other works that were on the program -- which included works by Arriaga, Villa-Lobos, Rodrigo and a Vivaldi lute concerto performed by Sharon Isbin -- I abandoned the sketches and was inspired toward a different aesthetic. This new, decidedly more aggressive, work juxtaposes an ostinato against an improvisatory sounding fanfare theme introduced by the trumpet. The title Islero, chosen after the composition was completed, draws the association of the analogous disposition of a so-named infamous Miura bull. Islero was premiered on October 15, 2004 at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) Wind Ensemble (Mark A. Norman, conductor) - 7 April 2022
- University of Maryland (College Park) Wind Ensemble (Andrea Brown, conductor) - 14 March 2022
- Boston (Mass.) University Wind Ensemble (David Martins, conductor) - 4 October 2020
- Boston Classical Orchestra (Steven Lipsitt, conductor) - 15 October 2004 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Art of Adagio (1995)
- The Art of Fugue (as transcriber) (1740s/2004)
- Bell-Tone’s Ring (Brass Quintet)
- Bell-Tone’s Ring (Wind Ensemble) (1999)
- Cohen Wing Fanfare (1990)
- A Collection of New Cotillions First Set (as arranger) (2022)
- Concerto for Tuba and Wind Band (2007)
- Dinner for Four (2023)
- Driven! (2002)
- Grenadiers of Liberty (1996)
- Islero (1994)
- Kirkos (2007)
- Legacy (2023)
- March of the Corn (2010)
- The Multimedia Construction Kit (1997)
- Music for Music (1992)
- The Playground Ball (1994)
- Quintet No. 1 (1989)
- Quintet No. 2 (1990)
- The Reckoning (1995)
- Rondo alla Kolo (1998)
- Seventy-Six (76) Trombones (as arranger) (1957/)
- Simphonie Militaire (as arranger) (1793/2013)
- Sinfonia Concertante (1993)
- Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Slavonic Dance No 3, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Slavonic Dance No 4, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Slavonic Dance No 6, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Slavonic Dance No 7, Op 72 (as transcriber)
- Sonata in A (3rd Movement -- Rondo alla turca) (as arranger) (1783/1998)
- Spring Overture (2018)
- Symphonic Poem (1994)
- ã tõnal fanfare (1996)
- Trumpeters' Lullaby (2009)
- Wind Quintet (1990)
Resources
- Amis, K. (2004). Islero: A Fanfare [score]. Amis Musical Circle: Norwich, Mass.
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