Las Aventuras del Principito
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Subtitle: Poema Descriptivo Sinfónico
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 15:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Musicaes
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- English Horn (optional)
- Bassoon I-II
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- E-flat Alto Clarinet (optional)
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II1
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
- B-flat Flugel Horn I-II
- Horn in F I-II-III
- Trombone I-II-III
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium I-II
- Tuba
- Double Bass (optional)
- Harp (optional)
- Piano (optional)
- Timpani
- Percussion I-IV
(percussion details desired)
- Violoncello (optional)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Little Prince is the best known short story by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, translated into 180 languages and dialects, making it one of the most recognized works of world literature. It is considered a children's book, but in reality the book is a metaphor in which issues as profound as the meaning of life, friendship and love are addressed.
In the book, after crashing a flyer and lost in the desert, a small prince in conversation, the narrator reveals his own vision of human stupidity and the simple wisdom of children that most people lose when they grow and become adults.
The little prince on a small planet, in which there are three volcanoes and a rose, one day decides to leave his planet to explore other worlds. There are six known planets, each inhabited by a character: a king, a vain, a drunkard, a businessman, a lamplighter and a geographer, which show how empty people become as adults. The last person to know this is the flyer on Earth. All the sentences in the book speak for themselves, with many hidden meanings.
Las Aventuras del Principito is a magical composition, expressive and sweet, where the composer's intent is to excite and see the lovely part of life, as seen by children and seeks the goal of this book. The music describes the most significant sections of the book, from the plane crash until the appearance of the Little Prince, the trip to the six planets with their characters and the happy ending that shows the reading and that both excites the reader .
- Program Note by World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE)
Awards
- Las Aventuras del Principito has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. La Banda Sinfónica "Músicos Sin Fronteras" (Valencia, Spain) (José Miguel Micó Castellanos, conductor) – 2012
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Banda Primitiva de Paiporta (Valencia, Spain) (Ferrer Ferran, conductor) – 26 October 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Sonatur (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
All Wind Works
- 24 Horas Deportivas (2019)
- Abu Simbel (2009)
- Al Centenario (1998)
- Algemiz
- Ave Fénix (2020)
- Bravo, mestre! (1999)
- Canto a Unicef
- Castelo do Inferno
- Ceremonial
- Comic Overture (2001)
- Concert per a Orquesta de Vents I Procussió (2008)
- Concert No. 3 (2013)
- Concierto del Simún (1998)
- Concha Manzana (2018)
- Consuelo Ciscar (2003)
- Côte d'Or (1999)
- Desert Storm. See: Tormenta del Desierto
- Don Pajarita
- Dragut el Pirata (2018)
- Echo de la Montagne (2003)
- El Bosque Mágico (2002)
- El Brillo del Fénix (2020)
- El Coloso (2011)
- El Ingenioso Hidalgo (2005)
- El Misteri del Foc (2007)
- El Principito (2010)
- El Quijote (2015)
- El Rugir del Kimbo
- El Siervo de Yahvé (2010)
- Els Pecats Capitals (2004)
- En Un Lugar de la Mancha (2003)
- A Fairy Tale (2009/2012)
- Fuegos del Alma (2014)
- The Great Spirit (2010)
- Hydra Concerto (2001)
- IVAM (2007/2010)
- Jesús Chover (2019)
- Jordi Mayor (2019)
- Juana de Arco (2005)
- Jungla (2006)
- Junta Local Fallera de Cullera (2021)
- La Cuidad Sumergida. See: The Submerged City
- La Fallera (2017)
- La Inmortal (2000)
- La Passió de Crist (2001)
- La Rodana
- La Sombra del Cruzado (1997)
- La Torre de Hercules
- Las Aventuras del Principito (2010)
- Los Barbas (2012)
- Manolo Morla (2013)
- Mar i Bel (2000)
- Marta Alandete (2017)
- Miticaventura (2002)
- Musica i Poble (2000)
- Nelo el Sorlí (2014)
- O Camiño das Animas en Pena
- Olé Toronto (1998)
- Patricia Sanz (2022)
- Peter Pan (2016)
- Piccole Note (2016)
- Pinocchio (2007)
- Red Dragon
- Roberto Forés (2014)
- Salomón (2006)
- Santa Claus (2019)
- Sonatur (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
- The Submerged City (2000)
- Symphony No. 1. See: Tormenta del Desierto
- Symphony No. 2. See: La Passio de Crist
- Symphony No. 3. See: The Great Spirit
- Symphony No. 4. See: El Coloso
- Tormenta del Desierto (1999)
- Tu Sueño (2010)
- Tyrannosaurus Rex (2012), from Bestiarium
- Xiquipirris
- Youth Funky (1998)
Resources
- World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) Accessed 12 February 2018