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Menorcan Dances
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General Info
Year: 2019
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Movements
1. Fandango
2. Bolero
3. Jota
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
My Menorcan Dances were completed in January 2019 and are somewhat inspired bu a holiday taken on the Balaeric island of Menorca that previous summer.
They are cast in three compact movements following a tradition fast, slow, fast structure. Although the subtitles are from Spanish dance forms, they are far from strict in interpretation, each taking the traditional essence as a starting point and playing rhythmic and melodic games with the styles thereafter. Much use is made of suggestive percussion instruments plus an optional harp.
The work is dedicated to Erika Sparkes, the Northwestern State University Wind Symphony and their director of music, Jeffrey C. Mathews, the latter giving the first performance at the International WASBE Congress in Buñol, Valencia, Spain on 10 July, 2019.
- Program Note by composer
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Toronto (Ont., Can.) Youth Wind Orchestra (Colin Clarke, conductor) - 30 April 2022
- Northwestern State University of Louisiana (Natchitoches) Wind Symphony (Jeffrey C. Mathews, conductor) – 10 July 2019 - WASBE Conference (Buñol, Spain) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cane River Murals (2012)
- Clarinet Concerto (2001)
- Club Europe (2002)
- The Cries of London (2005)
- Divertimento for Wind Dectet (1999/2001)
- Dona Nobis Pacem (1995)
- Five Manx Romances (2017)
- From Kitty Hawk to the Stars
- Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun (2022)
- Menorcan Dances (2019)
- Natalis (1993)
- New World Dances (1999)
- Ovation (2001)
- Paris Sketches (1994)
- Paris Sketches (ed. Reynish) (1994/2004)
- Prelude for Hampstead Heath (1990)
- Requiescant Aberfan (2009)
- Roman Trilogy (2014)
- A Silent Movie Suite (2013)
- A Soliliquy for Solferino (2012)
- Symphony for Winds (1997)
- Tales from Andersen (2006)
- Tuba Concerto (1988)
- Venetian Spells (1984)
- Via Crucis (2006)
Resources
- Martin Ellerby website Accessed 15 July 2019