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Per la flor del lliri blau
Joaquín Rodrigo (transcribed by composer)
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'The title translates from the Spanish as "For the flower of the blue lily."
General Info
Year: 1934 / 2002
Duration: c. 19:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: PILES
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €190.00 | Score Only (print) - €30.00
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Per la flor del lliri blau (For the flower of the blue lily, 1934) is one of Rodrigo’s most significant works. Composed for substantial orchestral forces, this symphonic poem is based on a medieval Valencian legend: the three sons of a dying king go on a quest for the flower of the blue lily, whose magic powers will save their father. The youngest finds it but is killed by his ambitious brothers.
Musically, the poem is constructed around two principal motifs, one lyrical, the other epic in nature, one of the earliest examples of this kind of noble, courtly music to appear in the composer’s production.
The work was first performed in Valencia on 26 July 1934 by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Valencia under the baton of José Manuel Izquierdo. In that same year it was awarded the prize for best symphonic poem of the year by Valencia’s Fine Arts Society. Rodrigo himself transcribed the piece for wind band, a very common type of ensemble in his native region.
- Program Note by Enrique Martinez Miura for liner notes of Naxos CD Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- Roosevelt University (Chicago, Ill.) CCPA Wind Ensemble (Stephen Squires, conductor) - 16 February 2022
- Banda de Música de Getafe (Madrid, Spain) (Vicente M. Palop Valero, conductor) – 16 February 2019
- Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Dallas, Tx.) (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 29 January 2012
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adagio para Orquesta de Instrumentos de Viento (arr. Grey) (1966/2022)
- Adagio para Orquesta de Instrumentos de Viento (1966)
- Concierto de Aranjuez (arr. Mavropoulos) (1939)
- Concerto de Aranjuez (arr. Evans) (1939)
- Homenaje a La Tempranica
- Homenaje a Sagunto (arr. Ribelles) (1968)
- Pasodoble para Paco Alcalde
- Per la flor del lliri blau (1934/2002)
Resources
- Rodrigo, J. (2002). Per la flor del lliri blau: Symphonic Poem [score]. PILES: Valencia, Spain.