Soleriana

Carlos Surinach

Carlos Surinach

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Subtitle: For Concert Band; Based on the Fandango by Antonio Soler

General Info

Year: 1972
Duration: c. 15:00
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Associated Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Movements

1. Introduction – 1:15
2. Variation 1: Piu Mosso – 1:30
3. Variation 2: Allegro – 1:15
4. Variation 3: Larghetto – 2:10
5. Variation 4: Allegretto – 2:10
6. Variation 5: Andantino – 2:50
7. Variation 6: Agitato – 2:50
8. Variation 7: Vivace – 2:05

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Sopranino Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornets I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Castanets
• Crash Cymbals
• Glockenspiel
• Military Drum
• Snare Drum
• Tam-Tam
• Tambourine
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783) became the chapel master at the El Escorial Monastery in Spain in 1757. He had been a harpsichord student of the famous Domenico Scarlatti and became a daring and thoroughly Spanish composer in his own right. Among Soler’s compositions was a Fandango for harpsichord.

Carlos Surinach used Soler’s Fandango as the basis for his composition and says,

“In Soleriana, I have divided the work into an Introduction and seven Differentias [variations] to make the form of the fandango more intelligible, seeking contrast through key changes, some of which have independent conclusions. Dissonances -- set down with apparent hesitancy by Soler -- have been strengthened, and missing tempi and dynamics added according to my personal conception of the music. My decision to use the concert band as a vehicle to expand the work is not casual. The Fandango is full of Scarlattian arpeggios requiring force and foreground importance -- a feature less comfortable for the orchestral strings when speed and articulation are demanded.”

- Program Note from liner notes of CD Ostinato Fantastico

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Dupaul Wind Ensemble (Donald DeRoche, conductor) - 2007

State Ratings

• Arkansas: V
• Florida: VI
• Louisiana: V
• Michigan: Senior High AA

Performances

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• La Artistica de Buñol (Spain) (Mario Ortuño Gelardo, conductor) – 11 July 2019 - WASBE Conference (Buñol, Spain)
• Northern Symphonic Winds (Potsdam, N.Y.) (James T. Madeja, conductor) – 26 January 2019
• Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Mast, conductor) – 21 May 2016
• Banda Municipal de A Coruña (Spain) (Andrés Valero-Castells, conductor) – 25 October 2015

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Celebraciones medievales (1977)
• Jota (1977)
• Memories of an Old Zarzuela (1987)
• Paeans and Dances of Heathen Iberia (1959)
• Ritmo Jondo (1967)
• Sinfonietta Flamenca (1953)
• Soleriana (1972)

Resources

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Carlos Surinach." Accessed 20 May 2016
• Surinach, C. [1972]. Soleriana, for Concert Band; Based on the Fandango by Antonio Soler [score]. Associated Music Publishers: New York.