Balan fô
Subtitle: Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: 12:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Tot Per l'Aire
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €100.00 | Score Only (print) - €50.00
Movements
1. Molto Allegro
2. Adagio. Cadenza
3. Allegro Furioso
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Marimba
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
B-flat Flugelhorn I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (div. a2)
Tuba
Cello
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Balan fô in the Malinké language means “play the balan”. The balan is one of the precursors of the current marimba. However, the balan uses a different tuning system, with scale close to a quartile scale in our dodecaphonic system. Either the melodic and harmonic material in this piece are built using perfect fourths, but in a tonal context. The piece was composed using the three part Allegro-Adagio-Allegro form, with a marimba cadenza linking the second and third movements.
Composed in 2010, Balan fô was the winner of the Ciutat de Llíria International Composition prize in January 2011, held in Llíria (Valencia, Spain)[1]. This piece is written for Alejandro Ortiz Gimeno, percussionist and composer’s brother. Balan fô was premiered on July 16th by Unió Musica de Llíria (Valencia, Spain) with the percussionist of the Valencia Opera House Francisco Inglés.
Awards
- Llíria International Composition Competition 2011
- SGAE Publishing Incentive 2013
Media
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- La Banda Societat Ateneu Musical La Vila Joiosa (Villajoyosa, Spain) (Juan Carlos Máñez Clemente, conductor; Fina Sáez, marimba) – 8 March 2014
- Banda Municipal de València, Spain (Fernando Bonete, conductor; Fina Sáez, marimba) – 1 December 2013
- Unió Musical de Llíria, Spain (Fernando Bonete, conductor; Francisco Inglés, marimba) – 25 July 2011
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 8 de Febrer (2011)
- Ateneo Musical Schola Cantorum (2009)
- Balan fô (2010)
- Cristina Pastor (2013)
- D. Miguel de la Fuente (2001)
- Divertiment per a banda (2012)
- Elegy for strings (2009)
- Glubbdubdribb (2008)
- La Cova de les Meravelles (2011)
- María Moliner Rodríguez Pasodoble (2015)
- La Orden del Temple (2005)
- Palmira Máñez (2003)
- Petitte Suite (2004)
- Steel Concerto (2007)
- Un deber de amor (2010)
- Un'isola mediterranea (2004)