Charlie, the Chameleon
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General Info
Year: 2013
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Publisher: Musica et Orbi
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
Charlie, the Chameleon is part of the Bestiarium Suite and tells the story of a hungry chameleon named Charlie who is hunting a cricket for breakfast. The intro reflects sounds of the rainforest and even the sound of a cricket chirping. After the intro, Charlie’s theme is played, which sounds a little awkward and out of time, like a chameleon walking. The music gradually becomes faster and faster as Charlie climbs a tree and hunts for his prey. The cricket is found and Charlie waits with quiet anticipation for the perfect moment to snare his prey with his tongue. The piece ends with an ascending flourish in the woodwinds followed by a triumphant stinger from the rest of the ensemble indicating Charlie’s success.
– Program Note by Christine Higley for the University of Maryland Wind Ensemble concert program, 14 March 2022
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- University of Maryland (College Park) Wind Ensemble (Andrea Brown, conductor) - 14 March 2022
- Banda Sinfónica de Jovens de Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal) (Henrie Adams, conductor) – 24 July 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Angelita (2012/2014)
- Cello Concerto (2021)
- Charlie, the Chameleon (2013), from Bestiarium
- Concertango (2004)
- Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (2018)
- De Tiempo y Quimera (2005)
- Duende (2010)
- El Torico de la Cuerda (2002/2006)
- Enric Cullell (2014)
- Invocación (2017)
- La Dama Centinela (2009)
- La Lira de Pozuelo (2010)
- Marco Polo Trilogy
- Marco Polo: El Libro de la India (2013)
- Marco Polo: The Cathay Years (2010)
- Marco Polo: La Ruta de la Seda (2006)
- Memorias de un Hombre de Ciudad (2003)
- Pas de Quatre (2019)
- Pequeña Suite para Banda (2008)
- Preludio y Danza del Alba (2006)
- Second Symphony (2017)
- Spanish Dances (2021)
- Symphony for Wind Orchestra (2012)
- Three Sketches for Wind Ensemble (2014)
- Tim (2018)
- Tramonto (2007)
- The Unknown Friend (2021)
Resources
- Luis Serrano Alarcón website Accessed 30 March 2022