Comic Overture

Ferrer Ferran

Subtitle: Overture for Band

General Info

Year: 2001
Duration: c. 9:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Molenaar Edition
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €166.80 | Score Only (print) - €26.57

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Claxes (3)
Cowbell
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Jingle Bells
Mark Tree
Siren
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tam-tam
Triangle
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A work written to make laugh amuse and dream. Horns, sirens, whistles and a long etc. [sic] of instruments of humorous character, make it possible for Comic Overture to take us to the true fairs and festivals of carnival where merriment and laughter taker over atmosphere. And then, a contrasting second section inviting us to dream of that heaven we all long for, happiness.

- Program Note from score

Awards

XXI Aid, the International Composition for Band, 2000, third prize

Media

Audio: Orquesta de Vientos ALLEGRO de Valencia (Spain) (Ferrer Ferran, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Banda de Terrassa (Spain) (Pol Pastor i Sabaté, conductor) – 6 April 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Sonatur (Flex instrumentation) (2016)

All Wind Works

24 Horas Deportivas (2019)
Abu Simbel (2009)
Al Centenario (1998)
Algemiz
Ave Fénix (2020)
Bravo, mestre! (1999)
Canto a Unicef
Castelo do Inferno
Ceremonial
Comic Overture (2001)
Concert per a Orquesta de Vents I Procussió (2008)
Concert No. 3 (2013)
Concierto del Simún (1998)
Concha Manzana (2018)
Consuelo Ciscar (2003)
Côte d'Or (1999)
Desert Storm. See: Tormenta del Desierto
Don Pajarita
Dragut el Pirata (2018)
Echo de la Montagne (2003)
El Bosque Mágico (2002)
El Brillo del Fénix (2020)
El Coloso (2011)
El Ingenioso Hidalgo (2005)
El Misteri del Foc (2007)
El Principito (2010)
El Quijote (2015)
El Rugir del Kimbo
El Siervo de Yahvé (2010)
Els Pecats Capitals (2004)
En Un Lugar de la Mancha (2003)
A Fairy Tale (2009/2012)
Fuegos del Alma (2014)
The Great Spirit (2010)
Hydra Concerto (2001)
IVAM (2007/2010)
Jesús Chover (2019)
Jordi Mayor (2019)
Juana de Arco (2005)
Jungla (2006)
Junta Local Fallera de Cullera (2021)
La Cuidad Sumergida. See: The Submerged City
La Fallera (2017)
La Inmortal (2000)
La Passió de Crist (2001)
La Rodana
La Sombra del Cruzado (1997)
La Torre de Hercules
Las Aventuras del Principito (2010)
Los Barbas (2012)
Manolo Morla (2013)
Mar i Bel (2000)
Marta Alandete (2017)
Miticaventura (2002)
Musica i Poble (2000)
Nelo el Sorlí (2014)
O Camiño das Animas en Pena
Olé Toronto (1998)
Patricia Sanz (2022)
Peter Pan (2016)
Piccole Note (2016)
Pinocchio (2007)
Red Dragon
Roberto Forés (2014)
Salomón (2006)
Santa Claus (2019)
Sonatur (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
The Submerged City (2000)
Symphony No. 1. See: Tormenta del Desierto
Symphony No. 2. See: La Passio de Crist
Symphony No. 3. See: The Great Spirit
Symphony No. 4. See: El Coloso
Tormenta del Desierto (1999)
Tyrannosaurus Rex (2012), from Bestiarium
Xiquipirris
Youth Funky (1998)

Resources

Ferran, F. (2001). Comic Overture: Overture for Band [score]. Molenaar: Wormerveer, Neth.
Ferrer Ferran website Accessed 3 July 2023
Perusal score