Fandango Caliente

William Owens

Subtitle: Spirited Dance

General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

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

Bar Chimes
Bass Drum
Bells
Bongos
Castanets
Crash Cymbals
Maracas
Marimba
Snare Drum
Triangle
Vibraphone
Vibra-slap

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Originating in the eighteenth century, the fandango is an animated couples dance in triple time. With bold melodic statements and strong rhythmic concentrations, Fandango Caliente (Spirited Dance) was inspired by the exotic namesake dance. By way of the highly spirited “caper” sections and the equally tender “interlude”, this intrepid work truly encapsulates the exuberance of the dance.

Commissioned by the Texas Music Educators Association Region 17 for the High School Honors Wind Ensemble, Fandango Caliente was premiered in January 2018 with the composer conducting.

- Program Note by composer

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Tennessee State University (Nashville) Wind Ensemble (Bruce Ayers, conductor) - 18 November 2021
Texas Music Educators Association Region 17 High School Honors Wind Ensemble (William Owens, conductor) - January 2018 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)

All Wind Works

Across the Great Plains (2017)
After the Darkness (2021)
Albany Fanfare (2011)
All Things So Wondrous (2022)
Antiphon (2011)
Battle Command
Big Bend (2023)
The Blue Orchid (2005)
Blue Sky (2002)
But Joy Comes... (2010)
Captain Dane (2003)
Carnegie Anthem (2012)
Carpathia (2007)
Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Caverns of Sonora (2019)
Chisholm
Congolese (2017)
Corps of Discovery (2010)
Country Day Dances (2004)
Courtlandt County Festival (2004)
Credo (2012)
Curtain Up!
Dances Americanesque (2008)
Declaration and Dance (2010)
Destined to Fly (2018)
Egyptique (2010)
The Eighth Day (2022)
El Pato Loco (2010)
El Vaquero! (2017)
Every Day New (2018)
Excelsior! (2008)
Exhaltations! (2006)
Fandango Caliente (2017)
Fantasia on "Adeste Fidelis" (as arranger) (2007)
Festive Proclamation (2015)
Flourishes! (2019)
Flourishes! (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
Great Wall (2016)
Hark! (A Holiday Celebration) (As arranger)
Heavenwards (2015)
Heroes Triumphant (2012)
Hopak! (2014)
In Autumn (2009)
In Joyful Celebration (2003)
In This Beautiful Place (2023)
Ironclads (The Monitor and the Merrimack) (2012)
Journey of the Bonfire (2017)
Jupiter (as arranger) (1916/2006)
Kamehameha (2006)
Kitty Hawk, 1903 (2010)
Krakatoa (2008)
Maesong (2004)
Mars (as arranger) (1916/2009)
The Mighty 97th (2008)
New Horizons March (2016)
Of Gentle Spirit
Paintings (2011)
Paradise Awaiting... (2017)
Quicksilver (2018)
Resplendence (2017)
Silversides (2021)
The Southern Dawn (1998/2002)
Spit-Fire (2013)
Struck by the Ree (2023)
Summit Fanfare (2008)
The Tahoka Galop (2004)
Tangelridge (2009)
Tambora! (2013)
Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
Terracotta (2009)
Three Scottish Vistas (2007)
To Her Majesty's Delight (2020)
Tudor Sketches (2013)
Tundra (2018)
Wedgwood March (2002)
The Wings of Mercury
With Valor and Brave Heart (2011)
The World's Greatest Show! (2022)
Yonaguska (2016)
Zia (2014)

Resources

William Owens, personal correspondence, November 2021
William Owens website Accessed 29 November 2021