Fiesta de los Toros

Brian Balmages

Brian Balmages

Subtitle: Festival of the Bulls

General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 8:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $125.00; (digital) - $125.00   |   Score Only (print) - $18.00

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 Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass 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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Cabasa
• Castanets
• China Cymbals
• Claves
• Conga
• Cowbell
• Crash Cymbals
• Drum Set
• Guiro
• Maracas
• Ribbon Crasher
• Splash Cymbal
• Suspended Cymbal
• Timbales
• Tom-Tom, low and floor

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Inspired by the fire and passion of Latin music, this colorful work explores styles originating everywhere from Spain to Cuba. The music evokes images of the festivals, dances, and pure adrenaline of cultures known for their passion and intensity. Styles include an opening salsa, a short merengue interlude, a bold paso doble (featuring the percussion section), a delightful habañera, and a fiery Afro-Cuban section.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Torrey Pines (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Amy Gelb, conductor) - 5 June 2018
• Jacksonville (Ala.) State University Wind Ensemble (Clint Gillespie, conductor) – Spring 2018

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Arith-Metric No. 1 (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• Blue Ridge Reel (Adaptable Band) (2013/2020)
• Colliding Visions (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)

All Wind Works

• African Journey (2001)
• Always United, Forever Strong (2013)
• American Big Top (2018)
• Among the Clouds (2004)
• Apollo (2008)
• Arabian Dances (2009)
• Arith-Metric No. 1 (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• The Awakening (2003)
• Backstage Pass (2015)
• Beyond the Summit (2004)
• Blue Ridge Reel (2013)
• Blue Ridge Reel (Adaptable Band) (2013/2020)
• Breaking Point (2019)
• Bright Morning Stars
• Bringer of War (2017)
• Call of the Wild (2013)
• Camptown Variations
• Chant and Savage Dance (2005)
• Chesapeake Serenade
• Colliding Visions (Adaptable Band) (2010/2020)
• Comet Ride
• Conquest
• Courtly Dance and Procession
• Dragonfly
• Eagles Among Us (2017)
• Elements (2010)
• Enchantment (2014)
• Endless Rainbows (2013)
• Escapades
• Escape from the Deep (2010)
• Etowah
• Evocatio (2014)
• Falcon Fanfare (2012)
• Fanfare Canzonique (2003)
• Fanfare on a Theme of Imagination (2015)
• A Festive Fanfare (2017)
• A Festive Finale (2019)
• Fiesta de los Toros (2017)
• Five Progressive Chorales for Developing Bands
• Flight
• Flight of the Griffin
• Forever... (2014)
• Fusion (2007)
• Gettysburg (A Civil War Portrait)
• Grace (2016)
• Groove Music (2013)
• Haunted Clocks (2014)
• A Hero's Destiny
• Homage to Bharat (2018)
• A House Divided (2013)
• Hypnotic Fireflies (2013)
• Images of Ireland
• Incantation and Ritual
• In Nature's Glory
• Industrial Loops (2017)
• Infinite Hope (2018)
• Instant Christmas Spirit
• Into the Arctic (2015)
• Invictus
• Jingle Bell Tones
• Journey By Night (1998)
• Journey for a Soldier (2010)
• Joy in All Things (2012)
• Joy of Life (2015)
• Jungle Dance (2011)
• Kilauea (The Volcano's Fury)
• Kindred Spirits (2009)
• Legacy (Processional for Band)
• Legend
• Legend of the Drop Bear (2016)
• A Light at the End of Forever (2016)
• Loudoun Praises
• Love and Light (2020)
• Lullaby to the Moon (2017)
• Majestica
• Marche Diabolique (2014)
• Metal (2013)
• Metamorphic Dances (2019)
• Midnight on Main Street (2009)
• Midnight Suite
  • Midnight Mission
  • Midnight Sky (2006)
  • Midnight Madness
• Miramar Fanfare
• Moscow, 1941 (2006)
• Motion (2006)
• Nevermore (2011)
• Not Afraid to Dream (2006)
• O Mio Babbino Caro
• Of Emperors and Chariots
• Olympia
• Open Space (2014)
• Parade of the Jesters
• Pele (2004)
• Phasing Thunder (2014)
• Pikes Peak (2019)
• Primal Dances (2018)
• Proclamation
• Proudly We Hail
• Raging Machines
• Rain (2008)
• Renaissance Reimagined (2017)
• Reverberations (2009)
• Rhythms and Riffs‎
• Rippling Watercolors (2015)
• Rite of Passage (2000)
• Rocky Mountain Romp
• Sapier's Story
• Shadow Waltzes (2016)
• Shadows Unleashed (2013)
• Shenandoah Triptych
• Shrine of the Fallen (2016)
• Silence Overwhelmed (2010)
• Smithsonian Suite
• A Solitary Wish (2017/2018)
• Sound Prisms (2002)
• Sparks (2007)
• Spirit of the Stallion (2016)
• Spontaneous Beings (2017)
• Star Above, Shine Brightly (2001)
• The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/2014)
• Starscapes (2007)
• Summer Dances (2000)
• Summer Resounding!
• Summit City
• Sun Cycles (2012)
• Swirling Prisms
• Symphonic Episodes
• Symphony No. 1 for Brass
• Synthesis (2016)
• Temple of the Murals (2011)
• That Which Binds Us (2015)
• Three Celtic Dances (2008)
• Thrill Ride (2019)
• Through Courageous Eyes (2003)
• Trust in Angels (2017)
• Twittering Machine (2017)
• A View of the World (2001)
• Waves
• When Spirits Soar (2006)
• Whispering Winds
• Winged Victory (2007)
• Winter Dances
• Within the Castle Walls (2012)

Resources

• Brian Balmages website
• "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 72/7 (February 2018), p. 41.