La Lira de Pozuelo
Subtitle: Pasodoble de Concierto : Para Banda
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Piles
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €55.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
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
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel (optional)
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Obra encargo de la Asociación Músico-Cultural La Lira de Pozuelo en conmemoración del XX aniversario de su fundación [Work commissioned by the Musical-Cultural Association of La Lira de Pozuelo [Madrid] in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of its founding].
- Program Note from score
La Lira de Pozuelo is a symphonic pasodoble commissioned by the Asociación Músico-Cultural, in Madrid, for celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of this society. Although the piece has a very common structure (a first theme in F minor and a trio in F major connect by a long transition), La Lira de Pozuelo is a very particular and personal pasodoble. The composer explores harmonic and tonal ways very unusual in the classical pasodobles but without distorting the genuine flavor that permeates through the work.
- Program Note from the Fillmore Wind Band concert program, 22 December 2017
Media
- Audio flash drive: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Symphonic Band (Randall Coleman, conductor) – 2020
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Kentucky (Lexington) Wind Symphony (John Cody Birdwell, conductor) - 15 October 2023
- Oregon State University (Corvallis) Wind Symphony (Olin Hannum, conductor) - 18 May 2023
- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Symphonic Band (Stephen Bolstad, conductor) - 25 October 2022
- University of Kentucky (Lexington) Wind Symphony (John Cody Birdwell, conductor) - 30 April 2021
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Don L. Peterson, conductor) – 6 March 2020
- Ithaca (N.Y.) College Concert Band (Benjamin Rochford, conductor) - 4 March 2020
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Symphonic Band (Kenneth B. Ozzello, conductor) – 20 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 Southern Division Conference, Natchitoches, La.)
- Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) Concert Band (John Cody Birdwell, conductor) - 16 February 2019 (2019 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Fillmore Wind Band (Cincinnati, Ohio) (Cody Birdwell, conductor) - 22 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
- University of Kentucky (Lexington) Wind Symphony (Kenneth Capshow, conductor) - 8 March 2017 (82nd Annual ABA National Convention)
- Banda de Música "La Lira" de Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) – 2010
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
- Alarcón, L. (2011). La Lira de Pozuelo: Pasodoble de Concierto : Para Banda [score]. Piles D.L.: Valencia, Spain.