Paconchita

Oscar Navarro

Oscar Navarro (transcribed by composer)

Subtitle: Latin Overture for Wind Band

General Info

Year: 2016 / 2022
Duration: c. 4:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Oscar Navarro
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €160.00

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
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Flugelhorn I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Electric Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos
Congas
Cowbells (2)
Crash Cymbals
Drum Set
Whistle

Cello

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Paconchita is a Latin overture dedicated to my parents, Paquito Navarro and Conchita González. It is a piece full of rhythm and energy with the percussion section having a great presence and highlighting the battery as group leader.

A great brass fanfare starts the overture, giving way to a much more rhythmic section in which give-and-take dialogues begin between the different sections of the band, with the battery being one of the protagonist instruments at all times. During the course of the work, we hear Latin rhythms fused with harmonies typical of Spanish folklore to create a seal of our land, the land which has seen the protagonists born and grow and to whom this work is dedicated: Paquito and Conchita.

- Program Note by composer

For my parents, Paquito Navarro and Conchita González

- Program Note from score

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

O'Fallon Township (Ill.) High School Wind Ensemble (Melissa Gustafson-Hinds, conductor; Ricardo Flores, percussion) - 20 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
Tampa (Fla.) Bay Pride Band (David Triplett-Rosa, conductor) – June 2021

Works for Winds by This Composer

Concerto for Oboe and Wind Band. See: Legacy
Concerto for Clarinet (2006)
Connection (2019)
Downey Overture (2011)
El Arca de Noé (2011)
El Olimpo de los Dioses (tr. Alvarez and Navarro) (2015)
Expedition
The Fly (2013), from Bestiarium
Font Negra (2015)
The Gods of Olympus. See: El Olimpo de los Dioses
Hell And Heaven (2019)
Hispania (2013)
II Concerto (2012)
Jumper Clarinet (2009/2016)
Latent Emotions (2016)
Legacy (2015/2016)
Libertadores
The Mountains of Switzerland (2018)
The Musketeers (2019)
Paconchita (2016/2022)
Paradise
Shanghai (2009)
The 7 Trumpets of the Apocalypse
Trips

Resources

Navarro, O. (2022). Paconchita Obertura latina para Orquesta Sinfónica [score]. Oscar Navarro Music: [Madrid, Spain].
Oscar Navarro website Accessed 27 November 2022