Poema Alpestre

Franco Cesarini

General Info

Year: 1999
Duration: c. 21:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $254.00 | Score Only - $29.00

Movements (played without pause)

1. Nebbia - 1:40
2. Della malinconia - 1:24
3. Luce impovvisa - 1:38
4. Operationes Spirituales - 4:08
5. Alpeggio - 2:41
6. Tormenta - 4:21
7. Dello Stato Divino - 5:17

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (optional)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass 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
B-flat Cornet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbal
Glockenspiel
Handenglocken (Cow Bells)
Marimba
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Triangle
Wind Machine
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

For Franco Cesarini, born in a country where the soaring Alps dominate all horizons, mountains are a natural part of life. The composer describes his work thusly:

This twenty-minute creation transports listeners and performers to a land of alpine beauty and terrific natural forces. The fog and mist give way to grandeur and vistas beyond compare that contain grazing cattle, birds, and other wildlife, and the fury of high-altitude blizzards. The snowstorm subsides into a divine state where the ‘mountain-top experience’ is revealed as the spirit soars to new heights.

- Program Note by the Kagoshima Joho High School Wind Orchestra concert program, 19 December 2013

Media

Audio CD: Hillcrest High School Wind Ensemble (Andrew Pettis, conductor) - 2009
Audio CD: North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Mihliaro Corporon, conductor) – 2005
Audio CD: Tokyo Geidai Wind Orchestra (Masaharu Yamamoto, conductor) – 2017

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Michael Butler, conductor) – 7 December 2017
Orange County Wind Symphony (Anaheim, Calif.) (Anthony Mazzaferro, conductor) – 18 June 2017
San Francisco Wind Ensemble (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) – 27 February 2016
Illinois State University Symphonic Winds (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) - 6 February 2015
Kagoshima Joho High School (Kawanabe, Japan) Wind Orchestra (Isao Yabiku, conductor) – 19 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)
Civica Filarmonica di Lugano (Franco Cesarini, conductor) - 23 March 2013
Hillcrest High School (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Pettus, conductor) – 18 December 2009 (2009 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Aida: Grand Finale (as arranger) (1871/2000)
- Triumphal March (as arranger) (1871/2005)
Alpina Fanfare (1997)
Antiche Danza ed Arie per Liuto (as arranger) (1917/1999)
Arizona (2014)
Blue Horizons (2002)
Bulgarian Dances (2011)
Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (2013)
Ceresio (2002)
Colorado (2016)
Convergents (1991)
Cossack Folk Dances (2004)
Ernani (as arranger) (1844/2000)
Greek Folk Song Suite (2002)
The Haunter of the Dark (1995)
Huckleberry Finn Suite (2005)
Huntingtower (as arranger) (1932/1987)
Interlude for Band (1987)
I Vespri Siciliani (as arranger) (1855/2000)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (as arranger) (1816/2011)
Il Trovatore: Coro dei Gitani (as arranger) (1853/2000)
A Joyful Fanfare (2007)
Jubilee Fanfare (1997)
La Forza del Destino (as transcriber) (1862/1995)
Le Cortège du Roi Renaud (1999/2021)
Mexican Pictures (1990)
MGB March (2005)
Mosaici Bizantini (1993)
Norma (as arranger) (1831/2002)
Poema Alpestre (1999)
- Mountain Majesty (1999/2005)
Piccola Suite Italiana (2005)
Puss in Boots (2013)
Renaissance Suite (2008)
Solemnitas (2002)
Symphonic Fanfare (2009)
Symphony No. 1 (2016)
Symphony No. 2 (2018)
Symphony No. 3 (2021)
Tom Sawyer Suite (2002)
Un Ballo en Maschera (as arranger) (1859/2000)
Variations on a French Folk Song (2000)

Resources

Cesarini, F. (1999). Poema Alpestre [score]. Mitropa: Hagendorn, Swit.
Mailman, Matthew. "Poema Alpestre." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 6, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 668-673. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.