Saga Candida
Subtitle: 7 Impressions of a Witch Hunt
General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 15:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Beriato Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $190.00 | Score Only (print) - $32.00
Movements (played without pause)
1. Opening - 1:48
2. Accusations - 1:34
3. Innocence (Love) - 3:13
4. Tango - 2:00
5. Sabbath - 2:18
6. Death - 3:03
7. Transformation (Finale) - 1:24
Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (II doubling English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Clarinet
B-flat Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alt Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Contrabass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion (4 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Cabasa
- Castagnets
- Claves
- Conga
- Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Hi-hat
- Maracas
- Marimba
- Ride Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-tam
- Tom-tom
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chime
- Xylophone
Players singing
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
"Saga Candida" means ‘witch who doesn’t deserve to be punished’. It is the first concert suite based upon seven songs from the open-air musical Zaad van Satan, which was shown for the first time in August 2002, in Kruibeke, Belgium. This gigantic spectacle which deals with witchcraft at the beginning of the 17th century attracted more than 10,000 spectators in just a few weeks. Throughout seven contrasting movements (emotions), the persecution of a witch is depicted.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig (Jan Cober, conductor) - 2002
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Irish Youth Wind Ensemble (Ronan O’Reilly, conductor) - 19 and 20 August 2016
- Iowa State University (Ames) Symphonic Band - February 2015
- Hong Kong Symphonic Winds (Ka-hing Fung, conductor) - 28 July 2013 (World Music Contest 2013)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Absalon (2000)
- Awakening (1997)
- Biberussa (2010)
- A Brussels Requiem (2017)
- Celtic Child (2005)
- Choralia (2000)
- Colors (1998)
- The Cross and the Crown (2012)
- Egmont (2003)
- Fantasia per la Vita e la Morte (2006)
- The Green Hill (2011)
- Hebrew Dance (2021)
- Humperdinck Variations (2016)
- Hymnus Pastorale (2006)
- Ivanhoe (2001)
- Jericho (2002)
- Magnolia (2012)
- Morning Star Variations (2016)
- Noah's Ark (1998)
- Robinson Crusoe (2009)
- Sacred Song (2010)
- Saga Candida (2002)
- The Sword in the Stone (2011)
- Symphony No. 1 (2003)
- Symphony No. 2 (2011)
- Tropical Fishes (2013), from Bestiarium
Resources
- Appermont, B. (2002). Saga Candida [score]. Beriato Music: Duffel.
- "Saga Candida". Bert Appermont Website Accessed 23 March 2022
- "Zaad van Satan". Bert Appermont Website Accessed 23 March 2022