Suite No 2 for Band

Victoriano Valencia

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This work is also known as Suite Colombiana No. 2.

General Info

Year: 2007 / 2010
Duration: c. 18:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: LudwigMasters
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $175.00 | Score Only (print) - $50.00

Movements

1. Cantadoras – 7:20
2. Bambuco - 3:15
3. Cumbiamba - 3:35
4. Pregón - 4:40

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Take a musical trip through Colombia with this four movement work. Each movement features music of different regions including the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and the Andes mountains. This work can be performed as a suite or in any combination of single or multiple movements.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

Suite No. 2 was commissioned in 2007 by the Symphonic Band of Sabaneta – Antioquia, for its participation in the International Band Competition City of Valencia, Spain. It was part of the Latin American-Music-Project collection of the former Ludwig Masters publishing house in the USA.

The cultural richness shown in the diversity of singing in the different regions of Colombia becomes an impulse and expressive intention in Suite No. 2 for Band. Just as the Andes submerge in the Caribbean, transforming its summits into the joyful party of the tropics, the Colombian-Venezuelan plains jump over the mountain chain and dialogue with the Afro-American Pacific.

The four movements of Suite No. 2 reflect the sounds, rhythms and rich cultural heritage of the northern and eastern regions of Colombia. In movement 1 (Cantadoras) we encounter a funeral procession, with music designed to comfort the family of the deceased through chant-like song and drumbeats recalling their African ancestors. Movement 2 (Bambuco) is a folk music form that is popular in Colombian national dance, traceable back to the colonial period, associated with festivals celebrating Colombian heritage. Movement 3 (Cumbiamba) is a musical style that originated in Colombia’s Caribbean region during the period of Spanish colonization. The title Pregón in movement 4 is a Spanish word meaning announcement or proclamation. This fusion of styles bearing roots from Spain, Africa and South America is emblematic of music and life in Colombia.

- Program Notes adapted from Glenn Price

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Grand Symphonic Winds (Matthew George, conductor) – 2010

State Ratings

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Performances

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University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg) Symphonic Winds (Colin McKenzie, conductor) - 8 March 2022
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Orchestra (Glenn Price, conductor) – 13 April 2016
Banda Sinfónica de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana - 2013
Grand Symphonic Winds (Saint Paul, Minn.) (Matthew George, conductor) – 15 December 2010 (2010 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Victoriano Valencia Rincón." Accessed 9 April 2016.
"SUITE No. 2 for Band by Victoriano Valencia Rincón (Colombia, 1970). " WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 24October 2022). Accessed 4 January 2023
Suite No 2 para Banda, Victoriano Valencia Accessed 9 April 2016
Valencia, V. (2010). Suite No. 2 for Band: For Symphonic Band [score]. Ludwig Masters: Boca Raton, Fla.