Tyrannosaurus Rex

Ferrer Ferran

Ferrer Ferran

Subtitle: Symphonic Episode for Symphonic Band

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 4:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Musica et Orbi
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The dreaded “tyrant lizard,” the king of all dinosaurs, lived between 67 and 65 million years ago. It is one of the largest known land predators, measuring up to 12.8 meters long, 4 meters high and weighing 6-10 tons, and was the largest carnivore in its environment.

This work was intended to indicate the violence, rudeness, and grandeur of the dinosaur with aggressive and effusive motion, but whose actions were justified by the very law of survival. The piece is dark, daring, and full of tension until the very last moment to relieve the listeners of despair.

This composition belongs to the Bestiarium Suite, one suite comprising nine movements and each composed by a different composer. It was released on March 15, 2013, in the Paul Tibón Theatre in Medellin (Columbia) by the Youth Symphonic Band Network Music Schools of Medellin, directed by Frank de Vuyst.

It will be a dark audacious movement where I’ll try to keep tension and guide it to the end, so that the listener after their 3-5 minutes of despair, have this need to encourage and achieve completion feeling the adrenaline at the end, make you cry spirit.

– Program Note translated and adapted from note by composer

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Jove Banda Simfònica de la FSMCV (Valencia, Spain) (Rafael Garrigós, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Maryland (College Park) Wind Ensemble (Andrea Brown, conductor) - 14 March 2022

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Abu Simbel (2009)
• Algemiz
• Bestiarium Suite
  • Tropical Fishes (Appermont)
  • Dance of the Whale (Sparke)
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex (Ferran)
  • The Snail (Van der Roost)
  • The Apes (Smith)
  • The Woodworm (Valencia)
  • The Kangaroo (Houben)
  • Charlie, the Chameleon (Alarcon)
  • The Fly (Navarro)
• Canto a Unicef
• Castelo do Inferno
• Ceremonial
• Concert per a Orquesta de Vents I Procussió (2008)
• Concert No. 3 (2013)
• Consuelo Ciscar (2003)
• Echo de la Montagne (2003)
• El Bosque Mágico (2002)
• El Coloso (2011)
• El Ingenioso Hidalgo (2005)
• El Misteri del Foc
• El Rugir del Kimbo
• Els Pecats Capitals (2004)
• El Principito (2010)
• El Quijote (2015)
• A Fairy Tale (2009)
• Fuegos del Alma (2014)
• The Great Spirit (2010)
• Hydra Concerto (2001)
• IVAM (2007/2010)
• Juana de Arco (2005)
• Jungla (2006)
• La Passió de Crist (2001)
• La Rodana
• La Torre de Hercules
• Las Aventuras del Principito (2010)
• Los Barbas (2012)
• Miticaventura (2002)
• O Camiño das Animas en Pena
• Peter Pan (2016)
• Pinocchio (2007)
• Red Dragon
• Salomón (2006)
• Santa Claus (2019)
• Symphony No. 2. See: La Passio de Crist
• Symphony No. 3. See: The Great Spirit
• Symphony No. 4. See: El Coloso
• Tyrannosaurus Rex. See: Bestiarium Suite

Resources

• Ferrer Ferran website Accessed 30 March 2022