THREE SPANISH IMPRESSIONS - Parts & Score, TEST PIECES (Major Works)
Availability Available Published 5th September 2013
Cat No.JM68404 Price
£58.00 Composer: Alan Fernie Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works)
Set as the Fourth Section Test Piece for the 2014 Britsh Brass Band Regional Championships.
If you have enjoyed listening to the audio extract here, and want to hear the entire performance, you can purchase the REGIONS 2014 CD on this site which contains full performances of all 5 testpieces. Simply type REGIONALS 2014 into the QUICK SEARCH to the right of your screen to find it.
Three Spanish Impressions originally were part of a large, single movement work called “ SPAIN” Whilst happy with the content of the work, I realised that it was rather unwieldy and a bit too long, so, with the publishers blessing, created a shorter suite from the existing material.
The brooding and repetitive opening movement takes its mood perhaps from the Miles Davis/Gil Evans album "Sketches of Spain", albeit in a less stringent harmonic language. The middle movement is a delicate and fragile waltz, with shades of a romance within, and the finale, a colourful and robust fandango, also contains a lyrical heart !
The thematic material, whilst written very much as a pastiche of the music of Spain, is original, and the accent is firmly on melody and musicianship! Alan Fernie June 2007