Repertoire
UNIÓ MUSICAL JAUME BALMES FROM SANTA BÀRBARA – MONTSIÀ
Persis Overture, James L. Hosay
Alpina Saga, Thomas Doss
Wink at you – Fantasy for winds, Teo Aparicio Barberán/Op. 97
BANDA DE MÚSICA DE BENISSANET – RIBERA D’EBRE
Benissanet – Pasdoble, Josep Serra
Finale from the New World Symphony, Antonín Dvořák
Maud’Adib – Symphonic poem, Lino Guerreiro
ROVIRA I VIRGILI UNIVERSITY (URV) – TARRAGONA – BAND AND ORCHESTRA
“A Raiña Lupa” – Estrena – María Mendoza
Winning work from the 5th Composition Competition “Josep Maria Lleixà i Subirats”
Scherzo on a popular Catalan song, by Joan Lamote de Grignon
Concert per gralla, banda i orquestra (Concerto for Gralla, Band and Orchestra) – Premiere, Elies Espí Novell
Artists
Unió Musical Jaume Balmes from Santa Bàrbara
Guests:
Choirs local to Santa Bàrbara:
• “Jaume Balmes” Primary School Choir
• Les Planes Secondary School IES Choir
• “LOS FLARETS” Choir from the Escola Municipal de Música GERMANS ARASA
Banda de Música de Benissanet
Rovira i Virgili University (URV) Band from Tarragona
Guests:
Soloist from the URV Band and Orchestra:
• Albert Medina Perales – Gralla soloist
Instrumentalists
• Tenores, tibles and flabiols
Program
A performance by three Catalan concert bands encompassing different styles and musical eras, delivered with the versatility and quality we come to expect from bands from Catalonia. Local choirs, from children’s choirs to those from the Escola de Música, along with the Unió Musical Jaume Balmes from Santa Bàrbara, will perform “Wink at you – Fantasy for winds” with the Band, which means that there will be over 150 high-calibre performers on the stage. The Banda de Benissanet will perform, amongst others, the extraordinary piece “Finale” from the New World Symphony. What’s more the URV Band will combine with the URV Orchestra to perform together in a completely new venture. It’s worth mentioning that two pieces by special Catalan writers will be premiered in this concert, as well as the winning work from the 5th Composition Competition of the Catalan Federation of Musical Societies (FCSM) “Josep Maria Lleixà i Subirats”.
