IBERIA was originally a suite for piano composed by Isaac Alb�niz (1860 � 1909) between 1905 to 1909, published in four books comprised of 3 movements each. Alb�niz wrote these in an impressionistic style to evoke Spain. After Alb�niz attempted to arrange the pieces for orchestra, he became impatient and enlisted his friend and conductor Enrique Fern�ndez Arb�s to do the arrangement. Arb�s arranged five of the pieces: Evocaci�n, F�te-dieu � S�ville, Triana, El Puerto and El Albaic�n. F�te-dieu � S�ville is the French name for one of the most important feast days of the Catholic Church. On this day in Seville, there is a procession through the city with the streets strewn with flowers. Occasionally spectators would improvise unaccompanied songs (saeta) and pass them between groups. Alb�niz recreates this scene with an alternating processional march and mournful saeta ending with distant church bells. Instrumentation: 3(3rd d. Picc).2+EH.2+ECl,BCl.2+CBsn: 4.4.3.1: Timp: Perc(5-6): 2Hp:Clst: Str (9.8.7.6.5 in set). Reprint edition.