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Iberia, Suite for Orchestra, No. 2: La Fete Dieu a Seville
Composers:- Albeniz, Isaac
- Arbos, Enrique Fernandez
Duration: 9
Description:
IBERIA was originally a suite for piano composed by Isaac AlbĂ©niz (1860 â 1909) between 1905 to 1909, published in four books comprised of 3 movements each. AlbĂ©niz wrote these in an impressionistic style to evoke Spain. After AlbĂ©niz attempted to arrange the pieces for orchestra, he became impatient and enlisted his friend and conductor Enrique FernĂĄndez ArbĂłs to do the arrangement. ArbĂłs arranged five of the pieces: EvocaciĂłn, FĂȘte-dieu Ă SĂ©ville, Triana, El Puerto and El AlbaicĂn. FĂȘte-dieu Ă SĂ©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. AlbĂ©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.
