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Famara
Conductor's score and parts on hire
978-0-19-363141-0
15 March 2001
Price: Available on request
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for full orchestra Forces or CategoryFull orchestraDuration12 minutesDifficultyModerately difficult to DifficultOrchestration2 picc, 2 fl (I+bfl, II+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl (II+ Ebcl), bcl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, tba, timp, 4 perc (picc-dr with snare, sus cym, cas, TD, tamb (small, large), BD, vib, mar), cel, harp, str (12, 10, 10, 8,
6)Programme NotesFamara is the name of one of the few natural reserves in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) which has remained untouched by the tourist industry. Although inspired by this beautiful landscape, this piece is not only descriptive, rather, it is a reflection on the damaging effect that tourism has had on the native culture.
For this particular reason I used folk material from the most distant islands of the Archipelago, La Gomera and El Hierro, as their folklore has been preserved in its authentic form, (even surviving the European Conquest of 1402), as have the original instruments consisting of flutes, drums, and Chácaras (type of castanets).
As certain instruments in
the orchestra display their own melodic and rhythmic personalities, referring in different ways to the folk material, the piece combines them dealing with the concepts of unpredictability of natural phenomena and of isolation in this particular part of the planet.
© Gabriel Erkoreka
Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press
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Gabriel Erkoreka (b.1969) Gabriel Erkoreka was born in Bilbao, Spain. He studied composition with Michael Finnissy at the Royal Academy of Music, where he obtained the DipRAM and a Masters degree with distinction, and was appointed Fellow of Composition 1997-98.
Erkoreka's work has been performed in the Venice Biennale 2004; the Musikverein in Vienna; the South Bank Centre, Spitalfields Festival, ICA and Wigmore Hall in London. His music has been recorded and broadcast by the BBC, WDR, RAI, RNE and other radio stations from various countries; several of his works are available on CD, edited by Verso, FNAC, LIM records and the Fundación Autor.
Gabriel Erkoreka currently lives in London and teaches composition at MUSIKENE-Basque Country Conservatoire.Gabriel Erkoreka's website
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