Iberia, Suite for Orchestra, No. 2: La Fete Dieu a Seville [Alf:36-A936490]

Iberia was originally a suite for piano composed by Isaac Albİniz (1860 - 1909) between 1905 to 1909, published in four books comprised of 3 movements each. Albİniz wrote these in an impressionistic style to evoke Spain. After Albİniz attempted to arrange the pieces for orchestra, he became impatient and enlisted his friend and conductor Enrique FernĦndez Arb³s to do the arrangement. Arb³s arranged five of the pieces: "Evocaci³n," "FŞte-dieu   Sİville," "Triana," "El Puerto," and "El Albaic­n." FŞte-dieu   Sİville 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İniz 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. (9:00)