Bichos
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 40:30
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: mixEnsemble
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $250.00
Movements
1. Prólogo
2. Tenório, o Galo
3. Mago, o Gato
4. Miura, o Touro
5. Ladino, o Pardal
6. Bambo, o Sapo
7. Morgado, o Burro
8. Nero, o Cão
9. Vicente, o Corvo
10. Epílogo
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe I-II
- Bassoon I-II
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Cornet
- B-flat Flugelhorn
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium I-II
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass
- Piano
- Timpani
- Percussion I-VIII, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Bodhran (or Adufe)
- *Cabasa
- *Clash Cymbals
- *Floor Tom-toms
- *Glockenspiel
- *Guiro
- *Marimba
- *Ride Cymbal
- *Snare Drum (regular and traditional)
- *Splash Cymbal
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Tam-Tam
- *Tambourine (traditional)
- *Triangle
- *Udu Drum
- *Vibraphone
- *Water Whistle
- *Whip
- *Woodblocks
- *Xylophone
Narrator
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Bichos is a ten-movement suite for wind orchestra, based on Miguel Torga's literary work. The music contains a prologue, a epilogue, seven of the animals present in Miguel Torga work, and a movement named “the ark”.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Orquestra de Sopros Metropolitana (Lisbon, Portugal) (João Malha, conductor) – 16 December 2025
- Ensemble de Sopros e Percussão da Metropolitana (Lisbon, Portugal) (Lino Guerreiro, conductor) - 13 June 2021
- Ensemble de Sopros e Percussão da Metropolitana (Lisbon, Portugal) (Lino Guerreiro, conductor) - 12 June 2021
- Orquestra de Sopros Metropolitana (Lisbon, Portugal) (Carlos Reinaldo Guerreiro, conductor) - 7 April 2019
- Orquestra de Sopros Metropolitana (Lisbon, Portugal) (Carlos Reinaldo Guerreiro, conductor) - 21 February 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Acerca da Liberdade (2024)
- Açores (2007)
- América Lusa (2025)
- Al-Uqṣur (2015)
- Áth Dara (2014)
- Azul Vivaz (2017)
- Ateneu Artístico Vilafranquense (2010)
- Balkan (2019)
- Baviera (2013)
- Bembe (2014)
- Bichos (2016)
- Corrida à Portuguesa (2007)
- d’A Volta ao Mundo em 80 Dias (2019)
- Esotérik (2014)
- Fanfare Overture (2013)
- Fanfarra Solene (2012)
- Gamala (2012)
- Grooving On (2014)
- Haxāmaniš (2018)
- Hoquetus (2014)
- Interlace (2024)
- Labyrinth (2023)
- Less but not Last (2015)
- Mahfara (2024)
- Maud’Adib (2008)
- Mazurkax (2014)
- Musala (2013)
- Narya, Nenya & Vilya (2015)
- Ocidente (2014)
- Parallel Universe (2009)
- Premonitions (2014)
- Pro Ordo Militiae Jesu Christi (2022)
- Saxeus (2009)
- Seven Moons (2013)
- Saxofone Suite Saxophone (2018)
- Suite Irlandesa (2008)
- Sulime (2009)
- Torre del Oro (2014)
- Venit Shaloomoh (2018)
- Vila do Barrete Verde (2008)
Resources
- Lino Guerreiro website. Accessed 18 May 2025