Musala
General Info
Year: 2013
Duration: c. 5:40
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: mixEnsemble
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $60.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Solo E-flat Alto Saxophone
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe
- 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 I-II
- Contra-Bass
- Timpani
- Percussion I-IV, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Clash Cymbals
- *Floor Tom
- *Marimba
- *Snare Drum (traditional)
- *Tam-tam
- *Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Musala is a work in one movement, mostly inspired by the folklore from the Balkans. There is a cadenza which explores an “open music” concept, where the interpreter should create his own music, based in the character and style of the work. This work was written to be premiered at the festival saxoporto 2013 by the Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa (BSP).
This work is dedicated to João Pedro Silva.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Orquestra de Sopros e Percussão da Academia de Música de Costa Cabral (Porto, Portugal) (Francisco Ferreira, conductor; António Luís Ribeiro, soloist) – 17 March 2016 (II Festival da Academia Internacional de Saxofone)
- Banda da Sociedade Filarmónica Humanitária de Palmela (Portugal) (João Paulo Quítalo, conductor; João Pedro Silva, soloist) – 8 December 2014
- Portuguese Air Force Wind Band (Palmela, Portugal) (Élio Murcho, conductor; António Luís Ribeiro, soloist) – 17 July 2014 (Festival Internacional de Saxofone de Palmela)
- Banda da Sociedade Filarmónica Humanitária de Palmela (Portugal) (João Paulo Quítalo, conductor; João Pedro Silva, soloist) – 8 October 2013
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 1 June 2025