Spices
Subtitle: Concert for Trumpet and Wind Band
General Info
Year: 2018
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Molenaar Edition
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €196.20 | Score Only (print) - €39.24
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- Solo C Trumpet
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
- Horn in F I-II-III
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Contra-Bass (optional)
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Glockenspiel
- *Hi-Hat
- *Maracas
- *Mark Tree
- *Ratchet
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Temple Blocks
- *Triangle I-II
- *Vibraphone
- *Vibra-slap
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Spices is a commission from the trumpet player José Cháfer, to whom this piece is dedicated. It was played for the first time in the 43rd Annual International Conference of San Antonio, Texas, in May 2018.
The piece is organized in different sections that make reference to the taste universe represented by combinations of different spices that stimulate that sense. For that purpose, different elements are opposed:
- Stimulating the senses: The overture awakens our senses and invites us to discover a universe of contrasts.
- Fresh mint: A breath of fresh air for our palate and our ears.
- Sugar and cinnamon: A touch of sweetness that defines the good moments.
- Chili pepper: An adventure towards an explosive sensory experience, do you dare to taste it? An intensity which is expressed with the excitement of our taste buds.
- Peppermint: The coolness of the fresh grass that invades us again with its enticing and herbal aroma.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Carolina Charlotte Symphonic Band (Hunter Kopczynski, conductor; Eric Millard, trumpet) - 22 April 2026
- Banda de Música Filarmónica Beethoven (Campo de Criptana, Spain) (Juan José Fernández Olivares, conductor; Juan Luis Palomino Sanchez, trumpet) – 23 July 2022 (WASBE Conference, Prague, Czech Republic)
- Banda de Música da Força Aérea Portuguesa (António Rosado, conductor; José Cháfer, trumpet) – 2020
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Andrómeda (2015)
- Avern (2017)
- Breath (2021)
- Breathing Bits (2020)
- Christmas Lights (2023)
- Christmas Morning (2016)
- Con la palabra justa (2026)
- El mirall de la joventut (2025)
- Eternal Echoes (2025)
- Eternal Vibrations (2019)
- Gioia (2021)
- Golden Land (2015)
- Huellas y caminos (2026)
- I Remember Clifford (arr. V. Leer)
- Joanot l'indi (2018)
- La Porta de l’Angel (2013)
- Leonardo Dreams (2017)
- Litaniae (2012)
- Pinazo (2017)
- Qastal (2018)
- Resilience (2024)
- Santiago Capitán Abencerraje (2013)
- Scent (2020)
- Spices (2018)
- Stones and Sea (2021)
- Teneo (2014)
- Un cel per a Alba (2017)
- Voluntat de ser (2023)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Gómez Soler, Saül" Accessed 12 August 2022
- Perusal score
- Saül Gómez Soler website. Accessed 12 August 2022