Concert Band, Wind Orchestra, Solo with Band Grade 6

The ‘HalfSets, Preview Sets for Wind Bands’ service, from my own publishing label, Carlos Pellicer, is intended to facilitate the testing process of some of my works for wind orchestra. Therefore, this PDF license for digital materials is simple, free, and flexible. The main feature of this set is that it provides the score for the conductor and all the instrument parts, allowing them to be checked up to approximately halfway through the piece. Unlike purchasing the complete set of this work, my HalfSets license is not exclusive: parts can be copied, and this set can be shared.

Remembrance is the first symphony for symphonic band of Carlos Pellicer and has been commissioned by the Societat Filharmónica Alteanense as a piece of obligatory interpretation for the 45th edition of the Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música ‘Villa de Altea’ which, under the slogan ‘Una dona del poble: Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas’ (a woman of the town: Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas), will be dedicated to women, to gender equality and in particular to the figure of this writer from Alicante. In this way, the Remembrancesymphony is built from the novel that possibly represents Sanchez-Cutillas: ‘Matèria de Bretanya’, no doubt the novel that has become, is and will be the reference book for all the Alteans. Its premiere will be next December in the Palau Altea of the same town during the celebration of this International Contest of Music Bands.

Belgium: January 2027.

Portugal: May 2027.

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Symphonia Luminosa is the second symphony for wind orchestra composed by Carlos Pellicer and commissioned by the Symphonisches Blasorchester (SBO) Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, as a free choice for its participation in the 2026 Swiss Federal Music Festival, the most important performance competition in Switzerland, in which the country’s best wind orchestras compete. Although it can be programmed for any major concert, it is undoubtedly a meticulous work, tremendously expressive and powerful at the same time. This makes it an exceptional choice to demonstrate the potential of any high-level orchestra in a performance competition.

Symphony in 4 Movements.

I. PRISM (Reflections of this time). Duration: approx. 9:20 min.

II. DANCE OF LIGHTS (Effervescent dance). Duration: approx. 4:20 min.

III. GLOOM, (Knowing Our Shadow). Duration: approx. 6:30 min.

IV. CLARITY, (Eternal Light). Duration: approx. 6:20 min.

Spain: July 2027. Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música de Valencia.

For premieres in other countries, please contact us.

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An adaptation that is more compact in terms of both duration and instrumentation, yet remains a meticulous, highly expressive, and powerful work. The primary difference from the original version lies in the number of movements—reduced from four to three—transforming the piece into a ‘miniature symphony’ of shorter duration (approximately 21–22 minutes).

Although this is neither programmatic nor descriptive music—it is, quite simply, music—the concept of light, in its many facets, serves as the central thread running through this work. The speed of light, its capacity for infinite reflection, its duality with shadow (or our own shadows), and, above all, its ceaseless, luminous nature—these are the foundational ideas upon which the entire musical structure is built. Light, much like music, has the power to reveal a state of constant, fleeting change; it embodies the most profound beauty, as well as a heroic, magnificent power over shadow—over darkness itself.

Sinfonietta in 3 movements

I. REFRACTION AND DANCE (Lights of our time)

II. GLOOM (Knowing our shadow)

III. CLARITY (Eternal light)

The title ‘Dis-TENSIONS-diS’ is a game (or pun) with the words tension and distension (relaxation). The work stems from a ‘Leitmotiv’ presented at the beginning of the work by the warm sound of the bassoon. So from this melody draws all small parts for maximum re-use like elements of cohesion in different parts of the work. Hence the inevitable game of ‘tension and relaxation’ that occurs from such re-use of the same subject, but with a multitude of possible variations.

Dis-TENSIONS-diS received a Mencion de Honor at the Italian Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Originale per Banda 2009.