THE HEROES
OF ORZÁN
Year of composition: 2012
The Heroes of Orzán by Antón Alcalde. This composition received an official nomination for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2013 in Los Angeles, California, and won a silver medal at the Global Music Awards 2014 in San Diego, California. Commissioned by and dedicated to the A Coruña Municipal Wind Orchestra and its conductor, José Luís Represas.
Duration: 29 minutes
Scored for: wind orchestra and speaker (text in Galician, Spanish, and English)
Opus 9 — AA092016
Difficulty: Medium-Advanced
Movements:
i. Prologue: Voiceless Voice
ii. Nightfall in Orzán
iii. Walking Through the Seashore
iv. The Accident
v. Rescue!
vi. Tragedy
vii. Epilogue: The Heroes of Orzán
Premiere:
First performance was given by the A Coruña Municipal Wind Orchestra, conducted by José Luís Represas, at the Palace of the Opera, A Coruña, Spain, November 4, 2012.
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The Heroes of Orzán
A Coruña Municipal Wind Orchestra [World Premiere]
Conductor | José Luís Represas
About the Music
Commissioned by and dedicated to the A Coruña Municipal Wind Orchestra and its conductor, José Luís Represas. The Heroes of Orzán by Antón Alcalde. This composition received an official nomination for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2013 in Los Angeles, California, and won a silver medal at the Global Music Awards 2014 in San Diego, California.
The Heroes of Orzán is written for wind orchestra and speaker—who guides the entire composition by narrating the extra-musical events in the manner of a voice-over, almost like a police report. These extra-musical elements follow the tragedy that occurred on the beach of Orzán in January 2012, where the policemen José Antonio Villamor, Rodrigo Maseda, and Javier López became heroes when they tried to save the life of Slovak student Tomas Velicky. As mentioned above, all of these extra-musical elements are described by the speaker throughout the entire composition, overlapping them with the music as a single unity.
The Heroes of Orzán is divided into seven movements that follow one after the other in an uninterrupted manner.
Those movements are:
I. Prologue: Voiceless Voice.
II. Nightfall in Orzán.
III. Walking Through the Seashore.
IV. The Accident.
V. Rescue!
VI. Tragedy.
VII. Epilogue: The Heroes of Orzán.
Obra encargada y dedicada a la Banda Municipal de A Coruña junto a su director, José Luís Represas. Esta composición recibió una nominación oficial a los Hollywood Music in Media Awards de 2013, categoría contemporánea, celebrados en el emblemático teatro Henry Fonda de Los Ángeles, California, EE. UU. Obtuvo además una medalla de plata en los Global Music Awards de 2014, San Diego, California, EE. UU. Su estreno fue llevado a cabo por la Banda Municipal de A Coruña bajo la dirección de José Luís Represas, Palacio de la Ópera de A Coruña, España, el 4 de noviembre de 2012.
The Heroes of Orzán (Los Héroes de Orzán) está escrita para orquesta de viento y narrador que, a modo de voz en off, guía toda la composición narrando los acontecimientos extra musicales como si de atestados policiales se tratasen. Estos elementos extra musicales siguen la tragedia ocurrida en la playa de Orzán en enero de 2012, donde los policías José Antonio Villamor, Rodrigo Maseda y Javier López se convirtieron en héroes al intentar salvar la vida del estudiante eslovaco Tomas Velicky. Como se ha expuesto anteriormente, todos estos elementos extra musicales son descritos por el narrador a lo largo de toda la composición, superponiéndolos a la propia música conformando una unidad unívoca.
Los Héroes de Orzán está dividida en siete movimientos que se suceden de forma ininterrumpida.
Estos movimientos son:
I. Prologue: Voiceless Voice (Prólogo: Voz sin Voz).
II. Nightfall in Orzán (Anochece en Orzán).
III. Walking Through the Seashore (Caminando por la Orilla del Mar).
IV. The Accident (El Sccidente).
V. Rescue! (¡Rescate!).
VI. Tragedy (Tragedia).
VII. Epilogue: The Heroes of Orzán (Epílogo: Los Héroes de Orzán).