Description
Dance of Fire (Spanish: “Danza del Fuego”) is a duet for trombone and trumpet with orchestral accompaniment, premiered by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra with soloists Thomas Bugnot (trumpet) and Víctor Alegría (trombone).
Dance of Fire was born out of a fascination with one of the most extraordinary and difficult-to-imagine moments in the history of the universe: the first second after the Big Bang. In an incredibly brief span of time, the cosmos evolved from a state of extreme energy, temperature, and density into a rapid expansion during which the fundamental forces began to take shape, the first particles started to form, and the physical laws that have governed matter, space, and time ever since began to emerge. The work seeks to translate this violent and fascinating birth into music: a universe still without stars, planets, or atoms, yet already containing the foundations that would make everything that followed possible. Dance of Fire thus represents the instant in which order begins to emerge from the primordial chaos of the universe.
Year of composition
2026.
Movements
Single movement.
Duration
2′ 40”
Instrumentation
The instrumentation of Dance of Fire for trumpet, trombone, and orchestra is as follows:
Soloists
Trumpet in B-flat or C
Tenor Trombone
Woodwinds
Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in B-flat
2 Bassoons
Brass
4 Horns
3 Trumpets in B-flat
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Percussion
Timpani
3 percussionists:
Percussion I: cymbals, suspended cymbal, vibraphone, xylophone
Percussion II: tubular bells, sleigh bells, snare drum
Percussion III: glockenspiel, wind chimes, bass drum
Other
Harp
Strings
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Double Basses
In abbreviated form:
Solo Tpt. in Bb, Solo Tbn. — Picc. 2.2.2.2 — 4.3.2.BTbn.1 — Timp. + 3 Perc. — Hp. — Str.
Additional information about Dance of Fire
The theme of this piece is taken from the third movement of Awakening, Ricardo Mollá’s concerto for two trombones and orchestra.
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