New concert band music: Fiesta Brava

    FIesta Brava is a term used to describe a bullfight festival in Spain.  This Fiesta Brava is my impressions of the festive day, complete with motifs for the participants.  In the course of the day one would hear the proud opening theme, motifs for the bull, the fanfare entrances of the piccadors, bandelleras and of course, the matador.  Dance music (a fandango) at the festival follows, then, with sounds of the emotions of the day: the matador’s prayer for deliverance, the dance, and a flamenco that could be termed a “proud dance”.  The matador theme then returns during the closing music to provide an exciting conclusion to the bullfight festival.