Conquistador

Leon Camp

General Info

Publisher: Schroën Muziekcentrale
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:12:00
Cost: €184.95

Instrumentation

Player 1: Snare Drum
Player 2: Field Drum
Player 3: Temple Blocks & Glockenspiel
Player 4: Bongos & Roto-toms
Player 5: Tom Toms
Player 6: Drumset & Chimes
Player 7: Vibraphone & Timbales
Player 8: Timpani
Player 9: Tambourine
Player 10: Claves
Player 11: Wind Chimes & Shaker & Whip
Player 12: Suspended Cymbal & Hand Cymbals
Player 13: Gong
Player 14: Bass Drum
Player 15: Bass Drum

Description

Conquistador is based on the English-language story 'Prisoner of the Ring'. The work opens with a pithy theme in the toms, depicting the proud Conquistador. This theme is compositionally placed in changing, irregular time signatures. The conquistador comes to a lady, to whom he completely loses his heart. As a token of his love, he gives her a beautiful ring. The character of this lady is represented by means of a waltz. However, this ring turns out to contain demons, which appear at night. A very exciting passage in this work proposes 'The dance of a thousand demons'. To protect the lady, the conquistador fights the demons. During the battle we can still hear the taunting laughter of the ghosts, represented by the glissandos on the rototoms. The work ends with the theme of the conquistador, who of course emerges as the winner. In short, a musical rendition of an exciting book is a real challenge for percussion ensembles of the highest level.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Drum Sounds – Percussion Duo; Snare Drum
Massai – Percussion Octet
Snare meets Timp-toms – Percussion Duo; Timpani
Three Occassional Practices – Percussion Quartet
Tresco Falls – Percussion Duo; Snare Drum
Waltzing with timps – Multiple Percussion; Bongos; Timpani

Percussion Ensemble (12-15 Players)

Buildings - Percussion (14)
Camelot - Percussion (15)
Celebrations of Traditions - Percussion (14)
Colour Figures - Percussion (15)
Conquistador - Percussion (15)
D' Afrique - Percussion (12)
El Choque Cultural - Percussion (14)
Full Moon - Percussion (13)
Introduction and Ritual - Percussion (15)
St. Joris en de draak - Percussion (13)
Wounded Knee - Percussion (12)

Percussion Ensemble (16-19 Players)

Chinese Zodic - Percussion (17)
Esfera Brasil - Percussion (17)
Habits of Mind - Percussion (18)
Jubilations - Percussion (16)
Legends - Percussion (18)
Panorama (Camp) - Percussion (18)
Percussion Proms - Percussion (16); Jazz Ensemble
Raspoetin - Percussion (18)
Voyage into a million miracles - Percussion (16)
Xpedition - Percussion (19)