Columbus: Images for Orchestra
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| Columbus: Images for Orchestra | |
|---|---|
| by Leonardo Balada | |
| Native name | Colón: Imágenes para orquesta |
| Form | Suite |
| Composed | 1991 |
| Performed | January 22, 1992 - Madrid |
| Movements | 4 |
| Scoring | Orchestra |
Columbus: Images for Orchestra (Spanish: Colón: Imágenes para orquesta) is a composition by Spanish composer Leonardo Balada. It was finished in 1991 and uses material from Balada's opera Christopher Columbus.
Often categorized as a suite, Balada's Columbus is, according to the composer himself, a "free synthesis of four scenes from the opera Christopher Columbus", which was completed in 1989 and was premiered at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in the year 1989, José Carreras and Montserrat Caballé having the most prominent roles. Some years later, in 1991, Balada decided to write an abridged version of some scenes in the opera, that means, using the original material freely for concert performance. The abridged version was also premiered on January 22, 1992 in Madrid by the RTVE Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Comissiona and was subsequently recorded by Albany Records. The American premiere was given by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Michael Lankester.[1]
