Carlos Ramirez
Silence Impressions, Overture Op.5
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 0 0, timp, str
Duration: 11'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in Bb
2nd trumpet in Bb
timpani
violin I (12 players)
violin II (12 players)
viola (10 players)
violoncello (10 players)
double bass (8 players)
Silence Impressions, Overture Op.5
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Carlos Ramirez
Silence Impressions, Overture Op.5
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The Overture “Silence Impressions” Op.5 was composed in 1988 and was awarded with the 1988 CREA National Composition Prize in Mexico. The Overture was also awarded the 2nd prize at the 1990 Felipe Villanueva National Composition Competition, which led to its premiere in 1991 by Enrique Bátiz and the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, one of the leading orchestras in Mexico. It was premiered in Australia in 2014 by the Fremantle Symphony Orchestra led by David Pye.
The overture is written for a traditional romantic orchestration, and the work was named after the impressions drawn from the silence in the music of composers such as Beethoven, Brahms and Mendelssohn.