SUITE FESTIVA


Composed in 2004, this is a dynamic work with great rhythmic and tonal strength. The harmonic language ranges from tonal to modal creating some colourful harmonic sections.

This work was first structured in three movements: Gallop, Sentimental Waltz and Burlesque, but because the Palfir 2004 March (March for an inauguration) was composed the same year for the opening of the new acoustics at the Palau Firal in Tarragona, the composer included it as an introduction to the aforementioned work.

It is worth noting the emotiveness of the main theme of the Waltz, taken from the march "Our Lady of the Rosary" that the composer dedicated to his mother in 1999, and that listeners can here appreciate transformed into waltz tempo.