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Title	El Coloso: Sinfonia #4 (The Colossus)
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Contemporary Wind Music (1945-present)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band); CB (Concert Band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Composer	Ferran, Ferrer
Difficulty level	5
Duration	27:00
Additional info/contents	With the turn of the century, Goya becomes a lucid one chronicler described as the grotesque, violence and, ultimately, the horrible reality around him. Goya is the expression of the «black paintings». A preamble of this series of paintings is the painting that bears the title The Colossus or panic, made around 1810-1812 and kept in the Museo del Prado. This enigmatic painting (which plasma is still undoubtedly the nightmares of war) announces, then, for his technique and environment, the visions in the last years of the painter’s life reach the point of maximum expression. The true meaning and intent of this issue is still vague canvas. Something huge and terrifying stands helpless against the humanity and put to flight. Only a donkey, a picture of ignorance and unconsciousness, it remains still and unmoved. Have been exposed to multiple interpretations and meanings of the giant. Some people want to see an allusion to Napoleon, others see a symbol of war, famine, cruelty or simply the fear of the unknown. In any case, the picture introduces us to the shadowy world in which nine Goya in recent years. And by contrast also reveals subtleties and wisdom of implementation, given fillings with light vigorous strokes of spatula and brush, modern master. The painting entered the Prado in 1930 with the legacy Fernández Durán. Symphony described from the viewpoint of the author, the message of the painting conveys. «Darkness,» because the oil painting adopts the style of the Black Paintings, dominate the color black. The picture / autograph point the legend of Goya «Great Colossus Asleep.» «The Escape», the bottom of the box, people and animals fleeing in various directions, giving the impression of chaos so terrifying situation. And «El Gigante» walking in the mountains, the smoke of torment, and with fists, his eyes closed, representing the idea of blind violence. The Symphony No. 4 «The Colossus» is a work impetuous, violent, huge, extremely difficult to demonstrate virtuosity in all elements of the orchestra. It consists of four movements without interruption entitled:

No.	Track title	Sound sample
1	Darkness
2	Sleep
3	The Flight
4	The giant

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	Format	EUR
	El Coloso: Sinfonia #4 (The Colossus) (concert/wind band; Concert Band), full score and parts
	El Coloso, audio CD

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