Dance into the Sun Kevin Houben

Titel / Title: Dance into the Sun
Herausgeber / Publisher: Houben Editions
Instrumentation: Concert Band/Harmonie
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2021
Untertitel / Subtitel: on Santueri Castle
ISMN: 9790803759168

Dance into the Sun by composer Kevin Houben was commissioned by Banda de Musica de Felanitx (Mallorca, Spain), on the occasion of the bicentennial anniversary of the orchestra in 2020.
Felanitx is a community in the Spanish province Balearics (on the island Mallorca) which is famous for its wine. The composition is part of a major project in which they wanted to connect music and wine.
There are 5 wine cellars in Felanitx and for each different wine one applicable composition was written. The wine that belongs to this composition is the Castell de Santueri Rouge' , whose origin lies in the medieval castle of Santueri. A wine with a spirit, fresh and round. You can taste the mediterranean climate.
Felanitx is apart from its wine also renowned for its sunny climate! Kevin Houben wrote this cheerful Dance into the sun at a renaissance rhythm. The piece opens with a flute solo in which the main theme appears. After the opening passage a feeling of energy and joy occurs, light and sparkling, as a sunlit day at the Castillo de Santueri' and as a tribute to the abundance of nature.