orchestration 2 FLUTES
orchestration 2 FLUTES (second doubling Piccolo) 2 OBOES (second optional) 2 CLARINETS 2 BASSOONS (second optional) 4 HORNS 2 TRUMPETS 3 TROMBONES TUBA (optional) TIMPANI PERCUSSION (1 player: Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Bell, Bass Drum) HARP STRINGS for online perusal only Duration: c.8 minutes Prelude and Fugue (The ‘Spitfire’) was derived by Walton from his music to the film The First of the Few, and was first performed by the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the Philharmonic Hall on 2 January 1943, conducted by the composer.
Piccolo Flute Oboes Clarinets (Bb) Bassoons Horns (F) Trumpets (C) Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion Prelude and Fugue (The ‘Spitfire’) from Leslie Howard’s film The First of the Few Prelude WILLIAM WALTON q = 112 f 3 f 3 1 a 2 2 f 3 1 f 3 2 1 2 a 2 f a 2 1 2 3 ff [ f ] a 2 3 4 3 ff [ f ] a 2 1 2 f a 2 [ ] 1 2 f [ ] 3 f f f 3 [ [ ] ] a 2 a 2 3 3 3 3 3 f 3 for online perusal only Harp Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Double Bass q = 112 3 f 3 f 3 f [ ] © Oxford University Press 1961. This edition © 2009 f f [ ] 3 3
