Ballet
Ballet & Opera in Concert ed. John Lanchbery La fille mal gardée (Suite) Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193643062 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc (cym, BD), hp, str Extracting material from the full length ballet, this suite provides the perfect opportunity for a concert performance of highlights from this light-hearted and characterful work. 19 minutes ed. John Lanchbery Clog Dance from La fille mal gardée Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193389663 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, wood block, str This excerpt draws out one of the most popular and iconic moments of La fille mal gardée. The ‘Clog Dance’ opens with an enticing descending clarinet melody, which gradually builds to a jaunty and rhythmic motif. 3 minutes Ferdinand Hérold Gordon Jacob The Barber of Seville goes to the Devil Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193649514 picc, fl, ob, 2 cl, bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, 3 perc, hp, str A playful take on the overture to Rossini's The Barber of Seville, this witty and lilting rendition retains the upbeat character of the original whilst adding in some devilish chromatic twists and turns. 4 minutes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ed. Alan Tyson The Marriage of Figaro Variant versions Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193376298 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str Count Almaviva, a nobleman baritone Countess Rosina, the Count’s wife soprano Susanna, the countess’s maid and Figaro’s betrothed soprano Cherubino, a page mezzo-soprano Marcellina, Bartolo’s housekeeper mezzo-soprano This set of orchestral accompaniments includes variant versions of the following excerpts from the opera: the Count’s aria: Veddrò mentr’io sospiro; the Countess’s aria: Dove sono; recitative for Susanna and Cherubino: Aprite presto aprite; duettino for Marcellina and Susanna: Via resti servita; recitiativo and cavatina for Marcellina: Signora mia garbata, link from Marcia to Maestoso recitative; recitative for Cherubino: Voi che intendente. 10 minutes Constant Lambert Horoscope (Suite) Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193652613 3fl (2&3/picc), 2ob (2/ca), 2cl, 2bsn, 4hn, 3tpt, 3tbn, tuba, timp, 2perc, hp, str The Horoscope suite draws material from five of the nine movements from the complete astrologically themed ballet, created 1937 for choreography by Frederick Ashton. The work opens with a lively and rhythmical Dance for the Followers of Leo, before a lyrical and flowing Saraband for the Followers of Virgo. The gently lilting Valse for the Gemini (The Twins) cascades into a punchy Bacchanale, before the final enchanting Invocation to the Moon & Finale. This sparkling score is bursting with exuberance and romanticism. 15 minutes 40
ed. David Russell Hulme Ruddigore Overture Conductor's score and parts on hire 9780193243545 2 fl (II+picc), ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hn, 2 cor, 2 tbn, perc (timp, sd, cym, bd), str The overture for an operetta in two acts by Arthur Sullivan to a libretto by W. S. Gilbert that premièred at the Savoy Theatre on 22nd January 1887 in London. This edition is complete, clear, and practical as well as being scholarly and authoritative. 6 minutes ed. Colin Jagger Arthur Sullivan The Yeomen of the Guard Overture Conductor's score and parts on hire 9780193389663 2 fl (II+picc), ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, str The Yeomen of the Guard is one of the most popular and enduring Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy operas. This version of the overture is taken from the critical performing edition, which marks the 125th anniversary of the opera's first performance. Opening with a triumphant fanfare, the overture is one of Sullivan's most symphonic. 5 minutes Alan Rawsthorne Madame Chrysanthème (Suite) Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193670044 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, 2 perc, hp, str Derived from music from the full ballet, Madame Chysanthème is based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Loti and narrates the temporary marriage between a naval officer and a Japanese woman while he is stationed in Nagasaki. The suite is divided into four movements - Procession with Lanterns, Sword Dance, Hornpipe, and Les mousmès. 9 minutes Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Adrian Williams A Road All Paved with Stars Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193401426 Study score 9780193409859 2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc, hp, str Jointly commissioned by The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust and Oxford University Press, A Road All Paved with Stars is a single-movement orchestral work incorporating the finest music of Vaughan Williams’s opera The Poisoned Kiss. Using material from the most memorable songs and sections, including ‘Blue larkspur in a garden’, ‘Love breaks all rules’, and of course the ‘Kiss’ climax and its aftermath, Adrian Williams has created an orchestral synthesis befitting the composer’s own musical vision. 25 minutes orch. Martin Yates Fat Knight Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193519725 Study score 9780193519718 2fl(II+picc), 2ob(II+ca), 2cl, 2bsn, 2hn, 2tpt, tbn, timp, 3perc, hp, str Originally the title for Vaughan Williams's opera Sir John in Love, Fat Knight was conceived as a sevenmovement orchestral suite that drew upon the opera and had, as its central character, Shakespeare's Falstaff. Vaughan Williams never completed the work and left only a two-piano score. It is from this score that the conductor Martin Yates has realised the Fat Knight suite, incorporating the orchestration from the completed opera. 25 minutes Ballet & Opera in Concert 41 41
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