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Every year, Pomp and Circumstance (March no.1) is one of the encore's at the Last Night of the Proms in London: without any doubt, it's Edward Elgar's most populair work.

Pomp and Circumstance (March #1)

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Rinaldo was the first opera Georg Friederich Hndel produced for London and the first Italian opera composed specifically for the London stage. Even now it's still one of his most performed opera's. In the aria  Lascia ch'io Pianga sings kidnapped Almirena, the beloved of Rinaldo, her tragic fate in the enchanted garden of Armida (the ally of Rinaldo's rival Argante). The melody of this beautiful aria is known worldwide and for example used in the soundtrack of the movie Farinelli.

Laschio ch'io pianga

This movement from Grieg's Lyric Suite is very suitable for an intermezzo or as a final in your concert program. But as an encore the March of the Dwarfs will absolutely charm your audience! The arrangement is made by Jacques Dubois.

March of the Dwarfs

Johann Strauss's (1825-1899) ninth operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) premiered 1883 in Berlin and is his only operetta to be premiered outside Vienna. Although the score gained high acclaim, the press criticized the original libretto as silly. Strauss made several alterations to the work and scored a huge triumph with the Viennese premiere, one month later, where it ran for 44 performances at the Theater an der Wien. At the beginning of the second act sings the Duke  Treu sein, das liegt mir nicht (Faithfull I'll never be) which has become one of the famous aria's from the operetta.

Treu sein, das liegt mir nicht

Concert Band Score & Parts tenor and concert band

The 'Stabat Mater' is the best known work of Giovanni Pergolesi's.  It was commissioned by the 'Confraternit dei Cavalieri di San Luigi di Palazzo' who presented an annual Good Friday meditation in honor of the Virgin Mary. Pergolesi's work replaced one composed by Alessandro Scarlatti only nine years before, but which was already perceived as 'old-fashioned', so rapidly had public tastes changed. After his death new arrangements of 'Stabat Mater' were made in which the orchestra was extended with wind instruments and sometimes a choir was used. This arrangement concerns the famous opening movement of Stabat Mater in a version for Soprano, Alto and Wind Ensemble.

Stabat Mater dolorosa

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Luigi Arditi (1822-1903) was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor. He began his musical career as a violinist, and studied music at the Conservatory of Milan.  Arditi's best-known works are the opera's: I Briganti, II Corsaro, and La Spia. In addition he wrote numerous songs and vocal waltzes like Le Tortorelle (The Dove), Se Saran Rose (Rosebuds) and Parla (Speak!). But the most popular song Arditi composed is Il Bacio (The Kiss) which was dedicated to Marietta Piccolomini, to a text specially written by baritone Gottardo Aldighieri. Il Bacio is nowadays sung by all great singers and is even played often in an instrumental version as well.

Il Bacio

Concert Band Score & Parts soprano and concert band

The famous Meditation from Jules Massenet opera Thas is the entr'acte for violin and orchestra played between the scenes of the second act and nowadays often performed as a separate concert piece.

Meditation

Concert Band Score & Parts with violin solo

Rverie is one of Scriabin's earliest orchestral works, dating from 1898. Its languid movement and drifting chromatics straight away establish the atmosphere of dreamy sensuality, which permeates so much of Scriabins music.

Reverie

Immerse yourself in the elegance and grace of "Dance of the Swans," masterfully composed by P.I. Tchaikovsky and reimagined by Marcel Baars. This classical arrangement captures the delicate beauty of the ballet, offering a timeless piece that resonates with refined sophistication. Perfect for orchestral performances and classical enthusiasts. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

Dance of the Swans

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Die Zauberflote' isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more individual and higher form of it that should exist between all people. 'Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen', commonly abbreviated 'der Holle Rache', is often referred to as the aria of the Queen of the Night, despite the fact that the Queen of the Night character sings another distinguished aria earlier the opera. It is considered to be one of the most famous opera arias, highly memorable, fast paced and menacingly grandiose.  Bruno Peterschmitt arranged this virtuosi aria for a Brass Ensemble.

Der Holle Rache

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<p>Arthur De Greef (1862 - 1940) was a Belgian composer and pianist. Among his works are piano concertos, the 'Fantasy on Flemish Folk-Songs' for Piano and Orchestra, vocal works and several suites for orchestra. One of these suites is the 'Flanders Suite d'Orchestre' which was composed in 1900. 'Orientale' is one of the movements this suite.</p>

Orientale

'Ollantay' is one of the last scores of his nationalistic period of the Argentin composer Alverto Ginastera. The imagery for the music comes from the 'Popol Vuh', or Council Book, an assemblage of Mayan myths of the creation and the legendary gods. Ollantay is the son of the Earth; he opposes Inca, the son of the Sun. When Ollantay attempts to rape Coyllur, the daughter of Inca, thereby profaning the Temple of the Virgins, Inca declares war on Ollantay, who resists for a time in his fortress, but who finally is defeated and killed. Ginastera divided the tale into three sections, which he described as follows: I. Paisaje de Ollantaytambo (The Countryside of Ollantaytambo. II. Los Guerreros (The Warriors). III. La Muerte de Ollantay (The Death of Ollantay). Ginastera composed Ollantay in Buenos Aires in 1947. Erich Kleiber, to whom the work is dedicated, conducted the world premiere in Buenos Aires on October 29, 1949, with the orchestra of the Teatro Coln.

Ollantay

'Der Ring des Nibelungen' (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the Nibelungenlied. 'Das Rheingold' is the first opera in the cycle and Wagner described this opera as a 'Vorabend' (preliminary evening) with 'Die Walkre', 'Siegfried' and 'Gtterdmmerung' as the proper Ring. The scale and scope of the story is epic. It follows the struggles of gods, heroes, and several mythical creatures over the eponymous magic Ring that grants domination over the entire world. The drama and intrigue continue through three generations of protagonists, until the final cataclysm at the end of 'Gtterdmmerung'. Dutch arranger Christiaan Janssen  made a Symphonic Suite of 'Das Rheingold'.

Das Rheingold (Symphonic Suite)

Johann Strauss jr. composed a great amount of polka's to perform with his own orchestra that played on 'dance soirees' in Vienna. The polka-mazurka Stadt und Land, Opus 322 is a beautiful example of Strauss' rich oeuvre.

Stadt und Land (Polka Mazurka)

The Oratorio de Nol, opus 112 was composed in 1858 and is one of the four oratorios he wrote.It is scored for five soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor and baritone) four-part mixed choir, strings, harp and organ. The language of this early work is a gentle and classical style  la Mendelssohn.Tollite hostias is the last of ten movements in the Oratorio de Nol.The text is taken from Psalm 95 and the choral writing is strikingly simple.This transcription may be performed without the choir parts.

Tollite hostias

Experience the enchanting melodies of Vincenzo Bellini's "La Sonnambula" arranged by Filippo Cangiamila for trombone solo with band. This piece beautifully showcases the trombone's lyrical capabilities against a rich orchestral backdrop, making it a standout selection for soloists seeking to captivate their audience with depth and emotion. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

La Sonnambula

The name 'Pathtique' for the last of Tschaikowsky's six symphonies was suggested by the composer's brother the day after its premire in 1893. And indeed the 'Finale' of this symphony is full of passionate emotion in contrast with the colossal march-scherzo and the shattering powerful development of the first movement.

Symphony #6 in B minor, "Pathetique"

'Vanda' (Wanda) is a grand opera in five acts by Antonn Dvork which was premiered at the 'Provisional Theatre' in Prague on 17 April 1876. The story is about the Polish queen, Princess Wanda, who drowns herself in the Vistula river in order to save her people from the German invaders. Due to their uneven invention and libretti, and perhaps also their staging requirements most of Dvork's opera's are not played with any frequency outside the Czech Republic.  The overture of 'Wanda', however, has conquered a place in the concert repertoire. It's a sparkling overture in Dvorak's typical style and sometimes sounds like one of his a 'Slavonic Dances'.

Wanda (Overture)

'Don Giovanni' is a real aria-opera, in contrast with 'Le Nozze di Figaro' that is called an ensemble-opera. In this opera Mozart expresses in a subtle way the frustration of the unsuccessful love affairs of Don Giovanni. The aria 'Verdrai, carino' is sung in the first scene of the second act by Zerlina, one of the woman that is seduced by Don Giovanni.

Vedrai, carino

Concert Band Score & Parts soprano and wind ensemble

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing is a Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems, having been written by Charles Wesley but this is not the version widely known today. The popular version is the result of alterations by various hands, notably George Whitefield, Wesley's co-worker, who changed the opening couplet to the familiar one, and Felix Mendelssohn. A hundred years after the publication of Hymns and Sacred Poems, in 1840, Mendelssohn composed a cantata to commemorate Johann Gutenberg's invention of the printing press, and it is music from this cantata, adapted by the English musician William H. Cummings to fit the lyrics of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, that propels the carol we know. The opening of this arrangement is a brass fanfare as played by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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