Ouvertüren für Orchester

Premiering on May 22, 1813 at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice, L'italiana in Algeri by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was a success, with subsequent performances in Vicenza, Milan, and Naples. It wa...

Orchestration 2 Flutes, Oboe, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F (alternatively 2 Horns / Saxophones in Eb), 2 Trumpets in Bb, 2 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani Strings (Violin 1,2, Viola or Violin 3...

Choralvorspiel: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence interpretiert ein jahrhundertealtes französisches Weihnachtslied neu, das die Ehrfurcht und das Geheimnis der Weihnachtsgeschichte einfängt: ein Kind,...

Choralvorspiel: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence interpretiert ein jahrhundertealtes französisches Weihnachtslied neu, das die Ehrfurcht und das Geheimnis der Weihnachtsgeschichte einfängt: ein Kind,...

Choralvorspiel: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence interpretiert ein jahrhundertealtes französisches Weihnachtslied neu, das die Ehrfurcht und das Geheimnis der Weihnachtsgeschichte einfängt: ein Kind,...

Choralvorspiel: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence interpretiert ein jahrhundertealtes französisches Weihnachtslied neu, das die Ehrfurcht und das Geheimnis der Weihnachtsgeschichte einfängt: ein Kind,...

Drafted (as a piano duet) in March 1941 for, but not used at, the first production of Paul Bunyan; it was not re-instated in the revival, for which a new short introduction was composed. The work was...

Commissioned by the BBC for broadcast at the opening concert of the Third Programme, the work was described in the Radio Times as Festival Overture . The work lasts 8 minutes.

Written during Britten’s years in the USA (1939-1942) this atmospheric processional languished unperformed in a New York library until its discovery in 1976, the year of the composer’s dea...

Academic Festival Overture was written in 1879 when Brahms was given a degree of doctor of philosophy by the University of Breslau. As a spirit of gratitude, Brahms composed the overture for the occas...

Problem solved. The problem has always been that Mr. Tchaikovsky wrote way too much music for many ensembles to prepare. Instead of 15 minutes, this version takes only six and a half minutes to perfor...

Problem solved. The problem has always been that Mr. Tchaikovsky wrote way too much music for many ensembles to prepare. Instead of 15 minutes, this version takes only six and a half minutes to perfor...

Problem solved. The problem has always been that Mr. Tchaikovsky wrote way too much music for many ensembles to prepare. Instead of 15 minutes, this version takes only six and a half minutes to perfor...

Problem solved. The problem has always been that Mr. Tchaikovsky wrote way too much music for many ensembles to prepare. Instead of 15 minutes, this version takes only six and a half minutes to perfor...

All the dark and passionate themes of this great work are maintained, yet this arrangement is perfect for intermediate orchestras. Even though the piece does not have a programmatic theme beyond that...

A lovely transcription, this reduction allows the advanced orchestra or community orchestra to experience Tchaikovsky's masterpiece in about half the duration of the original. A must for any library!