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Arrangements Chamber Orchestra or Ensemble Balakirev, Mily: Islamey - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, strings (c.4, 4, 3, 2, 1), 2 percussion Bartok, Bela: The Miraculous Mandarin (complete ballet) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, 2 percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, choir (15 players, with optional more string players) Listen here Bartok, Bela: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, 2 percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (15 players, with optional more string players) Listen here BBC Ten Pieces I - abridged arrangements for professional ensemble of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (13 players): John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Ludwig van Beethoven - Allegro (5th Symphony), Edvard Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King, Gustav Holst - Mars (The Planets), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Allegro (4th Horn Concerto), Modest Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain, Igor Stravinsky - Finale (The Firebird) BBC Ten Pieces III - ‘flexible’ arrangements for orchestra/ensembles of beginners, intermediate and grade 4/5 players: Mason Bates - Sprite, Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) - Allegro, Aaron Copland - Hoe Down (Rodeo), Antonin Dvorak - Largo (9th Symphony), Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations (Theme, Variations 6, 7, 11), Henry Purcell - Rondeau, Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Russian Dance, Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker) BBC Ten Pieces ‘Trailblazers - ‘flexible’ arrangements for orchestra/ensembles of beginners, intermediate and grade 4/5 players: Grazyna Bacewicz - Overture, Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5, Grainer/Derbyshire - Doctor Who Theme, Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue, Florence Price - Juba Dance (1st Symphony), Steve Reich - Section 6 (Music for 18 Musicians), Ravi Shankar - Finale (Symphony), Heitor Villa-Lobos - The Little Train of the Caipira, Antonio Vivaldi - Allegro non molto (Winter, The Four Seasons), Hans Zimmer - Earth Beethoven, Ludwig van: Heiliger Dankgesang, op. 132 - string orchestra. Listen here Beethoven, Ludwig van: Scherzo (‘Pastoral’ Piano Sonata No. 15) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, timpani, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1). Listen here Bernstein, Leonard: Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’ - flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, alto saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, strings (c. 4, 4, 3, 2, 1), piano, harp, 2 percussion Bizet, Georges: Le bal (Jeux d’enfants) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, timpani, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (12 players) Boulanger, Lili: D'un matin de printemps - 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, harp, 2 percussion (triangle, suspended cymbal, snare drum), strings (c. 5, 5, 4, 3, 2) Brahms, Johannes: Hungarian Dances 5, 6, 7 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, cymbals, triangle), strings (c. 4, 4, 3, 2, 1) Brahms, Johannes: Hungarian Dances 5, 6, 7 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, timpani/cymbal, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (13 players) Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No. 2 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, timpani, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (13 players) Bruch, Max: Violin Concerto No. 1 - solo violin, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, timpani, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Chopin, Frederic: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor - solo piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, timpani, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Copland, Aaron: Hoedown - string orchestra (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Copland, Aaron: Nocturne and Ukelele Serenade - solo violin and string orchestra (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Crawford Seeger, Ruth: Rissolty Rossolty - flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (11 players) Debussy, Claude: Jeux - flute (piccolo), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, 2 percussion (timpani, xylophone, suspended cymbal, clash cymbals, tambourine, triangle), strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Debussy, Claude: La Mer - flute (piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, 2 percussion (timpani, bass drum, cymbals, tam tam, triangle, glockenspiel), strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Debussy, Claude: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, piano or harp, crotales (12 players) Debussy, Claude: General Lavine (eccentric) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, xylophone, timpani, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1). Listen here Delius, Frederick: Brigg Fair - 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, harp, percussion, strings (c. 4, 4, 3, 2, 1) Delius, Frederick: Paris - flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, 2 percussion, strings (c.5, 4, 3, 3, 2) Dukas, Paul: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, harp, percussion (14 players) Dvorak, Antonin: Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2/3 percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (14/15 players) Dvorak, Antonin: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” - flute, oboe (doubling cor anglais), clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, triangle, cymbal), strings (c. 4, 4, 3, 2, 1) Elgar, Edward: Cello Concerto – solo cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, strings (c. 4, 4, 3, 2, 1), percussion Elgar, Edward: Chanson de Matin - solo violin, flute, oboe, harp, strings (single or c. 4, 3, 3, 2, 1) Elgar, Edward: Concert Allegro – solo piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, strings (c. 4, 4, 3, 2, 1), percussion Elgar, Edward: The Little Bells & The Wild Bears (The Wand of Youth) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, glockenspiel, tubular bell, timpani, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Elgar, Edward: Nimrod (Enigma Variations) - flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, trombone, timpani, strings (c. 4, 4, 4, 3, 2) Elgar, Edward: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major - flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, trombone, harp, 2 percussion (timpani, snare drum), strings (c. 4, 4, 4, 3, 2) Duke Ellington/Strayhorn, Billy: Take the A Train - flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, alto saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, piano, 2 percussion (17 players). Listen here Falla, Manuel de: Ritual Fire Dance - string orchestra Gardel, Carlos: Por una Cabeza - string orchestra (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Gershwin, George: An American in Paris – flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, alto saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, 2 percussion (timpani, triangle, xylophone, 4 taxi horns, wood block, drum kit - bass drum, snare drum, 2 tom-toms, high hat, suspended cymbal, crash cymbal), piano (17 players) Gershwin, George: But not for me - solo clarinet, string orchestra Gershwin, George: ‘I got Rhythm’ Variations - solo piano, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 percussion, strings Gershwin, George: Piano Concerto - solo piano, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 4 percussion, strings (c. 4, 3, 2, 2, 1) Gershwin, George: Porgy and Bess Fantasy - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, piano, strings (c. 4, 3, 2, 2, 1) Gershwin, George: 2nd Prelude - trombone, drum kit, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1). Listen here Gershwin, George: Rhapsody in Blue - solo piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (minimum 2,2,2,2,1) Grieg, Edvard: In the Hall of the Mountain King - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (13 players) Gruber, Franz: Silent Night (Lament) - String Quartet or String Orchestra Holst, Gustav: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets) - flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, trombone, harp, 2 percussion, strings (c. 4, 4, 4, 3, 2) Holst, Gustav: Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets) – flute, 2 oboes, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trombone, harp, celeste, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Humperdinck, Engelbert - Hansel and Gretel Prelude - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (13 players) Janacek, Leos: The Cunning Little Vixen: A Symphonic Suite - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, timpani/percussion, strings (single or c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Janacek, Leos: Fox cubs chorus - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, xylophone, timpani, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1). Listen here Joplin, Scott: Stoptime Rag - flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (11 players) Lumbye, Hans Christian: Champagne Galop - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (snare drum, glockenspiel), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (14 players) Mahler, Gustav: Adagietto (5th Symphony) - violin 1, violin 2, viola 1, viola 2, cello 1, cello 2, double bass 1, double bass 2, harp (9 players) Mahler, Gustav: Das Lied von der Erde - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, celeste, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, harp, 2 percussion (16 players) tenor and alto vocal soloists Mahler, Gustav: Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen - flute, clarinet, horn, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, harp, percussion (10 players) mezzo soprano or baritone vocal soloist Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 1 – flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, harp, 2 percussion (15 players) Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 4 – flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone (or horn if preferred), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, harp, 2 percussion (15 players) Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 9 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, strings (minimum 3, 2, 2, 2, 1) Massenet, Jules: Meditation (Thaïs) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, harp, timpani, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (12 players) Mendelssohn, Felix: Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, timpani, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Fantasia in F minor K608 - string quartet, wind quintet, piano (10 players) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Overture to ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, timpani, strings (c. 4, 3, 3, 2, 1) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Overture to ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, timpani, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (12 players) Mussorgsky, Modest: ‘flexible’ arrangement for orchestra/ensembles of grades 5-8 players - Pictures at an Exhibition (Promenade; Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks; The Great Gate of Kiev) Offenbach, Jacques: Galop infernal - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (13 players) Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings: Bridal March (The Birds) - flute, oboe, harp, strings (c. 4, 3, 3, 2, 1) Piazzolla, Astor: Tango del Diablo (listen here), Romance del Diablo (listen here), Vayamos al Diablo (listen here) - solo violin, string orchestra (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1) Price, Florence: Adoration - solo violin and string orchestra Purcell, Henry: When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) / Gardel, Carlos: Por una cabeza - accordion, piano, strings (c. 3, 3, 2, 2, 1). Listen here Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Piano Concerto No. 2 - solo piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, 2 percussion (timpani, cymbals), strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Symphony No. 2 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, 2 percussion (timpani, cymbals, snare drum, glockenspiel), strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Symphony No. 3 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (strings minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Symphonic Dances - flute, oboe, clarinet (optional doubling alto saxophone), bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, 2 percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (15 players) Ravel, Maurice: Mother Goose Suite (Ma Mere l’Oye) - flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, harp, percussion (timpani, crash cymbal, triangle, tam tam), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (12 players) Ravel, Maurice: Piano Concerto in G major - solo piano, flute (piccolo), oboe (cor anglais), clarinet (in A, Bb, Eb), bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, percussion (2 players - timpani, snare drum, bass drum, triangle, suspended cymbal, tam-tam, whip, wood block), strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai: The Flight of the Bumblebee - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone (13 players) Saint-Saëns, Camille: Danse Macabre - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, percussion (timpani, xylophone, triangle) violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (14 players) Saint-Saëns, Camille: The Elephant - double bass and string ensemble Satie, Erik: 3rd Gymnopédie - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (10 players) Shostakovich, Dmitri: Jazz Suites movements (March, Polka, Foxtrot, 2nd Waltz, 1st Dance) - flute, oboe, clarinet/alto saxophone, bassoon, horn, piano, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (11 players) Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No. 2 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, timpani, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No. 5 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, timpani, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Strauss, Johann: Champagne Galop - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, snare drum, triangle), harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (15 players) Strauss, Johann: Radetzky March - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (13 players) Strauss II, Johann: Auf der Jagd - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, snare drum), harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (15 players) Strauss II, Johann: The Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, snare drum, triangle), harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (15 players) Strauss II, Johann: Champagne Polka - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, snare drum, triangle), harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (15 players) Strauss II, Johann: Die Fledermaus Overture - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, snare drum), harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (15 players) Strauss II, Johann: Emperor Waltz (Kaiser-Walzer) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, snare drum), harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (15 players) Strauss II, Johann: Perpetuum mobile - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, suspended cymbal, triangle, glockenspiel), harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (15 players) Strauss II, Johann: Tritsch Tratsch Polka - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion (snare drum, timpani, triangle) violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (12 players) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: The Nutcracker Suite - flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion (timpani, triangle, cymbals, castanets, tambourine, glockenspiel), harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (12 or 13 players) Traditional Basque: Gabriel's Message - string orchestra. Listen here Traditional Chinese: In a faraway place - string orchestra. Listen here Trigo, Guadalupe: Mi Ciudad - string orchestra Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Lark Ascending - flute, clarinet, harp, 3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, solo violin (11 players). Listen here Verdi, Giuseppe: Macbeth - Preludio, Ballo, Lady Macbeth arias Acts 1 and 4 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass, timpani (12 players) Wagner, Richard - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene (Gotterdammerung) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Wagner, Richard: Good Friday Music - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, timpani, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Wagner, Richard: Gotterdammerung Fantasy - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Wagner, Richard: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Overture - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (11 players) Wagner, Richard: Parsifal Fantasy - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, timpani, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Wagner, Richard: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, timpani, harp, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1). Optional soprano part in Liebestod Wagner, Richard: Prelude to Act 1 (Parsifal) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, timpani, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Wagner, Richard: Siegfried's Funeral March (Götterdämmerung) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Wagner, Richard: Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Götterdämmerung) - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, strings (minimum 2, 2, 2, 2, 1) Zeller, Carl: Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol (‘Rosenlied’) - harp, violas, cellos, double bass (c. 4, 4, 2) |
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