Capriccio Italien

Peter I Tchaikovsky

Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky (trans. Mark Hindsley)

This work bears the designation Opus 45.

General Info

Year: 1880 / 1984
Duration: c. 16:30
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hindsley Transcriptions
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $166.00   |   Score Only (print) - $32.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II (I doubles Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Marimba
• Tambourine
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Capriccio Italien, Op. 45, is a fantasy for orchestra composed between January and May 1880 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

The Capriccio was inspired by a trip Tchaikovsky took to Rome with his brother Modest as respite from the composer's disastrous marriage with Antonina Miliukova. The brothers were there during Carnival, and, despite calling it "a folly," the composer was able to soak up Italian street music and folk songs which he then incorporated into his Capriccio. This enables some "bright primary colors and uncomplicated tunefulness."

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class AA
• Florida: VI
• Kansas: VI
• Tennessee: VI

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Dallas (Tx.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 13 November 2018
• Korea Wind Philharmony (Daegu, South Korea) (Dong-sin Lee, conductor) – 29 September 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Douce Rêverie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vernay) (1878/2020)
• Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1876/2016)
• Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1891/2008)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1891/1999/2010)

All Wind Works

• The 3-Minute Nutcracker (arr. Conley) (1891/2010)
• 1812 (arr. Brown) (1880/1938)
• 1812 Overture. See also: Overture 1812
• 1812 Overture (arr. Lake) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Kimura) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Mol) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Laurendeau; ed. Schissel) (1880/1904/2010)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Whitcomb) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Williams) (1880/1997)
• 1812 Overture (tr. Patterson) (1880)
• Album for the Young (Op. 39) (arr. Curnow) (1878/2007)
• Andante Cantabile (arr. Safranek) (/1913)
• Capriccio Italien (tr. Hindsley) (1880/1984)
• Chanson Triste (arr. Reed) (1878/1989)
• Characteristic Dances from "The Nutcracker Suite" (tr. Rogan; ed. McAllster and Reed)
• Coronation March (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1883/2013)
• Cossak Dance (tr. Bourgeois) (2008)
• Dance of the Jesters (arr. Cramer) (1873/1997)
• Dance of the Reed Flutes (arr. Cook) (1892/1990)
• Dance of the Reed Flutes (arr. Schwalbe) (1892/2015?)
• Dances from The Oprichnik (tr. Bourgeois) (1872/2008)
• Dances des mirlitons (arr. Buitenhuis) (1892/)
• Douce Rêverie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vernay) (1878/2020)
• Echoes from a Russian Cathedral (arr. Singleton) (1878-1883/2005)
• Entry March from "Swan Lake" (tr. Billis) (1877/1996)
• Faeries (arr. Davis; adapt. Longfield) (1891/)
• Fantasy on "March Slav" (arr. Bobrowitz) (1876/2019)
• Festive Overture on the Danish National Anthem (arr. Godfrey) (1908)
• Final Scene from "Swan Lake," Act IV (1876) (arr. Lienhart) (1876/2012)
• Finale from "Concerto for Violin" (arr. Howey) (1878/2008)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Balent). See: Finale from Symphony No. 4
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Brooks) (1878/)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (tr. Hindsley) (1878/197-?)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (arr. Safranek; ed. Ragsdale) (1878/1912/2004)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Sato) (1878/2014)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Singleton) (1878/1912/2003)
• Finale from Symphony No. 2 (arr. Williams) (1872/1880/2002)
• Finale from Symphony No. 4 (arr. Balent) (1878/2005)
• Gems of Tchaikovsky (arr. Clark) (1917)
• Highlights from "1812 Overture" (arr. Hanna) (1880/1997)
• Jurisprudence (arr. Godfrey) (1885/1909)
• Le Lac des Cygnes: Act I, Scene 1 (arr. Nefs) (1876/)
• Mad Russian's Christmas, A (arr. Phillips and Megaw) (1891/1996/2015)
• March from "The Sleeping Beauty" (arr. Bourgeois) (1890/2018)
• March Slav (tr. Daehn) (1876/1994)
• March Slav (tr. Hindsley) (1876/197-?)
• March Slav (orch. Simpson) (1876/2000)
• Marche Slav (arr. Laurendeau) (1876/1906)
• Marche Slave (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1917)
• Miniature Overture from "Suite from 'The Nutcracker'" (tr. Rogan; ed. McAlister and Reed) (1892/2001)
• None but the Lonely Heart (arr. Kimura) (1869/2007)
• Nutcracker Fantasia (arr. Giroux) (1891/2012)
• The Nutcracker Fantasy (arr. Yo Goto) (1891/)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lake) (1891/1924)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Curnow) (1891/1987)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lavender) (1891/1999)
• Nutcracker Sweets (arr. Corwell) (1891/2010)
• The Nutty Nutcracker (arr. Hannickel) (1891/2006)
• Overture 1812. See also: 1812 Overture
• Overture 1812 (arr. Story and Smith) (1882/2012)
• Overture from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Ballenger III) (1891/)
• Petite Suite (arr. Cray) (1878/1946)
• Polonaise from "Third Suite" (arr. Godfrey) (1884/1916)
• Romeo and Juliet (trans. Hindsley) (1870/?)
• Romeo and Juliet (trans. Holcombe) (1870/1981)
• Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1876/2016)
• Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Story) (1884/2010)
• Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Hartman) (1884/2013)
• Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Longfield) (1884/1992)
• Sleeping Beauty, The (arr. Bennett) (1960)
• Sleeping Beauty: Waltz (arr. Eilhardt) (1889)
• Sugar Plum Reggae (arr. Fraley) (1891/2012)
• Suite from "Swan Lake" (tr. Yodo) (1876/)
• Suite from the Ballet "The Swan Lake" (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1911)
• Suite No. 3 in G Major (tr. Winterbottom) (1884/1937)
• Symphony No. 4 Finale (arr. Fyffe) (1878/2000)
• Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (arr. Daehn) (1893/2007)
• Symphony No. 6 (arr. Hindsley)
  • Symphony No. 6 -- First Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
  • Symphony No. 6 -- Third Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
• Tchaikovsky Ballet Suite (arr. Bourgeois) (2012)
• Tchaikovsky Highlights (arr. Van der Beek) (2019)
• Tchaikovsky Suite (scored Barnes) (1878/2004)
• Tchaikovskyana (arr. Daehn) (1979/2015)
• Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hits (arr. Moss) (2003)
• Theme and Variations from "Suite in G Major" (arr. Winterbottom) (1884/1937)
• Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1891/2008)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Huckeby) (1891/2010/2013)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1891/1999/2010)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Johnson) (1891/1952)
• Three Chorales for Band (with Handel and Pasquini; arr. Thornton) (1992/2004)
• Three Dances from "The Maid of Orleans" (tr. Bourgeois) (1879/2007)
• Three Onegin Dances (arr. Van der Beek)
• Two Excerpts from "The Pathetic Symphony" (arr. Fletcher) (1893/1912)
• Violin Concerto in D Major (trans. Lane) (1878/2020)
• Waltz from "Sleeping Beauty" (tr. Lake) (1889/1937)
• Waltz of the Flowers (tr. Lake) (1892/1919)
• Winter from "The Four Seasons" (as arranger)

Resources

• Capriccio Italien, Wikipedia Accessed 15 November 2018