Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem
Peter I Tchaikovsky (arr. Godfrey)
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General Info
Year: 1866/1908
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Publisher: Carl Fischer
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Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
During his time at the Moscow Conservatoire, around September 1866 the school's principal, Nikolay Rubinstein, commissioned Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to compose a Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem to be played for the visit of the Tsarevich (heir to the throne) to Moscow, accompanied by his new Danish bride, Princess Dagmar of Denmark. The Tsarevich would eventually be crowned Tsar Alexander III of Russia and remain a devoted follower of Tchaikovsky's music, awarding the composer both the Order of St. Vladimir (Fourth Class) in 1884 and a state pension in 1885.
Tchaikovsky often set about functional commissions with a strong air of professionalism, knowing full well that the piece may only even be played once, and this work was no exception. Indeed Tchaikovsky himself wrote at the end of his life that this piece was 'very effective... and far better as music than 1812'. Tchaikovsky thought it would be a good idea to incorporate the Russian national anthem's melody into the work as well, by way of symbolizing the union of two realms, but this innocent venture ultimately led to the piece's downfall and to the cancellation of the official performance.
A piece of surviving journalism states, 'Our talented young composer for some reason took it into his head to set forth our Russian national anthem in the minor key, which completely transforms the character of this well-known melody.'
That said, Tchaikovsky received a gift of gold cuff links from the Tsarevich as an expression of royal gratitude for his efforts anyway.
-Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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Performances
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- Golden Gate Park Band (Michael Wirgler, conductor) - 20 July 2014
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)