Hommage à l’Ami Papageno
Subtitle: Fantaisie sur les thèmes favoris de "La flûte enchantée" de W.A. Mozart pour piano et dix instruments à ven.
General Info
Year: 1984
Duration: c. 9:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott Music
Publisher: June Emerson
Cost: Score and Parts - €30.00 | Score Only - €24.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
English Horn
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
Horn in F I-II
Piano
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Françaix himself described this work as an imaginary dialogue between the greatest composer of all times and his obedient servant. “My Hommage à l’ami Papageno is more than just a paraphrase. It is a musical expression of my gratitude towards the musician whom people left to die in poverty. This gratitude is recognizable throughout the entire piece: Both the elegiac, atmospheric wind setting and the loving arrangement of the main themes from The Magic Flute bear witness to that.”
- Program Note from Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble concert program, 14 October 2018
The work's title translates as Homage to Our Friend Papageno: Fantasia on Favorite Themes of "The Magic Flute" by Mozart for Piano and Ten Wind Instruments.
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Mainz Wind Ensemble
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Indiana University (Bloomington) Chamber Winds (Daniel Johnson, conductor) - 18 March 2021
- Pacific Lutheran University (Parkland, Wash.) Wind Ensemble (Edwin Powell, conductor) – 14 October 2018
- Royal College of Music (London) Wind Ensemble (Simon Channing, conductor) - 4 July 2018
- Cincinnati (Ohio) Conservatory Chamber Players (Rodney Winther, conductor) – 30 March 2007 (CBDNA 2007 National Conference, Ann Arbor, Mich.)
- University of Calgary (Alb., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Glenn Price, conductor) – 23 February 2001 (CBDNA 2001 National Conference, Denton, Tx.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 9 Pièces Caractéristiques (1974)
- Célestes Schubertiades (1996)
- Concerto pour trombone et 10 instruments à vent (1983)
- Cortège burlesque (1989)
- Divertissement (1947)
- Élégie pour 10 instruments à vent (1990)
- Hommage à l’Ami Papageno (1984)
- Huit danses exotiques (1981)
- Huit pièces pittoresques (1984)
- L'heure du berger (1972)
- L'Horloge de Flore (arr. Watson) (1959/2018)
- Le gay Paris (1974)
- Mozart New Look (1981)
- Musique pour faire plaisir (1984)
- Neuf pièces caractéristiques (1973)
- Notturno e Divertimento (1990)
- Ode à la Liberté (1985)
- Onze variations sur un thème de Haydn (1982)
- Petite valse européenne (1979)
- Petit quatuor pour clarinettes et cor de basset (1992)
- Quadruple concerto (1935)
- Quasi improvvisando (1978)
- Quintette à vent n° 1 (1948)
- Quintette à vent n° 2 (1987)
- Sept Danses (1971)
- Sixtuor (1991)
- Suite pour quatuor de saxophones (1990)
- Trois écossaises et variations sur un air populaire allemand (1989)
- Trois marches militaires (1987)
- Variations sur un thème plaisant (1976)
- Wind Quintet No. 1. See: Quintette à vent n° 1
- Wind Quintet No. 2. See: Quintette à vent n° 2