L’Arlésienne Suite No 2 (arr Sorlin)
Georges Bizet (arr. Jean-Michel Sorlin)
General Info
Year: 1872 / 2005
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Editions Robert Martin
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $246.10 | Score Only (print) - $48.49
Movements
1. Pastorale
2. Intermezzo
3. Menuet
4. Farandole
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Solo Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Piano (or Harp)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Tambourine
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Georges Bizet composed L'Arlésienne as incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play of the same name, usually translated as "The Girl from Arles." It was first performed on 1 October 1872 at the Vaudeville Theatre. Bizet's music consists of 27 numbers (some only a few bars) for voice, chorus, and small orchestra, ranging from short solos to longer entr'actes. Bizet himself played the harmonium backstage at the premiere performance.
Bizet's suite contains several folk-like themes for the music but also incorporated three existing tunes from a folk-music collection published by Vidal of Aix in 1864: La Marcho di Rei (The March of the Kings), the Danse dei Chivau-Frus, and Er dou Guet. The score achieves powerful dramatic ends with the most economic of means. Still, it received poor reviews in the wake of the premiere and is not much performed nowadays in its original form. The play itself was not successful, closing after only 21 performances. It had been staged as a last-minute replacement for another play, which had been banned by the censors, and the audience was less than favourably disposed to the new play.
The incidental music has survived and flourished, however. It is most often heard in the form of two suites for orchestra, but has also been recorded complete.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Concordia University Chicago (Ill.) Wind Symphony (Richard Fisher, conductor) - 30 October 2020
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Carmen Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Park) (1875/2017)
- Children's Chorus from "Carmen Suite" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1875/2017)
- Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No.2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kataoka) (1872/2014)
- Habañera (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (19875/2016)
All Wind Works
- Adagietto (Brass Quintet) (arr. Hautvast)
- Adagietto (Clarinet Quartet) (arr. Hautvast)
- Adagietto (Saxophone Quartet) (arr. Hautvast)
- Adagietto (Woodwind Quartet) (arr. Hautvast)
- Adagio from Bizet Symphony (arr. Brand)
- Andante (arr. Van Der Beek)
- Au fond du temple saint (arr. Johnson) (1863/2017)
- Carmen (tr. McAlister; ed. Reed) (1875/2000)
- A Carmen Celebration (arr. Cacavas) (1875/2010)
- Carmen Fantasia (arr. Hunsberger) (1875/2004)
- Carmen Fantasy (arr. Ito) (1875/2009)
- Carmen Fantasy (arr. Sostac) (1875/2011)
- Carmen Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Park) (1875/2017)
- Carmen Fantasy (arr. Suzuki) (1875/2001)
- Carmen Fantasy (arr. Tobani and Kent) (1875/1947)
- Carmen: Habanera (arr. Zugrov) (1875/2015)
- Carmen Highlights (arr. Williams) (1875)
- Carmen Suite (arr. Bullock) (1875/1983)
- Carmen Suite (arr. Guirard; tr. Buckley) (1875/2018)
- Carmen Suite (arr. Holcombe and Holcombe Jr.) (1875/1998)
- Carmen Suite (arr. Sheen) (1875/1991)
- Carment Suite I (arr. Laughlin) (1875/2020)
- Carmen Suite II (arr. Laughlin) (1875/2020)
- Carmen Symphony (tr. Serebrier; ed. Patterson) (1875)
- Children's Chorus from "Carmen Suite" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1875/2017)
- Duet from "The Pearl Fishers" (arr. de Meij) (1875/2016)
- Farandole (arr. Bocook) (1872/2002)
- Farandole (1872/1988)
- Farandole (arr. Daehn) (1872)
- Farandole (arr. Iasilli) (1872/1936)
- Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No.2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kataoka) (1872/2014)
- Farandole (arr. Schaefer) (1872)
- Farandole (arr. Longfield) (1872/1993)
- Flower Song from “Carmen” (arr. Harding) (1875)
- Gypsy Dance (arr. Reed) (1872/1997)
- Habañera (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (19875/2016)
- Habañera from "Carmen" (trans. Odom) (1875)
- Jeux d'enfants (arr. Di Scala)
- Intermezzo (arr. Sharp) (1875/2002)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 (arr. Finck) (1932)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 (arr. Laurendeau) (1905)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (arr. Finck; tr. Duthoit) (1872/1932)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No 2 (tr. C. Godfrey; ed. McAlister and Reed) (1872/2002)
- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (arr. Sorlin) (1872/2005)
- Minisuite from Carmen (arr. Marlatt) (1875)
- Minuet from "L’Arlésienne Suite" (arr. Walko) (1872/)
- Music from Carmen (arr. Saucedo) (1875)
- Open Thy Heart (arr. Glover) (1859/2014)
- Overture to "The Pearl Fishers" (arr. Cailliet) (1863/1956)
- Pastorale and Intermezzo (arr. Lake) (1924)
- Petite Suite: Jeux d'Enfants (arr. Brand) (1871/1999)
- Selections from Bizet’s Carmen
- Selections from "Carmen" (arr. Dunnigan) (1875/2021)
- Selections from "Carmen" (arr. Musser) (1875/1941)
- Selections from "Carmen" (arr. Safranek) (1875/1912)
- Selections from "Carmen" (arr. Sharp) (1875)
- Selections from "The Pearl Fishers" (arr. Lake) (1875/1921)
- Suite: Jeux d'Enfants (arr. Brand). See: Petite Suite: Jeux d'Enfants
- Suite from "Carmen" (arr. Curnow) (1875)
- Suite from "Carmen" (arr. D. Godfrey) (1875/1915)
- Toreador Song (arr. Barnes) (1875/1988)
- Toreador Song (arr. Barrow) (1875/1976)
- Two Bizet Pieces (arr. Frackenpohl)
- Votre Toast (arr. Cray) (1875)
Resources
- Bizet, G.; Sorlin, M. (2005). L'Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 [score]. R. Martin: Charnay-lès-Mâcon, France
- L'Arlésienne (Bizet), Wikipedia Accessed 24 April 2020
- Perusal score