Mikado, The, Overture
Arthur Sullivan (arr. Walter Kalischnig)
Subtitle: Overture
General Info
Year: 1885 / 1990
Duration: c. 7:50
Difficulty: III+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Musica Mundana
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €117.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet /B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III- IV
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Snare Drum
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations. It opened on 14 March 1885, in London, where it ran at the Savoy Theatre for 672 performances, which was the second longest run for any work of musical theatre and one of the longest runs of any theatre piece up to that time. Before the end of 1885, it was estimated that, in Europe and America, at least 150 companies were producing the opera.
The Mikado remains the most frequently performed Savoy Opera, and it is especially popular with amateur and school productions. The work has been translated into numerous languages and is one of the most frequently played musical theatre pieces in history.
Setting the opera in Japan, an exotic locale far away from Britain, allowed Gilbert to satirise British politics and institutions more freely by disguising them as Japanese.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Amador County (Pine Grove, Calif.) Concert Band (Ernie Kapphahn, conductor) – 20 May 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Two Christmas Nights (Flex instrumentation) (with Willis, arr. Barber) (2008/2013)
All Wind Works
- Gilbert and Sullivan (arr. Ricketts) (2004)
- A Gilbert and Sullivan Festival (tr. Lang) (1962)
- The Gondoliers (arr. Bennett) (1889/1962)
- HMS Pinafore Overture
- HMS Pinafore (arr. Balent)
- Iolanthe Overture (arr. Marcus) (1882/2009)
- The Long Day Closes (arr. Sparke) (1868/2007)
- The Mikado (arr. Balent)
- The Mikado (arr. Conley)
- The Mikado Overture (arr. Kalischnig) (1885/1990)
- Overture to "Iolanthe" (trans. Erwin) (1882/2009)
- Overture to "The Pirates of Penzance" (arr. Heter)
- Patience Overture (arr. Marcus) (1881/2011)
- Pineapple Poll (arr. Mackerras and Duthoit) (1952)
- Pirates of Penzance Overture (arr. Marcus) (1879/2010)
- The Pirates of Penzance (arr. Godfrey) (1879)
- Selections from "The Pirates of Penzance" (arr. Sousa and Brion) (1879/1880/2014)
- Suite from "The Mikado" (arr. Clark and Irish) (1885/2010)
- Two Christmas Nights (arr. Barber) (2008)
- Two Christmas Nights (Flex instrumentation) (with Willis, arr. Barber) (2008/2013)
Resources
- The Mikado, Wikipedia Accessed 28 May 2018
- Perusal score