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Rondo (Britten)
Benjamin Britten (arr. Richard Cayrol)
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Subtitle: Variations sur un thème de Purcell
General Info
Year: 1945 / 2010
Duration: c. 2:10
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Editions Robert Martin
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €86.00 | Score Only (print) - €20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a 1945 musical composition by Benjamin Britten with a subtitle Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell. It was based on the second movement, Rondeau, of the Abdelazer suite. It was originally commissioned for the British educational documentary film called Instruments of the Orchestra released on 29 November 1946, directed by Muir Mathieson and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent. The work is one of the best-known pieces by the composer entertainment".
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Columbus (Ohio) State Community College Concert Band (Thomas Lloyd, conductor) – 30 April 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Building of the House (arr. Maciniak) (1977)
- The Courtly Dances (arr. Bach) (1953/1995)
- Four Sea Interludes (arr. Bader) (1945/)
- Four Sea Interludes (tr. Kreines) (1945/2015)
- Four Sea Interludes (tr. Patterson) (1945/)
- Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes" (arr. Miller) (1945/)
- Irish Reel (arr. Woolfenden) (1936/2000)
- Movement for Wind Sextet (1930)
- Passacaglia from the Opera "Peter Grimes" (trans. Kreines) (1945/2016)
- Paul Bunyan Overture (arr. Fussell) (1985)
- Rondo (arr. Cayrol) (1945/2010)
- Russian Funeral (1936)
- Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes" (arr. Yozviak) (1945/)
- Soirées musicales (as arranger, with Brown) (1830-1835/1946)
- Sword in the Stone, The (1939)
- Theme and Fugue from "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" (arr. Saucedo) (1945/1947/2018)
- Young Person's Guide to the Band (arr. Steinberg) (1945/)
Resources
- Britten, B.; Cayrol, R. (2010). Rondo "Variations sur un thème de Purcell" [score]. R. Martin: Charnay-lès-Mâcon, France.
- Perusal score
- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Wikipedia Accessed 14 January 2020