Sicilienne
Gabriel Fauré (arr. Larry Clark)
Subtitle: From Pelléas et Mélisande
General Info
Year: 1893 / 1898 / 2009
Duration: c. 4:20
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
One of the most beautiful and popular pieces by Gabriel Fauré is meticulously arranged for the modern concert band by Larry Clark. It contains all of the lush harmonies and subtle features of Faure's music in a wonderful concert band setting.
- Program Note from publisher
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80, is a suite derived from incidental music by Gabriel Fauré for Maurice Maeterlinck's play of the same name. He was the first of four leading composers to write music inspired by Maeterlinck's drama.
Fauré's music was written for the London production of Maeterlinck's play in 1898. To meet the tight deadline of the production, Fauré reused some earlier music from incomplete works and enlisted the help of his pupil Charles Koechlin, who orchestrated the music. Fauré later constructed a four-movement suite from the original theatre music, orchestrating the concert version himself.
Sicilienne, Op. 78, is a short work by Fauré, composed in 1893. It was originally an orchestral piece, written for a theatrical production that was abandoned. In 1898 Fauré arranged the unperformed music as a work for cello and piano, and in the same year incorporated it into his incidental music for Maurice Maeterlinck's play, Pelléas et Mélisande, in an orchestration for theatre orchestra. It took its final form as part of a suite arranged for full orchestra by Fauré, published in 1909.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
- Louisiana: IV
- North Carolina: IV
- Texas: IV. Complete
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Apres un Reve
- Cantique de Jean Racine (arr. Musgrave) (1865/2009)
- Cantique de Jean Racine (arr. Suzuki) (1865/2000)
- Chant Funéraire (orch. Moss) (1921/2004)
- Dolly Op 56 (arr. Matsushiro) (1894-1897)
- Dolly Suite (set. Woodley) (1894-1897/<2013)
- Fantasie (tr. Hudson) (1898/)
- Fantasie for Flute and Thirteen Winds (arr. LaBauve) (1898/)
- Pavane (arr. Brand) (1887/1999)
- Pavane (arr. Gardner) (1887)
- Pavane (arr. Hannah) (1887/)
- Pavane in G minor (arr. Dunnigan) (1887/2020)
- Pavane, Op. 50 (arr. Clark) (1887/1999)
- Pelleas et Melisande
- Pie Jesu (arr. Friedman) (1887-1890/1977)
- Pie Jesu (arr. Grevenbroek) (1887-1890/2012)
- Pie Jesu (arr. Lloyd Webber and Sudduth) (1887-1890/1990)
- Sicilienne (arr. Clark) (1893/1898/2009)
- Tuscan Serenade (arr. Grainger) (1865/1937/1994)
Resources
- Pelléas et Mélisande (Fauré), Wikipedia Accessed 1 June 2021
- Sicilienne (Fauré), Wikipedia. Accessed 1 June 2021