Slavsya
Mikhail Glinka (arr. Yevgeny Makarov)
The title translates from Russian as Glory. Full title is Glory, Glory to you, holy Rus'!
General Info
Year: 1836 /1945
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Piccolo
Oboe
Cor anglais
Bassoon I-II-III
Contrabassoon (optional)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet (ad lib.)
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Bugle I-II (optional)
B-flat Fanfare Trumpet I-II-III-IV (optional)
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Flugelhorn I-II-III (optional)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV (including optional Mellophones)
Saxhorn and Tenor Horn (ad lib)
Trombones I-II-III
Bass Trombones I-II
Euphonium/s
Tuba/s (including optional Sousaphones if available)
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Church Bell, set (optional)
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum/s
- Suspended Cymbals
- Tam-Tam
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A Life for the Tsar is a "patriotic-heroic tragic opera" in four acts with an epilogue by Mikhail Glinka. The original Russian libretto, based on historical events, was written by Nestor Kukolnik, Egor Fyodorovich (von) Rozen, Vladimir Sollogub and Vasily Zhukovsky. It premiered on 27 November 1836 at the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg.
The historical basis of the plot involves Ivan Susanin, a patriotic hero of the early 17th century who gave his life in the expulsion of the invading Polish army for the newly elected Tsar Mikhail, the first of the Romanov dynasty, elected in 1613.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Slavsya is the finale chorus from the Epilogue of Glinka's 1836 opera A Life for the Tsar.
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- National Concert Wind Band of Russia (Vladimir Chugreev, conductor) - 2015
- Band of the Moscow Military Conservatoire of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (Viktor Afanasyev, conductor) -2008
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Jota Aragonesa
- Kamarinskaia Fantasy
- Life for the Czar Overture
- Marsch des 27 Dragoner Regiment in Kiev
- Overture to "Ruslan and Lyudmila" (1842)
- Overture to "Russlan and Ludmilla" (arr. Johnston) (1842)
- Polish Dance (arr. Bourgeois) (1826/2010)
- Russlan and Ludmilla (tr. Hindsley) (1842/1973)
- Russlan and Ludmilla (tr. Henning) (1842/1937)
- Russlan and Ludmilla (tr. Morgan) (1842/2016)
- Russlan and Ludmilla (tr. Rhea) (1842/2016)
- "Ruslan and Ludmilla" Overture (arr. Howell) (1842/2020)
- Slavsya (arr. Tchernetsky) (1836/1945)
- Valse Fantasie
Resources
- A Life for the Tsar, Wikipedia Accessed 29 May 2017