Tam O'Shanter Overture
From Wind Repertory Project
Sir Malcolm Arnold (transcription by John Paynter)
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General Info
Year: 1991
Duration: 9:50
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00 | Full Score - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Cornet (in Bb) I-II-III
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Baritone TC
Euphonium
Basses (Tubas)
Contrabassoon & String Bass
Harp & Celesta
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Whip
- Wood Block
- Tam-Tam
- Snare Drum
- Tenor Drum
- Bass Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Tam O'Shanter (not to be confused here with the Scottish woolen cap) is the title and hero of a poem by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796). He is a drunken farmer who, while riding home late from Ayr, in a stormy night, disturbed a witch's party in the haunted church of Alloway. The hags pursued him to the keystone of the bridge over the river Doon, but had to stop there as they could not cross running water. One witch, however plucked the tail from his mare, Maggie. The poem concludes with the following admonition:
Now, wha' this tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, take heed: Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear. Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
- Florida: VI
Recent Performances
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- Yuetao Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Gary Brattin, conductor) - 30 March 2010, Taipei, Taiwan
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Divertimento for Wind Octet, op. 137
- English Dances, Book One (tr. Johnstone)
- English Dances, Book Two (tr. Herbert)
- Fanfare for Louis, 1970
- Four Cornish Dances (tr. Marciniak)
- Four Scottish Dances (tr. Paynter)
- Four Welsh Dances, op. 138 (tr. Parkes)
- A Grand, Grand Overture, op. 57 (tr. Wilson)
- H.R.H The Duke of Cambridge, op. 60
- Overseas
- Padstow Lifeboat, The, op. 94
- Peterloo Overture (tr. Sayre)
- Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo (tr. Paynter)
- Sarabande and Polka from Solitaire (tr. Paynter)
- Symphony for Brass, op. 123
- Symphony No. 2: Allegretto and Vivace, op. 40 (tr. Parkes)
- Tam O'Shanter Overture, op. 51 (tr. Paynter)
- Trevelyan Suite, op. 96
- Water Music, op. 82
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