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Warsaw Concerto (arr. Hautvast)
Richard Addinsell (arr. Willy Hautvast)
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Subtitle: Piano and Band
General Info
Year: 1941 / 1960
Duration: c. 9:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Molenaar Edition
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €155.49 | Score Only (print) - €25.89
Instrumentation
Condensed Score
Solo Piano
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
E-flat Cornet
B-flat Cornet or Trumpet I-II-III
B-flat Flugelhorn I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Horn in E-flat I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Percussion
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Warsaw Concerto is a short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell, written for the 1941 British film Dangerous Moonlight, which is about the Polish struggle against the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany. In performance it normally lasts just under ten minutes. The concerto is an example of programme music, representing both the struggle for Warsaw and the romance of the leading characters in the film. It became very popular in Britain during World War II.
The concerto is written in imitation of the style of Sergei Rachmaninoff. It initiated a trend for similar short piano concertos in the Romantic style.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Landespolizeiorchester Baden-Württemberg (Toni Scholl, conductor; Michael Kuhn, piano)
- Audio CD: Landespolizeiorchester Baden-Württemberg (Toni Scholl, conductor; Michael Kuhn, piano) – 2011
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Complesso Bandistico Comunale Città di Albano (Italy) "Cesare Durante" (Fulvio Creux, conductor; Margherita Traversa, piano) – 25 April 2017
- Symphonisches Jugendblasorchester (Friedrichshafen, Germany) (Alain Wozniak, conductor; Vinh Mach, piano) – 2015
- Harmony Orchestra "Prinses Irene Huizen" (Netherlands) (Joop Boerstoel, conductor; Ani Avramova, piano) – 28 May 2010
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cavalry of the Clouds March
- Fire over England
- The Prince and the Showgirl
- Warsaw Concerto (arr. Hautvast) (1941/1960)
- Warsaw Concerto (tr. Leidzén) (1942/1952)
- WRNS March
Resources
- Addinsell, R.; Hautvast, Willy. (1960). Warsaw Concerto [score]. Molenaar Edition: Wormerveer, Netherlands.
- Perusal score
- Warsaw Concerto, Wikipedia Accessed 27 July 2021