Don Giovanni Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Melanie Thorne)

General Info

Year: 1787 / 2017
Duration: c. 6:55
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Sempre Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone I-II

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The dramatic overture from Mozart's Don Giovanni (the sixth most-performed opera in the world) is skillfully arranged for a large woodwind ensemble by Melanie Thorne. The thrilling and dramatic overture is pure Mozart and a pure joy for audience and advanced ensembles.

- Program Note from publisher

Don Giovanni (K. 527) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It is based on the legends of Don Juan, a fictional libertine and seducer, by Spanish writer Tirso de Molina. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the National Theater (of Bohemia) on 29 October 1787. Mozart entered the work into his catalogue as an opera buffa. Although sometimes classified as comic, it blends comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements.

Don Giovanni is generally regarded as one of Mozart's supreme achievements and one of the greatest operas of all time, and it has proved a fruitful subject for writers and philosophers. It is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire.

- Program Note adapted from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. MIDI realization

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of South Alabama (Mobile) Wind Ensemble (Jason F. Rinehart, conductor) - 4 March 2021
University of Nebraska at Omaha Woodwind Choir (Karen Fannin, conductor) – 18 November 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Ave Verum Corpus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kjaernes) (1791/1997)
The Impresario Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1786/2020)
A Little Night Music (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Galvin) (1787/2020)
The Magic of Mozart (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1991/2015)
Mozartarium (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (2012)
Symphony No. 40 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1788/2011)

All Wind Works

Abduction from the Seraglio (arr. Isaac) (1782/1967)
The Abduction from the Seraglio (tr. Longfield) (1782/2003)
Abduction from the Seraglio (arr. Wendt) (1782/1975)
Adagio (arr. Hautvast) (1798/2009)
Adagio, K. 411
Alla Turca (arr. Saleh; ed. Steinquest) (1783)
Allegro Molto (arr. Thornton) (1776/1975)
Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (arr. Bobrowitz) (c. 1770/2015)
Amadeus (arr. Mortimer) (1791/1999)
Andante Gracioso (arr. Thornton) (1776/1975)
Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Kreines) (1791)
Ave Verum Corpus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kjaernes) (1791/1997)
Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Buehlman) (1791/1967)
Ave Verum Corpus (arr. Williams) (1791/2006)
Classical Suite for Piano and Band (with Haydn; arr. Curnow) (2005)
Concerto for 2 Pianos (tr. Dich) (c. 1779/2007)
Concerto for Bassoon, K191 (arr. Yeago) (1774)
Concerto for Clarinet, K622 (arr. Rumbelow) (1791/1997)
Concerto for Horn in E-flat, K417 (arr. Rumbelow) (1783/2000)
Concerto for Oboe in C major, K314 (arr. Rumbelow) (1777)
Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K.447 (arr. Bardeen) (c. 1787/1964)
Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K.447 (tr. Yeago) (c. 1787)
Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major, K.495 (tr. Yeago) (c. 1786)
Così Fan Tutte (arr. Hovey) (1790/1974)
"Così Fan Tutte" Overture (arr. Jourdan) (1790/1997)
Die Schlittenfahrt (arr. Hautvast)
Divertimento in B-flat No. 4, K.186 (1773)
Divertimento in B-flat major, No. 1 K.270
Divertimento in Eb, K 166 (1773)
Don Giovanni (arr. Josef Triebensee)
Don Giovanni Overture (arr. Thorne) (1787/2017)
Ein Musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke) (arr. Thompson)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Erickson)
Fantasia in F (arr. Schaefer) (1790/1962)
Figaro's Wedding (arr. Mayr) (1786/1909)
Fugue in G minor (arr. Shumway) (c. 1781/1961)
Horn Quintet in E-flat major (arr. Hoet) (1782/2008)
Il Re Pastore (arr. Barnes) (1795/1965)
Il Re Pastore (arr. Hovey) (1795/1968)
The Impresario Overture (arr. Glover) (1786/2007)
The Impresario Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1786/2020)
Là ci darem la mano from "Don Giovanni" (arr. Ninmer) (1787/)
La Clemenza di Tito (arr. Hovey) (1791/1973)
Le Nozze di Figaro. See also: The Marriage of Figaro
Le Nozze di Figaro (arr. Bernardini) (1786)
Le Nozze di Figaro (tr. Peters) (1786/2013)
Le Nozze di Figaro (tr. Takahashi) (1786/2006)
A Little Night Music (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Galvin) (1787/2020)
The Magic Flute (arr. Heidenreich) (1791/1977)
Magic Flute: Overture (arr. Laurendeau) (1791/1900/1935)
The Magic of Mozart (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1991/2015)
The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Slocum) (1786/1958)
The Marriage of Figaro. See also: Le Nozze di Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro Overture. See also: Figaro's Wedding
Menuetto and Rondo (arr. Snavely) (1783/1972)
Mozart! (arr. Harnsberger) (2006)
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement (arr. Bobrowitz) (1774/2013)
Mozart Alleluia (arr. John O'Reilly)
A Mozart Festival (arr. Johnson) (1957)
Mozart Minuet and Rondo (arr. John O'Reilly)
Mozart Serenade and Dance (arr. John O'Reilly)
Mozartarium (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Shishikura) (2012)
Overture to "Abduction from the Seraglio" (arr. Longfield) (1782/2003)
Overture to "The Magic Flute" (arr. Blomhert) (1791/1982)
Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Harmoniemusik (arr. Wendt) (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 10. See: Concerto for 2 Pianos
Requiem, K.626 (arr. Longfield) (1792/2005)
Romanza from "Horn Concerto No 3, K 447 (arr. Clark) (1787/1997)
Rondo (arr. Coles) (1791/1955)
Rondo from the Posthorn Serenade, K320 (arr. Marcus)
Rondo in Eb for Horn and Orchestra (arr. Saras)
Serenade in E-flat Major K375 (ed. Leeson & Zaslaw) (1781/1979)
Serenade K361 also known as Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita"
Serenade K375 also known as Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major
Serenade No 10 in Bb "Gran Partita" (tr. Thompson) (1781/2019)
Serenade No 11 in Eb (ed. Fennell) (c. 1781/1791/1995)
Serenade No. 12 in C minor. See: Serenade in C minor K388
Serenade in C minor K388
The Sleigh Ride (arr. Dunnigan) (1791/1998)
Sonata in A (3rd Movement -- Rondo alla turca) also known as the Turkish March arr. (arr. Amis)
Sonata for Oboe and Wind Ensemble (arr. Marek)
Swing Mozart 2004 (arr. Tsunoda) (2004)
Symphony No. 15 Finale (arr. Daehn) (1722/2006)
Symphony No. 29: First Movement (arr. Bobrowitz). See: Mozart: Symphony No. 29, First Movement
Symphony No. 40 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1788/2011)
Titus Overture (arr. Moehlmann) (1791/1955)
Turkish March (arr. Longfield) (ca. 1783/2002)

Resources

Don Giovanni, Wikipedia Accessed 5 March 2021