Final Scene from "Swan Lake," Act IV (1876)

Peter I. Tchaikovsky

Peter I Tchaikovsky (arr. Glen D. Lienhart)

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General Info

Year: 1876 / 2012
Duration: c. 6:35
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony
Publisher: Glen Lienhart
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00; (digital) - $75.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00;

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
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 Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Swan Lake, Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular ballets of all time.

The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian and German folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.

In Act IV, Odette is distraught. The swan-maidens try to comfort her. Siegfried returns to the lake and makes a passionate apology. She forgives him, but his betrayal cannot be undone. Rather than remain a swan forever, Odette chooses to die. Siegfried chooses to die with her and they leap into the lake, where they will stay together forever. This breaks Rothbart's spell over the swan maidens, causing him to lose his power over them and he dies. In an apotheosis, the swan maidens, who transform to maidens, watch as Siegfried and Odette ascend into the Heavens together, forever united in love.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Brad Hogarth, conductor) – 14 October 2018

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Douce Rêverie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vernay) (1878/2020)
• Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1876/2016)
• Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1891/2008)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1891/1999/2010)

All Wind Works

• The 3-Minute Nutcracker (arr. Conley) (1891/2010)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Lake) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Kimura) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Mol) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Laurendeau, ed. Schissel) (1880/1904/2010)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Whitcomb) (1880)
• 1812 Overture (arr. Williams) (1880/1997)
• 1812 Overture (tr. Patterson) (1880)
• Andante Cantabile (arr. Safranek) (/1913)
• Capriccio Italien (tr. Hindsley) (1880/1984)
• Characteristic Dances from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Rogan/McAllster/Reed)
• Cossak Dance (tr. Bourgeois) (2008)
• Dance of the Jesters (arr. Cramer) (1873/1997)
• Dance of the Reed Flutes (arr. Cook) (1892/1990)
• Dance of the Reed Flutes (arr. Schwalbe) (1892/2015?)
• Dances from The Oprichnik (tr. Bourgeois) (1872/2008)
• Dances des mirlitons (arr. Buitenhuis) (1892/)
• Douce Rêverie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vernay) (1878/2020)
• Entry March from "Swan Lake" (tr. Billis) (1877/1996)
• Faeries (arr. Davis; adapt. Longfield) (1891/)
• Festive Overture on the Danish National Anthem (arr. Godfrey) (1908)
• Final Scene from "Swan Lake," Act IV (1876) (arr. Lienhart) (1876/2012)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4) (arr. Brooks) (1878/)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4) (arr. Singleton) (1878/1912/2003)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (arr. Safranek) (ed. Ragsdale) (1878/1912/2004)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (tr Hindsley) (tr. Hindsley) (1878/197-?)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (arr Sato) (arr. Sato) (1878/2014)
• Gems of Tchaikovsky (arr. Clark) (1917)
• Highlights from "1812 Overture" (arr. Hanna) (1880/)
• Jurisprudence (1885)
• Le Lac des Cygnes: Act I, Scene 1 (arr. Nefs) (1876/)
• Mad Russian's Christmas, A (arr. Phillips and Megaw) (1891/1996/2015)
• March from "The Sleeping Beauty" (arr. Bourgeois) (1890/2018)
• March Slav (tr. Daehn) (1876/1994)
• March Slav (orch. Simpson) (1876/2000)
• Marche Slav (arr. Laurendeau) (1876/1906)
• Marche Slave (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1917)
• Miniature Overture from "Suite from 'The Nutcracker'" (tr. Rogan; ed. McAlister and Reed) (1892/2001)
• Nutcracker Fantasy, The (ad. Yo Goto)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lake) (1891/1924)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Curnow) (1891/1987)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lavender) (1891/1999)
• Nutcracker Sweets (arr. Corwell) (1891/2010)
• Polonaise from "Third Suite" (arr. Godfrey) (1884/1916)
• Romeo and Juliet (trans. Hindsley) (1870/?)
• Romeo and Juliet (trans. Holcombe) (1870/1981)
• Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1876/2016)
• Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Story) (1884/2010)
• Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Hartman) (1884/2013)
• Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Longfield) (1884/1992)
• Sleeping Beauty, The (arr. Bennett) (1960)
• Sleeping Beauty: Waltz (arr. Eilhardt) (1889)
• Suite from "Swan Lake" (tr. Yodo) (1876/)
• Suite from the Ballet "The Swan Lake" (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1911)
• Symphony No. 6 (arr. Hindsley)
  • Symphony No. 6 -- First Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
  • Symphony No. 6 -- Third Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
  • Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (arr. Daehn) (1893/2007)
• Tchaikovsky Ballet Suite (arr. Bourgeois) (2012)
• Tchaikovskyana (arr. Daehn) (1979/2015)
• Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hits (arr. Moss) (2003)
• Theme and Variations from "Suite in G Major" (arr. Winterbottom) (1884/1937)
• Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1891/2008)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Huckeby) (1891/2010/2013)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1891/1999/2010)
• Themes from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Johnson) (1891/1952)
• Three Dances from "The Maid of Orleans" (tr. Bourgeois) (1879/2007)
• Violin Concerto in D Major (trans. Lane) (1878/2020)
• Waltz from "Sleeping Beauty" (tr. Lake) (1889/1937)
• Waltz of the Flowers (tr. Lake) (1892/1919)

Resources

• Swan Lake, Wikipedia Accessed 8 May 2020