Firebird Finale, The

From Wind Repertory Project
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky (arr. Paul Hanna)


General Info

Year: 1910 / 2013
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: TBQ Press
Cost: Score and Parts – Free download

N.B. The underlying work may still be in copyright in some jurisdictions. Please obey the copyright laws in your country.


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Gong
  • Triangle


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

The Firebird is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who collaborated with Alexandre Benois on a scenario based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner. It was first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 25 June 1910 and was an immediate success, catapulting Stravinsky to international fame.

Although designed as a work for the stage, with specific passages accompanying characters and action, the music achieved equal if not greater recognition as a concert piece.

Stravinsky was a young and virtually unknown composer when Diaghilev commissioned him to compose The Firebird for the Ballet Russes. Its success was the start of Stravinsky's partnership with Diaghilev, which would subsequently produce further ballet productions until 1928, including Petrushka (1911), The Rite of Spring (1913), and Apollo (1928).

- Program Note from Wikipedia


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Performances

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  • Tar River Community Band (Greenville, N.C.) (James E. Mauser, Jr., conductor) - 25 March 2023


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