Highlights from "Cats"
Andrew Lloyd Webber (arr. John Glenesk Mortimer)
General Info
Year: 1981/ 2001
Duration: c. 7:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Marc Reift
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - CHF165.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon (optional)
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Soprano Saxophone (optional)
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone (optional)
E-flat Cornet/Trumpet (optional)
B-flat Cornet/Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Crash Cymbals
- Drum Set
- Glockenspiel
- Mallets
- Snare Drum
- Tambourine
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This medley from the Broadway music includes Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats, The Old Gumbie Cat, Out Deuteronomy, Skimbleshanks, the Raikway Cat, Mr. Mistoffelees, and Memory.
- Program Note from score
Cats is a sung-through musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. It tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice" by deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside layer and come back to a new life.
As of 2019, Cats remains the fourth-longest-running Broadway show and the sixth-longest-running West End show.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) - 3 October 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Highlights from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1968/1994/2018)
- Highlights from "Phantom of the Opera" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1986/2014)
All Wind Works
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Concert Celebration (arr. Brymer and Custer) (1994)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Symphonic Portrait (arr. Nowak) (1983)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert (arr. Sweeney)
- Cats (Arr. Vinson)
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina (arr. Sweeney)
- Highlights from "Cats" (arr. Mortimer) (1981/2001)
- Highlights from "Evita" (arr. Moss) (1977/1997)
- Highlights from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1968/1994/2018)
- Highlights from "Phantom of the Opera" (arr. Vinson)
- Highlights from "Phantom of the Opera" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1986/2014)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (arr. Hautvast) (1969)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (arr. Mancini and Moss) (1970/2004)
- Magic of Andrew Lloyd Webber, The (arr. Barker)
- Magic of Andrew Lloyd Webber, The (arr. Cole)
- Memory (arr. Sweeney) (1981)
- Music of the Night (arr. Brown) (1986/2004)
- Phantom of the Opera, The (arr. Jennings)
- Phantom of the Opera (arr. Meij) (1986)
- Phantom of the Opera (arr. Murtha) (1986)
- Phantom of the Opera, The: Medley (arr. Vinson) (1986/1989)
- Pie Jesu (arr. McGinty)
- Pie Jesu (as arranger)
- Selections from "Cats" (1981) (arr. Edmondson)
- Selections from "Phantom of the Opera" (arr. Barker) (1986/1988)
- Selections from "Starlight Express" (arr. Nowak) (1984/1987)
- The Woman in White (arr. Meij) (2006)
Resources
- Cats (musical). Wikipedia. Accessed 3 October 2021
- Lloyd Webber, A.; Mortimer, J. [2001]. Highlights from "Cats" [score]. M. Reift: Crans-Montana, Swit.
- Perusal score