Jazz Suite No. 2

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. Johan de Meij)

General Info

Year: 1938 / 1995
Duration: c. 18:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $561.00   |   Score Only - $83.00
Movements may be purchased separately.

Movements

1. March - 2:55
2. Lyric waltz - 2:30
3. Dance I - 2:55
4. Waltz No. 2 - 3:40
5. Dance II - 3:45
6. Finale - 2:35

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Clarinet
B-flat Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet (in B-flat) I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Baritone (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Basses I-II
String Bass
Piano/Harp
Accordion
Timpani
Percussion, including:

• Snare Drum
• Tambourine
• Xylophone

Program Notes

N.B. Jazz Suite No. 2 is the title given to the 1994 Johan de Meij arrangement of Shostakovich's post-1956 Suite for Variety Orchestra. Despite the title, this arrangement is not related to Shostakovich's 1938 Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2.

The Suite for Variety Orchestra (post-1956) is a suite in eight movements by Dmitri Shostakovich. The work consists of a collection of movements which derive from other works by the composer. It is also named Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra, for example in Derek Hulme's Shostakovich catalogue.

It is thought that the Suite for Variety Orchestra must have been assembled by Shostakovich at least post-1956, because of the use of material from that year's music to the film The First Echelon. In fact, the greater part of the Suite for Variety Orchestra is recycled material:

• The opening and closing movements (March and Finale) are based on the March from Korzinkina’s Adventures, Op. 59 (1940).
  
• The second movement (Dance 1) was adapted from The Market Place (No. 16) from the film score for The Gadfly, Op. 97 (1955).
  
• The third movement (Dance 2) goes back to Invitation to a Rendezvous (No. 20), from The Limpid Stream, Op. 39 (1934–35) [which itself was taken from Mime and Dance of the Pope (No. 19) from The Bolt, Op. 27 (1930–31)].
  
• The seventh movement (Waltz 2) was adapted from the Waltz (eighth movement) from the Suite from 'The First Echelon', Op. 99a (1956).
  

For many years the Suite for Variety Orchestra was misidentified as the "lost" Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (1938), a different work in three movements that was lost during World War II, the piano score of which was rediscovered in 1999 by Manashir Yakubov, and orchestrated the following year by Gerard McBurney.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Arnhem Symphonic Winds (Johan de Meij, conductor)

Audio Links

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• North Carolina: VI
• Virginia: VI

Performances

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• University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) University Band (Betsy McCann, conductor) – 9 December 2019
• Hawaii Symphonic Band (Honolulu) (Steven Hirahara, conductor) – 9 December 2018
• Indiana University (Bloomington) Wind Ensemble (Rodney Dorsey, conductor) – 25 September 2018
• Capital Region Wind Ensemble (Schenectady, N.Y.) (Brett L. Wery, conductor)– 25 March 2018
• Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) Wind Ensemble (David McKee, conductor) – 25 March 2018
• University of Minnesota High School Honor Band (Emily Threinen, conductor)– 21 January 2018
• Virginia Wind Symphony (Norfolk) (Dennis J. Zeisler, conductor) - 21 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic)
• Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Concert Band (Sarah McKoin, conductor) – 28 November 2017
• Grand Street (New York) Community Band (Brian Worsdale, conductor)– 4 November 2017
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, Conservatory Wind Ensemble (Joseph Parisi, conductor) – 28 September 2016
• Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.) Symphonic Band (Matthew Arau, conductor ) - 3 June 2016
• Texas All-State 5A Symphonic Band (Don McKinney, conductor) - 13 February 2016 (2016 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
• Austin (Tex.) Symphonic Band (Richard Floyd, conductor) - 18 April 2015
• Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Scott Rabeler, conductor) - 25 January 2015
• San Ramon Symphonic Band (Larry B. Colón, conductor) - 4 April 2013 (ACB’s 35th Annual Convention (San Ramon, Calif.))
• San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 23 March 2013

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (tr. Fisher) (1954/2010)
• Batterie from "The Nose" (arr. Schaefer) (1928/1978)
• Dance I. See under: Jazz Suite No. 2
• Excerpts from "Symphony No. 5" Finale (arr. Longfield) (1937/2007)
• Festive Overture (tr. Hunsberger) (1954/1965)
• Festive Overture (tr. Martin) (1954/2016?)
• Festive Overture (tr. Patterson) (1954)
• Festive Overture (tr. Takahashi) (1954/1998)
• The Fire of Eternal Glory (tr. Timothy Rhea) (1960/2011)
• Fire of Eternal Glory (arr. James Curnow) (1960/20110
• Folk Dances (tr. Reynolds) (1949/1979)
• Folk Dances (arr. Erickson) (1949/1979)
• Folk Festival (tr Donald Hunsberger) (1971)
• Fortinbras March from "Hamlet" (tr. Suchoff) (1932/1967)
• The Gadfly (tr. Patterson) (1955/)
• Galop from "Cheryomushki" (tr. Donald Hunsberger)
• Galop (from "The Limpid Stream") (tr. Miller) (1935)
• Hamlet Suite (tr. Suchoff) (1964/1975)
• Jazz Suite No. 2 (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • March (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Lyric Waltz (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Dance I (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Dance II (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Waltz No. 2 (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Finale (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
• March (arr. Curnow) (2014)
• March (arr. de Meij). See: Jazz Suite No. 2
• March of the Soviet Militia (ed. Iakubov) (1970/2006)
• October, Op 131 (arr. Mitchell) (1967)
• Overture on Russian and Kirg (arr. Janssen)
• Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Songs (tr. Duker) (1963/1989)
• Overture to The Gadfly (arr. Geert Flik) (1984)
• Piano Concerto No 2 (tr. Pontini) (1957/2012)
• Piano Concerto No 2 in F Major (arr. Bamonte)
• Piano Trio No. 2 (arr. Graham)
• Priest and His Servant Balda, The (1934)
• Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14 (arr. Reynolds) (1988)
• Spanish Dance from "The Gadfly" (arr. Curnow)
• Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich) (tr. Scarbrough) (1924-25)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt I (tr. Schaeffer)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt II (tr. Smith) (1937/1944)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (tr. Righter) (1937/1947)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (tr. Rogers) (1937/2003)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (tr. Bocook) (1937/2005)
• Symphony No. 9 (tr. Schaefer) (1945/1976)
• Symphony No. 10, Mvt. II (tr. Fisher) (tr. Fisher) (1954/2010)
• Symphony No. 10, Mvmt II (tr. O'Brien) (1954)
• Tahiti Trot (tr. Brubaker) (1927/2009)
• Two Scarlatti Pieces (1928)
• Waltz No. 2 (arr. Connery) (post 1956/1996)
• Waltz No. 2 (arr. Curnow) (post 1956/2010)
• Waltz No. 2 (arr. de Meij). See under: Jazz Suite No. 2

References

• Shostakovich, D.; de Meij, J. (1995). Jazz Suite No. 2 : For Symphonic Band [score]. Amstel Music: Amsterdam.
• Suite for Variety Orchestra (Shostakovich), Wikipedia Accessed 25 September 2018