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Selections from ''Sweeney Todd''
Stephen Sondheim (arr. Stephen Bulla)
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General Info
Year: 1979 / 2009
Duration: c. 7:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Here are the dramatic and intensely beautiful melodies from the unforgettable Broadway musical and motion picture. This stunning setting for the concert stage includes: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd; A Little Priest; My Friends; Pirelli's Miracle Elixir and Not While I'm Around.
- Program Note from publisher
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. The musical is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.
Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. It has since had numerous revivals as well as a film adaptation.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- New Orleans (La.) Concert Band (Charles Taylor, conductor) - 26 March 2023
- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jennifer Martin, conductor) – 25 September 2022
- Bemidji (Minn.) State University Symphonic Band (Ryan Webber, conductor) - 19 April 2022
- Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Andy Pease, conductor) – 26 January 2020
- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Randy Schwalbe, conductor) – 12 May 2018
- Troy (Mich.) High School Symphonic Band (Brian P. Nutting, conductor) – 17 May 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- No One Is Alone (arr. Martin) (1987/2022)
- Selections from "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (arr. Moss) (1962/1997)
- Selections from "Into the Woods" (arr. Bulla)
- Selections from Sweeney Todd (arr. Bulla) (1979/2009)
- Send in the Clowns (arr. Cofield) (1973)
- Send in the Clowns (arr. Lackey) (1973)
- Somewhere (arr. Brown)
- Sondheim! (arr. Bulla) (2021)
Resources
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Wikipedia Accessed 13 May 2019