Soirées musicales

Gioacchino Rossini

Gioacchino Rossini (arr. Benjamin Britten and T.C. Brown)

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Subtitle: Suite of Movements from Rossini

This work bears the designation Opus 9.

General Info

Year: 1830-1835 / 1946
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Movements

1. March
2. Canzonetta
3. Tirolese
4. Bolero
5. Tarantella

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

[Benjamin Britten] was only 22 when he created a suite based on Rossini melodies for the film The Tocher. Soirées musicales is based in turn on that suite: five brisk, bright movements for orchestra. The suite is dedicated to the film director Alberto Cavalcanti, director of The Tocher.

- Program Note by Michael Clive

Commercial Discography

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• Racine (Wisc.) Concert Band (Mark Eichner, conductor) - 4 August 2019

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1829/2009)
• William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1829/2005)

All Wind Works

• Barber of Seville (arr. Meyrelles) (1816/1899)
• Barber of Seville, The (arr. Williams) (1816/2005)
• Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Lake) (1816/1927)
• Barber of Seville Overture, The (arr. Duthoit) (1816/1940)
• The Barber of Seville Overture (arr. Singleton) (1816/2002)
• Figaro in Stereo (adapt. Yoder) (1970)
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia (arr. Cesarini) (1816/2011)
• Inflammatis from "Stabat Mater" (arr. Laurendeau and Meyrelles) (1842/1911)
• Introduction, Theme and Variations (arr. Tamanini) (1819/2017)
• Italian en Argel
• Italian in Algiers (arr. Cailliet) (1952)
• La Boutique Fantasque (arr. Respighi; tr. Mahaffey) (2009)
• La Boutique Fantasque (adapt. Respighi; arr. Godfrey) (1922)
• La Cenerentola (arr. Daehn) (1817/2007)
• La Danza (arr. Erickson) (1835/1967)
• La Gazza Ladra (tr. Cailliet) (1817/1954)
• L'italiana in Algeri (tr. Sedlak; ed. Lonoce) (1813/1992)
• L'italiana in Algeri (tr. Van der Beek) (1813/2008)
• March for the Sultan Abdul Medjid (arr. Townsend) (1851/1967)
• Overture from the Opera "La Gazza Ladra" (arr. Oliver) (1817)
• Overture to "The Barber of Seville" (arr. Sedlak) (1816/1983)
• Overture to "The Italian Girl in Algiers" (arr. Cailliet) (1813/1952)
• Overture to "The Italian Girl in Algiers" (tr Moses-Tobani) (tr. Mose-Tobani) (1813/1898)
• Passo a sei (tr. Dunnigan)
• Scherzo for Band (scored by Schaefer) (1864/1977)
• Semiramide (arr. Safranek; ed. Robertson) (1823/1939)
• Soirées musicales (arr. Britten and Brown) (1830-1835/1946)
• Tancredi Overture (tr. Falcone) (1813/1975)
• Three Marches for the Marriage of the Duke of Orléans (ed. Townsend) (1827/1972)
• Una Voce Poco Fa from "Barber of Seville" (arr. Barrow) (1816/1973)
• William Tell Overture (tr. Sousa and Schissel) (1829/2014)
• William Tell Overture (arr. Elkus) (1829/1988)
• William Tell Overture (arr. Leidzen) (1829/1938)
• William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1829/2009)
• William Tell Overture (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1829/2005)

Resources

• Britten, B.; Rossini, G.; Brown, T. (1946). Soirées musicales : Suite of Movements from Rossini [score]. Hawkes & Sons: London.
• Clive, Michael. " BRITTEN – SOIRÉES MUSICALES, OP. 9." Utah Symphony, 29 December 2018. Web Accessed 2 August 2019