Tales from Andersen

Martin Ellerby

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General Info

Year: 2006
Duration: c. 9:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Studio Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - £60.95 | Score Only (print) - £12.25

Movements

1. Overture - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
2. Soliloquy - The Little Match Girl
3. Scherzo - The Emperor's New Clothes
4. Idyll - The Snow Queen
5. Finale and Chorale - The Red Shoes

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Having immersed himself in a translated volume of the most popular [Hans Christian] Andersen fairy tales the composer selected five contrasting stories and shapes them into a miniature suite. The movements are: 1. Overture - The Steadfast Tin Soldier. 2. Soliloquy - The Little Match Girl. 3. Scherzo - The Emperor's New Clothes. 4. Idyll - The Snow Queen. 5. Finale and Chorale - The Red Shoes.

- Program Note from publisher

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra (James Gourlay, conductor) - 2014

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Louisiana: III
Louisiana: IV
Texas: III. (play mvt 2 or 4, plus two additional mvts)
Texas: IV. Complete

Performances

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Tao-Yuan High School Band (Taiwan) – 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Cane River Murals (2012)
Clarinet Concerto (2001)
Club Europe (2002)
The Cries of London (2005)
Divertimento for Wind Dectet (1999/2001)
Dona Nobis Pacem (1995)
Five Manx Romances (2017)
From Kitty Hawk to the Stars
Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun (2022)
Menorcan Dances (2019)
Natalis (1993)
New World Dances (1999)
Ovation (2001)
Paris Sketches (1994)
Paris Sketches (ed. Reynish) (1994/2004)
- Pigalle from "Paris Sketches"
Prelude for Hampstead Heath (1990)
Requiescant Aberfan (2009)
Roman Trilogy (2014)
A Silent Movie Suite (2013)
A Soliliquy for Solferino (2012)
Symphony for Winds (1997)
Tales from Andersen (2006)
Tuba Concerto (1988)
Venetian Spells (1984)
Via Crucis (2006)

Resources

Hans Christian Andersen, Wikipedia. Accessed 6 June 2021
Martin Ellerby website Accessed 6 June 2021