Four Operatic Favourites
Grand Opera presents an album of four famous opera tunes in simple yet effective arrangements:
Triumphal March from Aida and
La donna è mobile from Rigoletto by Verdi,
Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda by Ponchielli and
Soldier’s Chorus from Faust by Gounod.
Originally published by Spartan Press in three separate packs.
Now combined here in this new bumper edition.
Instrumentation
This set includes a generic score plus the following alternative instrumental parts:
PART 1 Flute [high]/Violin I [high] or Oboe/Flute [low]/Violin I [low] and/or
Bb Clarinet [high]/Bb Soprano Saxophone or Bb Clarinet [low]/ Bb Trumpet Bb/Cornet and/or
Eb Alto Saxophone or Eb Soprano Cornet
PART 2 Flute [high]/Violin II [high] or Oboe/Flute [low]/Violin II [low] and/or
Bb Clarinet [high] or Bb Clarinet [low]/Bb Trumpet/Bb Cornet and/or
Eb Alto Saxophone or Bb Clarinet [low]/Bb Trumpet/Bb Cornet
PART 3 Bb Clarinet or Bb Trumpet/Bb Cornet and/or
Eb Alto Saxophone/ Eb Tenor Horn or Horn in F and/or
Bb Tenor Saxophone/ Bb Trombone BC or Trombone BC and/or
Violin III or Viola
PART 4 Bassoon/Trombone BC/Tuba BC or Cello/Double Bass and/or
Bb Clarinet/Bb Bass Clarinet or Bb Tenor Saxophone/Trombone TC/Bb Bass TC and/or
Eb Baritone Saxophone or Eb Tenor Horn/Eb Bass TC
Contents
- Triumphal March from Aida — Verdi
- La donna è mobile from Rigoletto — Verdi
- Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda — Ponchielli
- Soldier’s Chorus from Faust — Gounod
Listen to audio samples
Verdi: Triumphal March (extract)
Verdi: La donna è mobile (Brass Ensemble extract)
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours (Saxophone Quartet extract)
Gounod: Soldier's Chorus (Ad-hoc Ensemble extract)
Sample Pages
