Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Dances From The Oprichnick
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Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Dances From The Oprichnick
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
- Editor John R. Bourgeois
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- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Wingert-Jones Publications
- Order no. WJP-3014341
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Description:
These dances display Tchaikovskys remarkable grasp of symphonic writing and are among the very best of his dance sequences. Carefully transcribed for band, they are taken from the opera "The Oprichnik." The Oprichnik were the personal bodyguards of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The opening dance features various woodwind solo passages that display a hauntingly poignant Slavic flavor. The second dance begins vigorously and surges forward with ever-increasing accelerandi that lead to a fiery conclusion.