Franco Cesarini
Harlequin
Franco Cesarini
Harlequin
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Franco Cesarini
- Series Masterwork Series
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score
- Publisher Mitropa Music
- Order no. DH0170-95-140M
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Description:
The overture Harlequin was composed in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Swiss Federation of Wind Band conductors. The striking ascending and descending melodic lines, heard throughout the composition, together with theintricate rhythm, form an entertaining whole. The work begins with a sparkling opening in which the strong rhythmic brass passages are surrounded by virtuoso woodwind embellishments. The theme of the energetic opening laterreturns in the Andante Rubato, but in a very different form. The middle movement develops towards a partial repeat of the opening section which leads quickly into a thundering Presto finale.