Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
Russian Easter Festival
Overture
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Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
Russian Easter Festival
Overture
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow
- Editor Christiaan Janssen
- Series Baton Orchestral
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- Edition Score Download
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM780SC-DL
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Description:
'Russian Easter Festival Overture' (La grande Pâque russe), is a concert overture written by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. It is based on themes from the 'obikhod', which is a printed collection of the most important and most frequently used canticles of the Russian Orthodox Church. The overture begins with a long introduction of a very slow tempo in which the voice of an archangel is represented by a dark trumpet solo. The slow introduction is followed by joyous allegro conveying a sense of excitement.