Overtures for Orchestra

Orchestration: 2 Flutes (2nd db.Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in A, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 3 Trombones, Timpani, Percussion (2 players: Cymbals (clashed & suspended), Snare Drum,...

Orchestration: Flute db.Piccolo, Oboe, 2 Clarinets in A (transposed parts in Bb also included), Bassoon, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, Trombone, Timpani, Percussion (2 or 3 players: Cymbals, Side Dr...

Orchestration: Piccolo, Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani Percussion (3 players - Triangle, Wood Block, Tambourine, Cymbals, Sna...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes db. Piccolos, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Timpani, Percussion (2 players - Glockenspiel, Snare Drum, Tam-tam, Tambourin...

Work for Orchestra composed in 1944 and revised in 1961.

Ideal opening work for an orchestral concert.

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) composed his comic opera Fra Diavolo, ou L'hôtellerie de Terracine, AWV 18 in 1830, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe based loosely on the exploits of the legen...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) composed his comic opera Fra Diavolo, ou L'hôtellerie de Terracine, AWV 18 in 1830, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe based loosely on the exploits of the legen...

The three-act opéra comique Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre (Zampa, or the Marble Bride) was written in 1831, and is one of Ferdinand Hérold's (1791-1833) most popular works during the 19th century. It...

La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in 1791 after he had almost finished Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Commissioned to celebrate...

La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in 1791 after he had almost finished Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Commissioned to celebrate...

Saul, HWV 53 was composed in 1738 by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) as the grand introduction to his English oratorio Saul, based on the Old Testament narrative of King Saul, David, and Jonathan....

Spanish Basque composer Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola (1806-1826) was nicknamed "the Spanish Mozart" after he died because he and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart shared the status of a c...

Federal Overture: A Paraphrase, arranged by Romulus Franceschini was originally composed in the 1790s by Benjamin Carr (1768-1831), an English-born composer, organist, and publisher who became one of...

Federal Overture: A Paraphrase, arranged by Romulus Franceschini was originally composed in the 1790s by Benjamin Carr (1768-1831), an English-born composer, organist, and publisher who became one of...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) completed the five-act opera Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) in 1867. With a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michael Carré, the opera tells the tragic story of Shakespear...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) completed the five-act opera Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) in 1867. With a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michael Carré, the opera tells the tragic story of Shakespear...

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This work, written in 1887 (when the composer was just 19) is an uncomplicated concert overture evocative of the rugged Scottish landscape.

Overture Edinburgh was composed in 1952. There are certain elements in this work that bind it to the city of Edinburgh. The opening carries the rhythm of the word 'Edinburgh' itself. This rhythm occur...

A facsimile study score for one of Sallinen's most recent works, A Solemn Overture. Orchestration: 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets in B flat, 3 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B flat, 3 trombones...