Hamlet and Ophelia

tone-poem for orchestra

from the film Hamlet

arranged by Muir Mathieson

General Information – Instrumentation – Publication – Recordings

General Information:

Arrangement:
Arranged by Muir Mathieson in 1967, from the music for the film Hamlet, composed 1947.

First Performance:
Unknown

Duration:
About 14 minutes

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C54b

Instrumentation:

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons – 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones – timpani, 2 percussion (side drum, bass drum, cymbal, gong, glockenspiel) – celesta – harp – strings

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Study score, 1968, 019 3682257. Score and parts are available on hire.
            [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Study score]

Recordings:

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Orchestral Music – Hamlet