Richard III: A Shakespeare Suite

for orchestra

arranged by Muir Mathieson

General Information – About the Score – Publication – Arrangements – Recordings

General Information:

Arrangement:
Arranged by Muir Mathieson in 1963, from the music for the film Richard III, composed 1955.

First Performance:
Unknown

Duration:
About 11 minutes

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C63c

Instrumentation:

2 flutes, 1 or 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 or 2 bassoons – 2 or 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones (optional) – timpani, 2 or 3 percussion (side drum, tenor drum, small tabor, tambourine) – harp (optional) – strings

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Study score, 1964, 019 3683709. Complete set of parts, 019 3683962. Individual parts: violin I 019 3683717, violin II 019 3683725, viola 019 3683733, cello 019 3683741, double bass 019 368375X, set of wind parts 019 3683970. Score and parts are also available on hire.

Arrangements:

Arranged for military band, by Stewart Bunyan.

Recordings:

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Orchestral Music – Richard III