Façade: Third Suite for Orchestra

arranged by Christopher Palmer

General Information – Instrumentation – Publication – Recordings

General Information:

Arrangement:
Arranged by Christopher Palmer, ca. 1991, from Façade.

Duration:
About 10 minutes

Movements:

I.   Hornpipe
II.   Daphne ('Song')
III.   March
     IV.   Through Gilded Trellises
V.   Water Party Waltz
VI.   The Winds' Tambourine ('Something lies beyond the scene')

 

Instrumentation:

2 flutes (both doubling piccolos), 2 oboes (second doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (second doubling bass clarinet), saxophone, 2 bassoons – 4 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba – timpani, 4 percussion – piano (doubling celesta) – strings

Publication:

Oxford University Press. 1991. Score and parts are available on hire.

Recordings:

Orchestra Conductor Year Compact Disc Timing
London Philharmonic Jan Latham-Koenig 1992 Chandos CHAN 9148 * 5'39"

 * Only nos. 1, 4 and 6 were released.

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