Concert Band
SKU:
AP.12-0571572081
Scenes from a radio
drama. Composed by
Benjamin Britten. 5 or
More; Brass Band;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Solo Small
Ensembles. Faber Edition:
Faber Brass Band Series.
20th Century; Masterwork.
Score. Faber Music
#12-0571572081. Published
by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571572081).
ISBN 9780571572083.
English.
King
Arthur was the first of
28 scores Benjamin
Britten composed for
radio between 1937 and
1947. It was an ambitious
dramatization of King
Arthur's life and times;
part pageant, part play,
part cantata; written by
D.G. Bridson. This
colorful suite
incorporates the
Introduction, a dramatic
Wild Dance, some of the
music underscoring the
scenes for Galahad and
The Holy Grail, and two
vivid battle scenes,
ending with The Final
Battle and Apotheosis.
King Arthur (scenes from
a radio drama) for brass
band should not be
confused with a much
longer orchestral suite,
which Paul Hindmarsh
devised from the same
source in 1995.