Clarinet and piano
SKU: BR.EB-8980
Fantasy on Themes by
Giuseppe Verdi.
Composed by Alexey Shor.
Solo instruments;
stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. Solo concerto;
New music (post-2000).
Piano reduction. 40
pages. Duration 15'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
8980. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-8980).
ISBN
9790004187098. 9 x 12
inches.
Verdiana is
a musical tribute to
Giuseppe Verdi. It takes
some of his most famous
melodies and reimagines
them in styles of Samba,
Bossa Nova and Tango to
produce a virtuosic
showpiece for clarinet
and orchestra. The work
is structured in three
movements. The titles of
the movements do not only
indicate from which
operas the main melodies
were taken, they also
function as a hint to the
styles in which the
movements are written.
The first movement,
titled Il Sambatore, is a
Samba based primarily on
the melodic material from
Verdi's Il Trovatore. The
second one, Un Bossa in
Maschera, is a slow Bossa
Nova and consists of an
aria from Un Ballo in
Maschera. The third and
the most virtuosic
movement is called Don
Tangoletto and derives
most of its material from
Don Carlos and Rigoletto.
The piece exists in 4
versions: Solo clarinet
with either full
orchestra, string
orchestra, string quartet
or piano. This
publication also includes
an alto sax part that can
be used instead of a
clarinet.
An
Hommage to Giuseppe
Verdi.
