Grieg, Edvard - "Anitra's Dance" from Peer Gynt For Oboe & Strings Suite No 1 Opus 46 Hautbois, Orchestre à cordes |
Compositeur : | Grieg, Edvard (1843 - 1907) | ||
Instrumentation : | Hautbois, Orchestre à cordes | ||
Partition centrale : | Peer Gynt - Suite d'orchestre n°2 (155 partitions) | ||
Genre : | Romantique | ||
Arrangeur : Editeur : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
Date : | 1875 | ||
Droit d'auteur : | Public Domain | ||
Ajoutée par magataganm, 11 Nov 2017 To most of the concert-going public, Edvard Grieg is only familiar as the composer of two fabulously popular concert works: the Concerto for piano and orchestra, and the first Orchestral Suite extracted from the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play, Peer Gynt. Ever since the Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 appeared in the late 1880s it has been a staple of the orchestral repertory. Indeed, it is safe to say that its four constituent pieces are among the most frequently played and immediately recognizable ever written; yet, in a good performance, they still retain a great deal of their original vitality and freshness. Ibsen's five-act drama concerns a young Norwegian ruffian named Peer Gynt, who dreams of becoming emperor of the world. His sundry adventures--abducting a bride-to-be during her wedding, abandoning her for another woman, being tormented by gnomes, posturing as a prophet among the Arabs, eloping with and being subsequently double-crossed by an Arab princess, and finally returning to Norway--are the stuff of high drama and adventure, and are rough and isolated in a way that is peculiarly Nordic. Grieg captures this tone perfectly. After a single, magical E major chord, "Anitra's Dance" begins with a buoyant violin melody over a compelling pizzicato background. This little theme is taken through several small harmonic adventures during the middle of the dance (including a warm and welcome, albeit brief, pass through D major). During the reprise of the opening section Grieg allows for some melodic imitation by the celli. Source: AllMusic (https://www.allmusic.com/composition/peer-gynt-suite-f or-orchestra-or-piano-or-piano-4-hands-no-1-op-46-mc000 2395500). Although originally created for Orchestra, I created this arrangement of the "Anitra's Dance" for Oboe & Strings (Violins, Violas, Cellos & Bass). |