Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana selections for 10-part Brass Ensemble and Percussion

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Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana selections for 10-part Brass Ensemble and PercussionMascagni's opera Cavalleria Rusticana is considered one of the great masterpieces of the repertoire. It was first premiered in 1893 and since, has become one of the most popular operas. Often it is paired with Pagliacci by Leoncavallo in a so called Cav Pag double bill. Vikentios Gionanidis has brilliantly arranged a 12 minute selection from the opera for 10 part Brass Ensemble with Percussion and Timpani suitable for advanced performers.

In the dream

He dedicated most of his career to the composition of chamber music

has been artfully arranged by Keith Terrett for Brass Quartet

links to performances online

this time inverted

Holst set it to music in 1906 and it has become the most popular of the many settings

The original melody from the first movement is now a vulgar and grotesque dance

4 Trumpets (including piccolo

Range goes from a pedal A for Bass Trombone to one high D for the 1st part

Together they are total about 5 minutes in length and are appropriate for advanced performers

having been inspired by the "Cercle des Patineurs" or 'Rink of Skaters' at the Bois de Boulogne in Paris

Romance for Solo Trombone and Orchestra by Elizabeth Raum was originally commissioned by the Canadian Music Competition as a test piece