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Palace Dances (for woodwind ensemble / orchestra)
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Woodwind Ensemble Alto Sax, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Sax, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Piccolo, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Sax, Tenor Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1544297
Composed by Alan Bullard. This edition: pdf, streaming. 21st Century, Classical, Historic. 260 pages. Colne Edition / BullardMusic #1116907. Published by Colne Edition / BullardMusic (A0.1544297).Alan Bullard
Palace Dances for woodwind ensemble / orchestra
Five views of Alexandra Palace:
1. Intrada
2. Palace Pavane
3. Alley Dance
4. Princess Alexandra's Minuet
5. Palais de Danse
Instrumentation
The basic flexible scoring for these pieces is four instrumental lines or parts, each of which can be shared between various instruments. The minimum instrumentation for the five pieces is:
Flute 1, Flute 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Bass Clarinet, with two or more players to each part.
All the other instruments are optional, though some care would be needed to get a decent balance.
Part 1
Piccolo, Flute 1, Clarinet 1, Soprano Sax
Part 2
Flute 2, Oboe, Clarinet 2, Alto Sax 1
Part 3
Clarinet 3, Alto Sax 2, Tenor Sax 1
Part 4
Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Tenor Sax 2, Baritone Sax
As well as a set of parts, two scores are provided.
The short score, written at concert pitch, shows the four parts on four staves with the instrumentation indicated. The full score shows all parts, transposed.
An arrangement of the fourth movement, Princess Alexandra’s Minuet, is also available separately for the following quartets: Three Clarinets and Bass Clarinet; Saxophone Quartet; String Quartet.
Programme Note - Palace Dances
1. Intrada
2. Palace Pavane
3. Alley Dance
4. Princess Alexandra's Minuet
5. Palais de Danse
Palace Dances was commissioned by the Palace Band, a large ensemble of woodwind players who rehearse near Alexandra Palace (‘Alley Pally’) in North London. The five movements loosely refer to the Palace: the first movement sets the scene, and the second movement suggests a leisurely train journey to the Palace, crossing the disused Muswell Hill Viaduct (now a footpath), with its broad view over London. The third movement is a more contemporary dance, but the gracious and stately fourth movement takes us back to the origins of the Palace, which was named after Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the wife of King Edward VII. Finally, we can imagine a young couple dancing in the grand ballroom in the Palace's heyday, having arrived on a ‘bicycle made for two'.
Music copyright Alan Bullard 2007
Published by Colne Edition www.colneedition.co.uk CE148 www.alanbullard.co.uk.
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