Carmen (Weatherson)

General Info

Composer: George Bizet
Arranger: Scott Weatherson
Publisher: Edition Svitzer
Year of Published: 2016
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:15:00
Cost: €45.00

Movement

Movement 1: Les Toréadors
Movement 2: La Garde Montante
Movement 3: Habanera
Movement 4: Aragonaise
Movement 5: Danse Bohème

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Xylophone
Player 4: Vibraphone
Player 5: Vibraphone
Player 6: Marimba
Player 7: Marimba
Player 8: Marimba
Player 9: Tambourine & Triangle & Bass Drum & Cymbals
Player 10: Timpani

Description

This arrangement is subtitled 'Suite from the Opera' as it draws upon material from both orchestral suites and presents the movements as close as possible to the order in which they appear in the opera; the only difference is the placing of the Danse Bohème (Act 2) as the final movement, rather than the Aragonaise (Act 4).

The rich melodic material of Bizet's writing provides many solo opportunities for the mallet percussion instruments. As well as the many vocal lines given to each of the instruments, two xylophones play the piccolo duet in La Garde Montante while a marimba plays the trumpet fanfares; the xylophones again share a duet role in the opening of the Danse Bohème.

Arrangement for Percussion by this Arranger

Carmen: Suite from the Opera
Ma Mère l`Oye
March and Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
Polovtsian Dances
The Planets (Volume 1)
The Planets (Volume 2)