Name: Carmen Fantaisie Brillante for Solo Flute and Concert Band (arr. Harry Walker) by Georges Bizet Concert Band Digital Sheet Music
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Carmen Fantaisie Brillante for Solo Flute and Concert Band (arr. Harry Walker)
by Georges Bizet Concert Band - Digital Sheet Music

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Title Carmen Fantaisie Brillante for Solo Flute and Concert Band (arr. Harry Walker)

Artist Georges Bizet

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Georges Bizet François Borne

Arranger Harry Walker

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 205

Arrangement Concert Band

Publisher Score Editions

Level 4

Product ID 1482582

Genre Classical Festival Contest Opera Romantic Period 19th Century

Performance Group Concert Band

Product Description

Borne was a flutist with the principal opera company in Bordeaux as well as a composer and professor at the conservatory in Toulouse. Expert in both instrumental technique and in the development of the flute as an instrument, he is still recognized for his technical contributions to the Böhm flute. His Fantasie Brillante on Themes from Bizets Carmen is by far his most famous composition. Bornes setting of Carmens luscious melodies like those by Sarasate for the violin, and by Busoni and Horowitz for the piano combine the virtuosos understanding of the solo instrument with a flair for the dance rhythms and passionate colors of the opera. Borne fills his setting with spectacular arpeggios that require fleet fingering and consummate breath control. Carmens brilliant Habanera, a traditional dance that she performs with castanets (and with abundant flirting), anchors the work. But the mood of Bornes Carmen is far brighter than that of the fatalistic Gypsy girl of Bizets opera. In Bornes showpiece, a set of brilliant variations on her showy Habanera leads to a triumphant close in marked contrast with the operas violent, tragic ending. In this version, the composition was arranged for Solo Flute and Concert Band by Harry Walker.

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