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“Prelude and Transformation Music” from Parsifal (Act 1)
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Composer: Wagner, Richard
Arranger: Davis, Joshua
Ensemble: Large Brass Ensemble
Duration: Approx. 10 mins
SKU: DE 0014
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This piece serves as the opening of a larger suite, including the Prelude and Transformation Music from Act 1 of Wagner's final opera, Parsifal. The suite follows the main protagonist Parsifal, a ‘pure fool’ whose own identity is unknown to him begins a journey of ‘enlightened by compassion’; from ‘ignorance to transcendence’. This opera follows the spiritual development of the hero Parsifal; a ‘fool who becomes wise through compassion’.
In part 1 of this journey through Parsifal we explore the overture, introducing the main themes of the opera, then moving to the powerful Transformation Music "Verwandlungsmusik”.
Recorded in 2020, this arrangement features the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble. A recording can be found at Ensemble Edition: Wagner & Böhme beginning at 22:10.
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Rondo from Horn Concerto Nr. 4 (Brass Quintet)
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This arrangement of the Rondo from Mozart’s Concerto Nr. 4 for brass quintet is an expansion of a trio version (de 0003) written originally for David Evans; principal horn of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO). It was utilized as a horn feature as part of an education tour undertaken by WASO in 2015.
More recently it was recorded in its trio format by Sarah Willis (horn), Tamás Velenczei (trumpet) and Jesper Busk Sørensen (euphonium) of the Berlin Philharmonic. The recording can be found on YouTube.
The trio version is also available (DE 0003) from Davis Editions.
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