Hänsel und Gretel est assurément l une des plus célèbres ouvertures classiques et est aujourd hui encore souvent interprétée. Cette oeuvre donne un élan de style à chaque concert mais convient également pour un concours. Tous les groupes d instruments y sont représentés tout particulièrement les cors.
SKU: AP.6-438260
ISBN 9780486438269. English.
An instant and overwhelming success upon its first performance in 1893, Hänsel and Gretel has captivated audiences of all ages ever since. Engelbert Humperdinck combined the simplicity of German folk tunes with the sophistication of Wagnerian technique in a fairy-tale opera, based on the story by the Brothers Grimm. Richard Strauss, who conducted the premiere, proclaimed it a masterpiece of the highest quality. Broadcast from Covent Garden in 1923, it was the first complete opera ever aired on radio, and eight years later it was the first to be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera.
SKU: BT.DHP-0991687-120
This beautiful long flowing melody comes from Humperdinck’s famous opera Hansel and Gretel (1893). In addition to being a delightful concert work it is also a useful as a tone study for practicing playing in a legato style. Der Abendsegen ist wohl das bekannteste Stück aus Humperdincks Märchenoper Hänsel und Gretel. Diese Oper gilt auch heute noch als eine der berühmtesten deutschen Opern, die traditionell in der Zeit um Weihnachten aufgeführt wird. Robert van Beringen arrangierte das Duett.
SKU: BT.DHP-0991687-140
This beautiful long flowing melody comes from Humperdinck’s famous opera Hansel and Gretel (1893). In addition to being a delightful concert work it is also a useful as a tone study for practicing playing in a legato style. Der Abendsegen ist wohl das bekannteste Stück aus Humperdincks Märchenoper Hänsel und Gretel. Diese Oper gilt auch heute noch als eine der berühmtesten deutschen Opern, die traditionell in der Zeit um Weihnachten aufgeführt wird. Robert van Beringen arrangierte das Duett für Blasorchester.
SKU: BT.DHP-0991687-020
SKU: BT.DHP-0991687-010
SKU: BR.MR-2304
A musical fairytale
ISBN 9790004488713. 9 x 12 inches.
In 2015 Philipp Matthias Kaufmann was commissioned to write an arrangement for chamber ensemble with motifs of Humperdinck's famous opera. While the instrumentation offered a variety of possibilities soundwise, with the required 7 minutes playing time it was a challenging task for him to confine the arrangement to just a few motifs. Kaufmann chose a dramaturgic coherence for his arrangement; a pocket-sized instrumental fairytale was the result. Based on a version of the beautiful overture, the children's songs of the cheerful siblings Hansel and Gretel are played. Then, their father comes home, half-drunk to bear his life in poverty. For the sake of brevity, this is directly followed by the rumbling Witch's Ride. The gruff lady is then carefully stowed away in her oven, which leads to the jubilant finale. As an extract from a grand work, this arrangement does indeed have a charming impact, for Humperdinck's ideas can stand this kind of abridgement quite easily.A musical fairytale.