SKU: A0.1121912

This arrangement of Debussy's tone poem Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) fills a void in the chamber ensemble repertoire. Advanced harpists with limited access to string players will appreciate the instrumentation of the work - flute, clarinet, and pedal harp. While the full score contains no harp-specific markings, the harp part is well-edited (by a harpist) with pedal changes, pedal charts, and all necessary flute/clarinet cues. Both Bb and A clarinet are required for performance. A full score, three separate parts, performance notes, and an info sheet are included.

SKU: A0.1278126

An arrangement of selected themes from Prelude to the Afternoon of A Faun (Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune L. 86) for flute, piano, harp (can be played with a keyboard), and string ensemble. It made easy by changing key signature so it is suited for junior or student ensemble. Score and All Parts are included.

SKU: A0.810798

One of the greatest works of the French impressionist era, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy evokes mystery, stillness, lyricism, finesse, sensuality, nature, dreams, and desires. Taken from a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, this work is considered by some to be a turning point of musical history as an awakening of modern music as it stretches the limits of tonality. The work was later choreographed in 1912 by Nijinsky.

This marvelous arrangement by Ralph Sauer, is appropriate for advanced performers and is about ten minutes in length.

SKU: A0.883769

I recently published Romeo & Juliet Tchiakovsky which is a big bridge musically technically and and needs a big chunk of stamina. Before I did this there was another work on my mind of an opposite challenge for band in the orch rep dep.

An impressionist work of great delicacy, subtle beyond belief, the fabric is fragile like lace with a feeling of transparency and lucidity and must move as if played by one person, colour and timbre, light, lithe, the orchestration a masterpiece, utilising fx from all dep’s often at ppp and most difficult to replicate at all for brass band.

And, it’s a fair cop! The purists outsiders will say that this is the last piece that should be arranged for a brass band. So why arrange the greatest impressionist work ever written, for Brass Band?Well, because it’s there, and I believe it can be played with the above requirements by band. The work was written in the summer of 1894, and finished in the September. Three months later in December the Societe Nationale de Musique conducted by Gustave Doret with Marcel Moyse playing the opening flute solo gave the first performance. The concept of the piece was built around a poem by Stephan Mallarme, who describes the wishes and dreams of a faun in the heat of a summer afternoon. Prep for tres difficile?

SKU: A0.1463870

At one time, Claude Debussy’s approach to tonality and color was novel, even radical.  Today, his Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune, is one of the most beloved works in the repertoire, certainly among flutists.  That being the case, we’re likely to have a certain color and texture in mind when we play the flute part.  So, what can we do to make our practice of this familiar piece more interesting?  How about trying to achieve those desired qualities while playing it in different keys or in the extreme high and extreme low registers?
You’re not likely to produce the usual languid, transparent sonority if you start the famous opening solo on high F sharp, but there is much to be learned by trying to do just that.  Then, when you return to the original tonality, you may find that you have greater command of the passage’s tone color and quality than you’ve ever had before!