Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1505900

Composed by Gioachino Rossini. Arranged by Albert Schwarzmann. 19th Century,Opera,Romantic Period,Singer/Songwriter. 95 pages. Edition Schwalbe #1081280. Published by Edition Schwalbe (A0.1505900).

La Danza is a song with lyrics by Carlo Pepoli, a poet and democratic politician of the Italian Risorgimento. Gioacchino Rossini composed the music 1835  originally for solo voice and piano. It is part of his song cycle Les soirées musicales with twelve pieces by various poets. This version was orchestrated and  arranged in the key of A minor as prefered by prominent tenors like Luciano Pavarotti. It was commissioned and first time performed by Mozarteum Wind  Philharmonic Salzburg conducted by Hansjoerg Angerer at their Three Kings' Concert on 6 January 2017 at the Grosses Festspielhaus  (Large Festival Hall) in Salzburg, Austria. The solo part was sung by Thai born tenor Nutthaporn Thammathi. A live recording of this concert is available at  https://www.salzburg-windphilharmonic.at/de/viva-litalia/ or  https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/viva-l-italia/hnum/10428716?iampartner=303&subid=umr12&ref=partner.jpc.de . A pure orchestral version in G minor has been published by the arranger at https://tirolmusikverlag.at/La-Danza-Tarantella-Napoletana. It has also been  recorded by Mozarteum Wind Philharmonic Salzburg at https://www.salzburg-windphilharmonic.at/de/le-rendez-voud-de-chasse/ .