Large Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.553822 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 100 pages. RayThompsonMusic #4804305. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553822). Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112, is an orchestral suite by Gabriel FaurΓ©. It was arranged by the composer from incidental music he provided for a theatrical entertainment commissioned for Albert I, Prince of Monaco in 1919. The original score contained eight numbers, including two songs for tenor, and a choral passage. These numbers were not included in the published suite, which has four movements.The eight movements of the divertissement were almost all drawn from earlier works of FaurΓ©:Ouverture (from an abandoned 1869 symphony)Pastorale (the only wholly new movement)Madrigal (Op. 35, 1884; for chorus and orchestra)Le Plus doux chemin (Op. 87, No. 1; for tenor and orchestra)Menuet (extensively reworked from the 1869 symphony)Clair de lune (Op. 46, No. 2; for tenor and orchestra)Gavotte (from the 1869 symphony)Pavane (Op. 50, 1887)The suite drawn from the work has remained one of FaurΓ©'s most popular works. It was published by Durand et cie in 1919. It is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, harp and strings.The suite, which has a typical playing time of about 14 minutes, consists of four of the purely orchestral movements:OvertureMinuetGavottePastoraleIt is arranged here for double wind quintet and bass.(string bass/tuba parts provided)
