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Le Colosse de Mahdia (version orchestre d’harmonie)
à Michel Piquemal et Boris Mychajliszyn – en hommage à Roger Calmel
32,50 € 65,00 €
Olivier Calmel’s creation comprises 4 movements. The first three movements are based on a text by Pierre-Henri Loÿs : Le Colosse de Mahdia. The final text is based on Le Nouveau Colosse, the famous sonnet written by American Emma Lazarus in 1883, engraved on a plaque mounted on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, of which it has become a symbol.
Nomenclature
(wind band)
Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets soli in Bb
2 Bassoons
Petite Clarinet in E b
Clarinets 1 in Bb
Clarinets 2 in Bb
Clarinets 3 in Bb
Bass clarinet in Bb
2 Alti saxophones
Tenor saxophone
Baritone saxophones
3 Trumpets in Bb
2 Trombones
Bass trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Double bass
2 Percussions (see details)
Solo baritone
4-voice mixed choir (and children’s choir ad libitum on the 4th movement)
Percussion 1
4 Timpani