{"product_id":"ghpc-03-pdf","title":"[PDF] Puccini in Beijing \/ arr. Picarband [Concert Band (Wind Band)]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScore and Parts or Score only (you can choose)(PDF)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003earranged by Picarband\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuration：5'05\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher：Golden Hearts Publications（ONSA）\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProgram notes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis composition presents some excerpts from the last work of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). \u003cbr\u003eTURANDOT is a musical fairy tale and to tell it Puccini used seven motifs from the Chinese folk tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe musical construction is entrusted to particular scales from which the melodies and harmonies that create the particular oriental atmospheres are drawn.\u003cbr\u003eThe sound setting takes place in Beijing, the Forbidden City, the people gather in front of the imperial court, Princess Turandot appears, while the three ministers Ping Pong Pang entertain the suitor Calaf. Turandot announces her drastic decisions, a gallows stands in the public square and the executioner's blade is sharpened while awaiting execution. Poor and unhappy Liu also appears with a sweet motif, who does not reveal the name of the unknown Prince. Each character lives within his own sound world, with the appropriate music by Puccini. After Turandot's three riddles to test Calaf, who manages to solve them (it is hope, blood and Turandot herself) various events alternate and the intervention of the Emperor induces Turandot to respect the pacts. At the end of the work, love will win.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the succession of events, with the musical indications included in this arrangement:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI start with the choral part of \"Long live the Emperor\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuiet Andantino, moderate and pleasant Allegretto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAllegretto talked between the three ministers: Ping, Pong, Pang.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dramatic moment of public performance with \"Gira la cote\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreat finale with the motif \"At dawn I will win\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTurandot is an example of Puccini's attention to the exotic color, which draws from both folklore and the archaic, in an inseparable whole, with the musical structure at the service of the plot of this musical fairy tale. The simplicity of the themes serves to emphasize the theatrical effect, in this way Puccini tries to give modernity to his music, using a few notes, this to be immediately understood by the public and set it in Turandot's orientalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is enough to observe these melodies, based on a restricted use of notes, small intervals with increased degrees, arranged on oriental pentaphonic scales. All supported by harmonies between major and minor modes, with the exploitation of modal sequences and parallel chords, with the presentation of some highly effective melodic notes-pedals and melodic unisons.\u003cbr\u003eThe rhythm is presented with the use of obstinate metric schemes, thanks to the variety of the orchestration (as it appears in this instrumentation for wind orchestra) certain musical characteristics emerge; finally, the marked use of percussion, with the indication that some particular instruments can be used as desired to favor the colors of the oriental setting. \u003cbr\u003eThe arrangement is deliberately designed to facilitate the performance and allow young instrumental ensembles to make known and relive the motifs taken from the TURANDOT opera, in this unusual musical journey by PUCCINI to BEIJING.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Picarband)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tlid-translation translation\"\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\" class=\"\"\u003eReference music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e：\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GzY1ljzZDnM\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScore Sample：\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/goldenheartspublications\/docs\/a0_puccini_in_beijing_turandot_2021_edit_pdf_globa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/issuu.com\/goldenheartspublications\/docs\/00-score_-primavera_at_first_sight_-_goldenhearts_\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentation：\u003cbr\u003eFlute 1 \/ Piccolo\u003cbr\u003eFlute 2\u003cbr\u003eOboe (opt. sopr. sax)\u003cbr\u003eBassoon (opt.)\u003cbr\u003eBb Clarinet 1\u003cbr\u003eBb Clarinet 2\u003cbr\u003eBb Bass Clarinet (opt.)\u003cbr\u003eSoprano Saxophone (opt.)\u003cbr\u003eAlto Saxophone 1\u003cbr\u003eAlto Saxophone 2\u003cbr\u003eTenor Saxophone\u003cbr\u003eBaritone Saxophone (opt.)\u003cbr\u003eBb Trumpet 1\u003cbr\u003eBb Trumpet 2\u003cbr\u003eF Horn 1\u003cbr\u003eF Horn 2\u003cbr\u003eTrombone \/ Euphonium 1\u003cbr\u003eTrombone \/ Euphonium 2\u003cbr\u003eTuba\u003cbr\u003eTimpani\u003cbr\u003eGlockenspiel, Xylophone (1 player)\u003cbr\u003ePercussuion 1：Wood blocks (a 3)\/Snare Drum-Tom-toms\/Bass Drum (pedal)  (2 players) \u003cbr\u003ePercussuion 2：Suspended cymbal\/ Triangle\/Tambourine\/Gong\/Tam tam (2 players)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golden Hearts Publications","offers":[{"title":"[PDF ]Score only","offer_id":43288859869245,"sku":"GHPC-03-sc-pdf","price":23.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"[PDF] Score and Parts","offer_id":43288859902013,"sku":"GHPC-03-set-pdf","price":77.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0043\/7033\/3796\/products\/GHPC-03.jpg?v=1734423835","url":"https:\/\/global.goldenheartspublications.com\/products\/ghpc-03-pdf","provider":"Golden Hearts Publications Global Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}