Instrumentation
1 - Piccolo
4 - Flute 1
4 - Flute 2
1 - Oboe 1
1 - Oboe 2
4 - B♭ Clarinet 1
4 - B♭ Clarinet 2
4 - B♭ Clarinet 3
2 - B♭ Bass Clarinet
1 - E♭ Contra Alto Clarinet
2 - Bassoon 1 & 2
1 - Contrabassoon
2 - E♭ Alto Saxophone 1
2 - E♭ Alto Saxophone 2
2 - B♭ Tenor Saxophone
1 - E♭ Baritone Saxophone
3 - B♭ Trumpet 1
3 - B♭ Trumpet 2
3 - B♭ Trumpet 3
2 - F Horn 1& 2
2 - F Horn 3 & 4
2 - Trombone 1
2 - Trombone 2
2 - Trombone 3
2 - Bass Trombone
2 - Euphonium B. C.
2 - Euphonium T. C.
4 - Tuba
1 - Double Bass
1 - Timpani
3 - Mallets (Orchestra Bells,
Tubular Bells, Xylophone)
4 - Percussion 1 (Anvils, Cymbals,
Finger Cymbals, Tambourine,
Triangle)
3 - Percussion 2 (Suspended Cymbal,
Snare Drum, Bass Drum)
Italian Rhapsody (5:30 )
Grade 5
by Julie Giroux
Commissioned by Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel
(né Arnaldo Domenico Antonio Gabriele)
Dedicated to Ferdinando and Filomena Gabriele,
my loving parents.
Program Notes
Italian Rhapsody is a collection of Italian folk songs and a few operatic excerpts scored with Italian gusto! Solo Clarinet opens this work with a certain Mafioso flair developing into a devious rendition of "The Italian Wedding Song #2" (The Wedding Tarantella). "Caderna," composed by A. D. Arcangelo, is presented in both an Italian street band and contemporary march style. Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème "Quando m’en vo" (Musetta’s Waltz) makes an appearance as an accordion player serenading young lovers in the moonlight. The finale features Luigi Denza’s "Funiculi! Funicula!," Giuseppi Verdi’s Il Trovatore (Act II - Anvil Chorus) and Gioacchino Rossini’s Barber of Seville.
Italian operatic and folk song musical quotes are interlaced throughout the work. See if you can find them all! Scored with an Italian passion for family and feasting, Italian Rhapsody is definitely one very Spicy Meatball! - J.G.
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