Vocal Score-Nyman's 2011 The Prologue to ‘Dido and Aeneas’ is a prologue to Henry Purcell's opera on a libretto by Nahum Tate. The libretto is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recountsthe love of Dido Queen of Carthage for the Trojan hero Aeneas and her despair when he abandons her. This edition of the work is scored for SATB with Piano reduction.

Poul Ruders' Prologue To Dido And Aenas by Henry Purcell (2011). Text by Nahum Tate. Commissioned by The Danish National Vocal Ensemble / DR Scored for Mixed Choir (SATB) String Quartet Percussion Theorbe and Harpsichord.Vocal score available: WH31460CParts available: WH31460A

Ballet Héroïque In Einem Prolog und Vier Akten-The new scholarly-critical edition of the score of Rameau’s “ballet h?ro?que” Les Indes galantes finally clears up its convoluted source history. At the first performance on 23 August 1735 it consisted of a prologue and three acts: Le Turc g?n?reux Les Incas du P?rou and Les Fleurs. But Les Fleurs already proved controversial in the early performances and from 11 September of that same year it was given a wholly new form. For the revival on 10 March 1736 Rameau and Fuzelier added an entirely new act Les Sauvages and in the years that followed the “ballet h?ro?que”was presented either complete (1743 1751 and 1761) or abridged with a prologue Les Incas du P?rou and Les Sauvages (1751–73).With regard to the instrumental movements (dances and descriptive pieces) the present publication is based on the complete edition Opera Omnia Rameau (OOR) volumes IV/2 and IV/7 edited by Sylvie Bouissou. It includes not only the orchestral pieces in the version deemed valid by Rameau in 1736 (with version 2 of Les Fleurs and Les Sauvages) but also those from the first version of Les Fleurs (1735) as well as its 1743 and 1773 revisions. Performers are thus given a complete selection of all the orchestral numbers from one of Rameau’s central stage works for use also in concert performance.– Based on Opera Omnia Rameau (OOR) Series IV/2 and IV/7– Well-presented layout in a format of 23.7 x 33 cm

Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Richer than ever – Rameau’s “Zoroastre” in the version of 1756. Opera in five acts. Rameau’s revised version of his opera “Zoroastre”, which could be heard and seen between 20 January 1756 and 26 March 1757 at the Académie royale de musique, was favourably received. Also from today’s point of view the work profits dramaturgically from many of the changes and seems altogether richer and more tightly woven than the original of 1749. The subject matter of the libretto, derived from Ancient Persian sources, is timeless: the struggle between good and bad. The good is embodied by the religious reformer Zoroastre, a representative of the supreme light being Orosmade. He is opposed by the ambitious magician Abramane who serves Ariman, the spirit of the dark. The opera includes some of Rameau’s most ecstatic and spiritual musical numbers, such as the episode of sun worship in Act 3 with the sublime „Hymne à la Lumière“, which, for unknown reasons, was not integrated in the revision of 1756. It is therefore included in Appendix 3 of this Bärenreiter edition. Incidentally, with “Zoroastre” the prologue, wh ich had been customary since the beginnings of French opera in the 1670s, was abandoned. Instead Rameau was the first to introduce an overture which set the scene for the entire drama and thereby anticipated Gluck’s opera reform by many years. Here we present the instrumental numbers for concert performance. - Based on the first scholarly-critical edition, published as part of “Opera Omnia Rameau” - Instrumental numbers in order of performance, but also grouped by key in the list of contents, enabling them to be combined freely into orchestral suites - Published with performance material on hire / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Composed by the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinü in 1927  La Revue De Cuisine is a ballet initially created for a sextet. This score was reviewed and tailored for an Orchestra. This ballet talking about the life of kitchen utensils is divided in ten sections: 1. Prologue (Allegretto) 2. Introduction (Tempo de marche) 3. Danse du moulinet autour du caudron (Poco meno) 4. Danse du chaudron et du couvercle (Allegro) 5. Tango (Danse d'amour. Lento) 6. Duel (Poco a poco allegro. Tempo di Charleston) 7. Entracte (Lamentation du chaudron. Allegro moderato) 8. Marche funèbre(Adagio) 9. Danse radieuse (Tempo di marche) 10. Fin du drame (Allegretto) The story focuses on the marriage of the Pot and Lid which is put at risk by the Twirling Stick and the music features some strong jazz influences. Bohuslav Martinü(1890-1959) also wrote 13 other ballets 15 operas and 6 symphonies and some orchestral and chamber music. Instrumentation: Clarinet Bassoon Trumpet Violin Cello Piano.

Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis based on a libretto by Peter Kien, ambiguously termed in the prologue as 'a kind of opera', was composed in the ghetto Terezín in 1943/44 and is considered one of the 'milestones of intellectual resistance' in Terezín and far beyond. The libretto takes a firm stand on the political situation in life by using the means of a mystery play. In the tradition of the Zeitoper (opera of the time) of the 1920s, Ullmann used direct quotations to assign his music the role of political commentator. / Conducteur De Poche

Score-Morton Gould's Jekyll And Hyde Variations for Orchestra. Full score.'Jekyll and Hyde' is in the form of a Thematic Prologue and Thirteen Fantastic Variations. Dmitri Mitropoulos conducted thePhilharmonic-Symphony Society of New York in the world premiere of this work in Carnegie Hall on February 2 1957 and the first broadcast performance on February 3 over the CBS radio network.

Deluxe Score-Includes optional vocal solo and SATB choir (40 parts included). Theme may be performed year-round as a single movement. I. Prologue II. Theme III. Christmas Eve Finale