Voltaires 1758 novella satirized the fashionable philosophies of his day and, especially, the catholic church whose inquisition routinely tortured and killed heretics in a ghastly event known as an auto da fe act of faith. He grows up in the barons castle under the tutelage of the scholar pangloss, who teaches him that this world is the best of all possible worlds. Ive also included the introductory lesson, as i think it is educational and humorous. Overture and suite overture you were dead, you know paris waltz bon voyage drowning music and the kings barcarolle ballad of eldorado i am easily assimilated tango the best of all possible worlds suite arranged by charlie harmon candide, the hero of voltaires novel of 1759, endures. Umich symphony band leonard bernstein make our garden grow from candide duration. Three meditations from mass feature cellist anthony ross, and this unusual program ends with the whimsical, rousing divertimento for orchestra. Candide suite by leonard bernstein 19181990 softcover. A score by legendary leonard bernstein is but the tip of the iceberg when it comes to candide and its theatrical offerings. Bernstein s own recording is important because its the only place you get all of candide s music so that you can hear his musical progression from childish to worldly.
Please note that this suite is available for performances of the jerome robbins choreography only availability. One fine spring morning, he took it into his head to take a. Cahn auditorium, evanston the best of all possible worlds. As a composer for the concert hall, bernsteins scores boldly united diverse musical elements at a time when it was unpopular to do so. Candide, overture to the operetta details allmusic. Candide is the illegitimate nephew of a german baron. The overture to candide is one of the most popular works in music. The work was extremely unsuccessful during its broadway premiere in 1956, and it is primarily only as. Candide is a comic operetta based on the work by voltaire. Jw pepper is your sheet music store for band, orchestra and choral music, piano sheet music, worship songs, songbooks and more. Based on the novella of the same name by the french writer voltaire, candide is a rarely performed operetta that helped cement bernsteins reputation as a brilliant composer and master of musical styles.
This project has been several years in the making and. On the 100th anniversary of leonard bernsteins birth, the army field band. Jun 06, 2015 in candide, bernstein fuses philosophy and comedy. It consists of five short movements, each dedicated to a friend. Bernstein s operetta candide 1956 is based on the french philosopher voltaires satirical 1759 novella of the same name. Candide suite leonard bernsteinclare grundman youtube. Austin symphonic band performing candide suite by leonard bernstein duration. Eiji oue and the minnesota orchestra present premiere recordings of leonard bernstein s suite from candide, five songs, and three meditiations from mass. Leonard bernstein, arranged by clare grundman arranged for symphonic band. Dec 09, 2018 candides sunny optimism is put to the test, as he encounters maneating sharks, duelling sultans and swindling conartists. Concert band sheet music book by leonard bernstein 19181990.
The satiric novella candide by voltaire was the basis for a political and musical satire, with a libretto by lillian hellman and music by leonard bernstein. Leonard bernstein 19181991 overture to candide bernsteins operetta candide was completed in 1956, and it premiered on broadway on december 1 of that year. Adaptation of leonard bernsteins overture to candide, arranged for a large wind orchestra. The austin symphonic band celebrates leonard bernsteins centennial with a concert of his greatest music, including divertimento, songs and dances from west side story, and the suite from mass. The selections include you were dead you know, paris waltz, bon voyage, drowning musicthe kings barcarolle, ballad. The overture and a new suite from candide, and orchestrations of five songs, with mezzo beth clayton. Bernstein porges, elsalibrettist the following text was automatically transcluded from category. Candide was struck with amazement, and could not for the soul of him conceive how he came to be a hero. Candide is an operetta with music composed by leonard bernstein, based on the 1759 novella of the same name by voltaire. The works overture is a wellknown favorite, of course, but this suite for orchestra enables audiences to discover some of the works lesserknown music in a programfriendly instrumental version lasting eighteen minutes. Candide this is the first release on cd and is the copy i have myself. Candide falls in love with the barons young daughter, cunegonde.
As a composer for the concert hall, bernstein s scores boldly united diverse musical elements at a time when it was unpopular to do so. The highprofile cast is led by opera stars jerry hadley candide, june anderson cunegonde, christa ludwig the old lady, and nicolai gedda the governor, among other roles. The dance suite for brass quintet 1989 is the last work completed by the american conductor and composer leonard bernstein. It includes a full booklet with an introductory essay on candide written by andrew porter, short bios on bernstein and several of the prominent soloists, black and white photos of the artists and of the recording session, and the full text of the lyrics. In 1759, the french playwright and satirist voltaire published his candide, a stinging indictment of the thenfashionable philosophical optimism of leibnitz. Bernsteins conducting is nothing less than thrilling. The concert concluded with leonard bernstein s candide suite and the contemporary popular selections from.
Candide as a musical has since had many reincarnations, but the sections of this suite utilize musical numbers that have remained virtually unchanged from the original broadway production. As a theatre composer, bernstein and his collaborators brought us such outstanding shows as on the town, wonderful town, west side story and candide. Candide suite leonard bernstein clare ewing grundman. Candide suite by leonard bernstein 19181990 parts sheet. This edition has been specially transcribed and adapted for symphonic wind band by clare grun. Bernstein candide download free sheet music and scores scorser. In 1953, the renowned playwright lillian hellman proposed to leonard bernstein that they adapt voltaires candide for the musical theater. T he december 1989 concert performance of candide, with. Make our garden grow the music box of wind redicural. The 2001 new grove dictionary states as composer, conductor, pianist, and pedagoguehe was the most famous and successful nativeborn figure in the history of american classical music.
Bernstein, leonard candide excerpts score and parts. Oct 16, 2010 candide suite and overture by leonard bernstein date. Candide is an innocent young man who lives in a sheltered paradise. Print and download in pdf or midi overture to candide. Another bernstein masterpiece loosley based on voltaires 1758 satirical novella the candide suite from the ever popular show candide. Overture to candide 1st c flute leonard bernstein alter beeler allegro molto con brio 3 i i i i i i 1 crex. Clare grundman includes the following in the full score of candide suite.
The baron catches the two kissing and expels candide from his home. Arranged by charlie harmon, this collection of piano duets of 10 selections from bernstein s candide includes the overture, best of all possible worlds, oh happy we, it must be me, the paris waltz, i am easily assimilated, the ballad of eldorado, bon voyage, we are women and make our garden grow. It is simply amazing how bernstein spins so much off of the candide theme. Variations on an octatonic scale transcribed for clarinet in bflat and cello. Candide suite and overture by leonard bernstein wind. With lyrical contributions from acerbic writers richard wilbur, dorothy parker and a young stephen sondheim, candide marries raucous humour with the extraordinary genius of leonard bernstein. The operetta was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by lillian hellman. Take voltaires timeless satire on the follies and foibles of the human race, add a score by leonard bernstein of west side story and wonderful town, and you get candide a madcap circus of a show. Candide introduction lyrics ever since 1759, when voltaire wrote candide in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a gayer place for readers. Music theater works formerly light opera works candide. After collaborating on the lark, a play with incidental music about joan of arc, leonard bernstein and lillian hellman turned their attention in 1954 to voltaires novella candide.
The comic operetta, candide, captures voltaires depiction of the cynicism of. When he turned to the comic operetta candide, bernstein already enjoyed extensive theater experience. Candide leonard bernstein, original broadway cast allmusic. Throughout the course of the show, however, this doctrine is constantly called into question as candide is, in one whirlwind act, exiled, forced into the bulgarian army, caught up in the spanish inquisition, cheated out of a fabulous fortune, shipwrecked on a remote island, and generally being relentlessly torn apart from his love, cunegonde. Candide selections for piano 4 hands leonard bernstein. A digital pdf of the teacher resource guide from the teaching music textbook 2. Deceptive cadence conductor marin alsop explains how her mentor, leonard bernstein, probes the essential questions of humanity in his comic. But it is nevertheless a joy to hear bernsteins eclectic score.
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