![]() ![]() Maybe it’s because I get to pretend I’m a timpani, which is fun in small doses. I just find that part quite satisfying on my bass clarinet (at least in the band arrangement I’ve never played the orchestral part). I don’t know exactly why, but I love playing that loud bass part (0:40). Next we have a dialogue between the forceful brass, basses and percussion and the chirpy winds and strings. The strings have a pizzicato accompaniment on the offbeats instead of the heavier trumpet/trombone offbeats from the first time around. The second time through, however, is a little lighter, using trumpet, xylophone, possibly some upper woodwinds. Overture to candide score full#This new theme is presented in full force with a emphatic echo by the low voices. Sound familiar? Nice foreshadowing by the bones there. Go back to 0:15 and listen to the trombones (the camera even focuses on them). While the melody starts off the same for the second time, it veers into raucous new territory at 0:28. The melody finishes and the fanfare repeats itself. Then away we go with a fast, rippling melody in the strings over a slightly shifted oom-pah support (the strong bass beats are actually on count 4 instead of the naturally dominant 1). I love that this video was on YouTube, because I think it’s great to see Lenny himself conducting the piece.īernstein immediately grabs your attention with a huge timpani hit and a brass fanfare. Overture to candide score windows 7#Until Windows 7 took away the option to customize that *grumblegrumble* Maybe I should use it as a ringtone instead… I love this piece so much I had the opening and closing bits as my Windows startup/shutdown music for years. There were even more changes, but I enjoyed the production immensely and am glad I finally got to see it. I had the good fortune to see Candide on stage in Chicago a few years ago. The link in the previous sentence has a good summary of the ups and downs of the show, and does a much better job describing it than I would. The musical version has a long and complicated history, beginning with the first production from the 1950s. The show is based on the book of the same name, a satirical work from 1759 written by Voltaire. Leonard Bernstein is probably known best for his music for the musical West Side Story (which is awesome as well), but I can’t get enough of one of his other musicals: Candide. I couldn’t wait too long before talking about the Overture to Candide. Directed and newly adapted by Mary Zimmerman (2011). Geoff Packard and Lauren Molina in the Huntington Theatre Company’s CANDIDE. ![]()
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