Dance of the Hours
Ponchielli arr Steve Marshall
SoSATBBGbCb opt SubCb. Steve says: The Dance of the Hours is a ballet that forms part of the opera La Gioconda, composed by Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886). It soon became popular as a stand-alone piece, and it is one of those pieces that most people will recognise, even if they can’t put a name to it. Not only did it form part of the 1940 animated film ‘Fantasia’, but it has been used in countless films, TV programmes and comedy routines. My arrangement ignores how the piece has been mistreated over the years, and presents it as faithfully as is possible, given that recorder orchestra are very different from symphony orchestras! Performance time is about six minutes.
SoSATBBGbCb opt SubCb. Steve says: The Dance of the Hours is a ballet that forms part of the opera La Gioconda, composed by Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886). It soon became popular as a stand-alone piece, and it is one of those pieces that most people will recognise, even if they can’t put a name to it. Not only did it form part of the 1940 animated film ‘Fantasia’, but it has been used in countless films, TV programmes and comedy routines. My arrangement ignores how the piece has been mistreated over the years, and presents it as faithfully as is possible, given that recorder orchestra are very different from symphony orchestras! Performance time is about six minutes.
