Composer: Leonard BernsteinThe Overture to Candide earned a place in the orchestral repertoire. After a successful first concert performance on January 26, 1957, by the New York Philharmonic under the composer's baton, it quickly became popular and was performed by nearly 100 other orchestras within the next two years. Since that time, it has become one of the most frequently performed orchestral compositions by a 20th century American composer; in 1987, it was the most often performed piece of concert music by Bernstein.
Music
The overture incorporates tunes from the songs "The Best of All Possible Worlds", "Battle Music", "Oh, Happy We", and "Glitter and Be Gay" and melodies composed specifically for the overture. Much of the music is written in time signatures such as 6/4 and 3/2, which are often combined with 4/4 and 2/2 to make effective 5/2s and 7/2s in places by rapid, regular switching between them and 3/2.
Instrumental
- piccolo
- two flutes
- two oboes
- one E-flat and two B-flat clarinets
- bass clarinet
- two bassoons
- contrabassoon
- four horns
- two trumpets
- three trombones
- tuba
- timpani
- a large but standard percussion contingent
- harp
- 1st violins
- 2nd violins
- violas
- cellos
- basses
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