5e Balletsuite ”The Bolt” - Wind Band

Wind Band - Shostakovich wrote his ballet "The Bolt" (bolt) in the years 1930-1931. Venue is a plant in the Soviet Union. Drunk workers get their redundancy and revenge n tries to sabotage the workers a lathe. He cites a colleague about a bolt in the machine to drop. These colleagues will, however at the last minute repentance and the saboteur is vastgenomen.In 1931, the composer of the ballet suite of 8 parts, of which Jean Cosemans six parts expertly arranged for concert band. Part 1 - (Overture) trumpets announce the momentous to the overture, backed by the full orchestra. Then the initial theme into a rich contrast allegro. Part 2 (The bureaucrat) begins with a duet for flute and bassoon and alternates with trombone glissandos. Part 3 (The Dance of the Drayman) shows the typical trombone glissando to sing and dance a proud throughout the orchestra. Volume 4 (Dance of the colonial slave woman) begins at a slow pace and then goes into a presto tempo dance-with a leading role for flutes and clarinets. Part 5 (The appeaser) is a long shiny xylophone solo, which apparently a nonentity voorstelt.Deel 6 (General dance and apotheosis) is the sparkling finale of the ballet. This magnificent work is only suitable for brass bands from the highest branches.

Specifications

Composer	Dmitri Shostakovich
Arranger	Jean Cosemans
Difficulty	E - difficult
Duration	00:20:15
Year of publication	1995