Description
October (Autumn Song), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arranged by Paul Burnell for instruments in four parts
(The Seasons, Op. 37a: X. October, "Autumn Song")
Duration 3:30
Score in C
The arrangement is suitable for multiple quartet combinations with parts available (and potential instrumentations suggested) as follows:
Part 1: C, Eb (Flute, Oboe, Alto Recorder, Eb Clarinet, Violin 1)
Part 2: C, Bb, G (Alto Flute, Oboe, Tenor Recorder, Bb Clarinet, Violin 2)
Part 3: C, Bb, Eb, F (Bb Clarinet, Bass Recorder, Alto Saxophone, Horn in F, Violin 3, Viola)
Part 4: C, Bb, F (Bassoon, Great bass Recorder, Tenor Saxophone, Horn in F, 'Cello)
Part 4 may be played an octave lower than written - using the 'Bass Clef up 8' part.
Any other appropriate instruments, even if not suggested above, may play.
Programme note:
The Seasons, Op. 37a, is a set of twelve short pieces for solo piano by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893). Each piece portrays in music the character of a different month of the year in Russia. The tenth movement is October.
The following is a translation of the epigraph for October contained in the Russian edition (all chosen by the publisher Nikolay Bernard):
Octobre (October), Chant d'automne (Autumn Song)
Autumn, our poor garden is all falling down,
the yellowed leaves are flying in the wind.
(Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy)