![]() University of Kentucky (Lexington) Wind Symphony (John Cody Birdwell, conductor) – 24 November 2019.Penn State University (University Park) Symphonic Band (Dennis Glocke, conductor) – 12 December 2019.NorthWinds Symphonic Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (John Bell, conductor) - 23 February 2020.University of Illinois (Champaign) Hindsley Symphonic Band (Anthony Messina, conductor) – 28 February 2020.Winds of Wisconsin (Madison) (Scott Teeple, conductor) - 1 March 2020.University of Central Florida (Orlando) Wind Ensemble (Scott Lubaroff, conductor) – 17 September 2020.Dallas (Tx.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) - 15 March 2022.To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project Audio CD: Dallas Wind Symphony (Frederick Fennell, conductor) - 1994.Program Notes from Program Notes for Band He returns it all in exchange for Schwanda, who plays the fugue on his bagpipe before he leaves, so that the servants of hell may hear the playing of a master bagpiper. He is rescued from hell, however, by Babinsky, who plays cards with the devil and wins everything he owns. In response to his wife’s questions of his fidelity, he cries, “If I have given the queen a single kiss, may the devil take me” - and the devil does. However, Schwanda is already married to Dorota, so the marriage to the queen is canceled. His irresistible playing does the trick, and the queen and Schwanda decide to get married, sealing their vow with a kiss. ![]() The polka is taken from a scene in which Schwanda plays for Queen Iceheart, who is waiting for someone who can melt her heart. The story involves Schwanda, the master bagpiper, and Babinsky, a robber who leads Schwanda on a series of adventures. The opera libretto, based on a Czech folk tale and adapted by Milos Kares from a play by Josef Tul, is a delightful mixture of humor, fantasy, satire, and realism. The score for band was transcribed by Glenn Cliffe Bainum in 1928. Polka and Fugue was introduced to American orchestra audiences in 1928 by the eminent Austrian-German conductor Erich Kleiber (a student and conductor in Prague in 1911-1912). For a time, Weinberger found himself both rich and famous. In the next few years it was performed in cities around the world, including the New York premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House on November 7, 1931. Over 2,000 performances were given in Europe between 19. The premiere was not noteworthy, but the revival in German (as Schwanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer) in Breslau, on December 16, 1928, was a sensation. Although excerpts from the opera (including the Polka from Act II, Scene 2, and the Fugue from the closing scene) had previously become successful concert pieces, the entire opera was first performed in Prague on April 27, 1927. Weinberger began seriously working on the opera Schwanda the Bagpiper in 1924. Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)Ĭost: Score and Parts - $95.00 | Score Only - $15.00
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