Chabrier: Suite Pastorale II.Danse Villageoise - wind dectet/bass
Emmanuel Chabrier composed a set of ten pieces for piano called Pièces pittoresques (Picturesque pieces)
. Four of the set were later orchestrated by the composer to make his Suite Pastorale.
This is my arrangement of mvt 2 Danse Villageoise (Village Dance)
It is arranged for double wind quintet/bass.
Flute 2 plays piccolo and flute.
The Clarinet parts are for Clarinet in A.
Danse villageoise (Village dance)
It is in A minor, 2/4; Allegro risoluto (dedicated to Yvonne de Montesquieu)
Danse villageoise, in a more traditional ternary form, provides a slightly heavy-footed contrast and illustrates the rustic spirit of Chabrier yet with precise polyphony (with some elements of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 25). The decisive scherzo is in A minor while the hesitating trio is in A major.
PDF Score and parts
Double wind quintet/bass