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October 4, 2020
ROSSINI William Tell overture | Nicolas BALDEYROU and friends !
Nicolas BALDEYROU
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Dear friends, I hope youโre well and all spent a very nice summer despite of the strange conditions ! It has been a long I didnโt post anything but I wanted to record a longer piece as usual, and I have to say that took quite a lot of time ๐
๐ Then I decided to arrange the whole Rossini Guillaume Tell overture in my personal wind band version โค๏ธโจ
This real symphonic poem ahead of its time starts with an incredible cello quintet describing a sunrise over the Swiss Alps, supported by basses and some timpani rolls announcing the storm coming. And I felt that this introduction would particularly fit for a bass clarinet ensemble and a contrabass.
The second movement of William Tellโs overture, the storm, is a highly dramatic moment depicting the episode in the 4th act when William is weathering a storm on a ship on his way to jail, taking the rudder and running aground on the beach.
The third movement is the famous ยซ Ranz des vaches ยป that Rossini chose to be played by the English horn and the flute.
A Ranz des Vaches or Kuhreihen is a simple melody traditionally played on the horn by the Swiss Alpine herdsmen as they drove their cattle to or from the pasture. The Kuhreihen was linked to the Swiss nostalgia and Homesickness (also known as mal du Suisse "Swiss illness" or Schweizerheimweh "Swiss homesickness").
In my personal version, weโll have lovely sheeps instead of cows, hope you wonโt mind ๐๐
Suddenly, the peaceful pastoral scene is interrupted by a fast-paced, high-intensity galop, which was a popular style of ballroom dance at the time. Titled โThe March of the Swiss Soldiersโ, it points toward the majestic final scenes of the opera, where the Swiss Armed Forces free their homeland from Austrian rule.
I would like to thank again and again all my friends who joined me for this video :
Anne-Sophie Neves piccolo
Magali Mosnier flute
Hรฉlรจne Devilleneuve Oboe
Julien Hardy French bassoon
David Guerrier Trumpet
Antoine Ganaye Trombone
Stay safe, have a very nice Sunday and see you in two weeks for a brand new video ! โค๏ธ
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