Midnight Sleighride (Prokofiev)

The music from ‘Lieutenant Kijé’ was Prokofiev’s first attempt at composing film music. In 1933 he was commissioned by the Soviet Union to compose music for a film of the same name and he later adapted this music into an orchestral suite that has since become highly popular. ‘Troika’, which forms the 4th movement of this 5 movement suite, was composed to give the impression of a fast winter’s journey on a troika which is a traditional sleigh pulled by three horses. With the inclusion of sleigh-bells in the orchestration it has been often associated with the Christmas period and still is to this day.

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Level: 5 | Duration: 3:00

Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Clarinet 1
B-flat Clarinet 2
B-flat Clarinet 3
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone

B-flat Trumpet 1
B-flat Trumpet 2
B-flat Trumpet 3
Horn 1
Horn 2
Horn 3
Horn 4
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Baritone T.C.
Tuba

Percussion 1 (timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone)
Percussion 2 (drum set)
Percussion 3 (sleigh bells)