ChéŽ Faro (Gluck)

Michaelson utilizes the flutes as the featured instrument in this heartbreaking arrangement of Gluck's most famous aria from the opera "Orpheus." Orpheus is in despair at this point in the opera: he sings of losing his love Eruidice, "She is gone and gone forever," (Ché Faro senza Euridice). What is the point of staying on earth without her?

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Level: 2 | Duration: 3:45

Instrumentation
1st Flute
2nd Flute
Oboe*
1st Bb Clarinet
2nd Bb Clarinet
3rd Bb Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet*
Eb Alto Saxophone*
Bb Tenor Saxophone*
Eb Baritone Saxophone*

1st F Horn
2nd F Horn
1st Bb Trumpet
2nd Bb Trumpet
Trombone
Euphonium
(TC Baritone)
Tuba

Timpani
Percussion (glockenspiel)

Piano*

Parts marked with an asterisk (*) are NOT ESSENTIAL, although their presence will obviously enable a fuller realization of the composer's intentions to be achieved.

Program Notes
This is probably Gluck's most famous aria, coming from the opera "Orpheus" which was based on the Greek legend and produced in Vienna in 1762.

Orpheus is in despair at this point in the opera: he sings of losing his love Eruidice, "She is gone and gone forever," (Ché Faro senza Euridice). What is the point of staying on earth without her?