Czardas

Paul Hart has crafted a challening original work for band around the traditional Hungarian folk dance form, the Czardas!

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Level: 5 | Duration: 10:15

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

Cornet 1
Cornet 2
Cornet 3
B-flat Trumpet 1
B-flat Trumpet 2
F Horn 1/2
F Horn 3/4
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Baritone T.C.
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion 1 (xylophone, triangle, tambourine, suspended cymbal, vibraphone, bells)
Percussion 2 (snare drum, temple blocks, suspended cymbal)
Percussion 3 & 4 (crash cymbals, tambourine, suspended cymbal, bass drum, finger cymbals, bowed tam-tam, ratchet)

Program Notes
“Some time ago Charles Hine, a dear friend, asked me ‘Isn't it about time you wrote a Czardas?’

It wasn't such a silly idea. I'd studied violin as a child and having learnt numerous show pieces in that style I felt quite at home with the genre. Later in my youth I was lucky enough to work occasionally as accompanist to a lovely lady & singer Eve Boswell, who was partly Hungarian, and was generous enough to give me further insight into the nature of Czardas.

Whilst the Wind Ensemble is not the instrumentation one might expect for such a piece the form is traditional, albeit rather more long-winded than some of the fiddle 'lollypops'.”

- Paul Hart