Broadway / Opera

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INSTRUMENTAL SELECTIONS

MP3 Title Composed (Arranged)
"Goldilocks" Overture   (From Leroy Anderson's only Broadway Musical.) Leroy Anderson
"Goldilocks" Suite for Orchestra   (4 selections from Leroy Anderson's only Broadway musical.) Leroy Anderson
"Hello Dolly!" Overture   (Jerry Herman's first Tony-Award winning Broadway mega hit musical.) Jerry Herman (Don Pippin)
"La Cage aux Folles" Overture   (From Jerry Herman's 1983 Tony-Award winning musical.) Jerry Herman (Robert Wendel)
"Mack & Mabel" Overture   (Jerry Herman's musical about the silent film era.) Jerry Herman (Don Pippin)
"Mame" Overture   (Surely one of Broadway's most thrilling overtures ever!) Jerry Herman (Don Pippin)
"Milk & Honey" Overture   (Jerry Herman's first Broadway musical full of beautiful and stirring melodies.)     Jerry Herman (Hershey Kay)
Movin' Out   (A medley of 4 Billy Joel Songs with or without singers.) Billy Joel (Robert Wendel)
Orfeo's "Rockatta"   (Monteverdi's 400 year old classic revisited in a rock music vernacular.) (Robert Wendel)
The Pussyfoot Ballet   (A musical romp from the Leroy Anderson Musical "Goldilocks.") (Robert Wendel)
Theme From New York, New York   (From The Motion Picture and now playing on Broadway.) Kander and Ebb, Arr.: Robert Wendel
The Rocky Horror Picture Show   (A medley of 5 songs from the midnight musical classic!) (Robert Wendel)
Viva Puccini!   (A medley of Puccini's greatest 5 melodies.) (Robert Wendel)

Detailed listings

THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description Here is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York, composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. Perfect for a Hollywood Music concert or any big band tribute concert it can also be used as a great tribute to Frank Sinatra!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2+opt B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:3:45
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

MOVIN' OUT (Billy Joel Medley)

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: A medley of Billy Joel songs including "Movin' Out," "Just The Way You Are," "Uptown Girl," and "Big Shot" all used in the Broadway Show "Movin' Out" conceived by Twila Tharp. This medley was originally commissioned by the Cincinnati Pops for Erich Kunzel and the copyright holders have given us permission to make it available on a limited basis to other orchestras as well.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2+ B Cl/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Set, Glock, Chimes, Xylophone, Vibes, Triangle, Bass Drum, Piatti, Tambourine, Cabassa, Mark Tree, guitar[opt], bass guitar[opt], piano[opt], and Strings. OPTIONAL: SATB chorus and/or 1-3 soloists.
Duration:6:35
Rental Fee:$300/+$150/+&75 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Medley)

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: A midnight showing cult-classic film for 40 years now, revived on Broadway in 2000, featured in the TV show "Glee" in 2010, and touring nearly constantly around the world, and available for symphony orchestra at last! Reach out to your younger audiences with this Rock-oriented show score. Songs include: Science Fiction Double Feature, Damn It Janet, Over At The Frankenstein Place, Hot Patootie Bless My Soul, and of course, LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap set, Mark Tree, Xylophone, Glock, Chimes, Tam-Tam and Bass Drum, opt Piano, and Strings
Duration:5:45
Rental Fee:$240/+$120/+$60 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes:A student orchestra string set with Vln 1, Vln, 2, Violin 3/Viola, Cello and Bass parts available on request.

THE PUSSY FOOT BALLET from "GOLDILOCKS"

by Leroy Anderson
Description: From Leroy Anderson's only Broadway musical comes this amazing 3-minute romp for orchestra drawn from the original Broadway score.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/2/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:2:55
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

ORFEO'S "ROCKATTA"

by Monteverdi, arr. Robert Wendel
Description: 2007 marked the 400th anniversary of what is considered to be the first "modern" opera, so I've "updated" the Toccatta from Monteverdi's "Orfeo" for the pop/rock generation, complete with a development section. Terrific for Pops AND Young People's Concerts, ESPECIALLY if you open the concert with the first 14 bars (as Monteverdi wrote it) then close the concert with the FULL work. Four hundred years then comes full circle!
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap set, Chimes, Glock, Tam-Tam, Piatti and Bass Drum, and Strings
Duration:2:45
Rental Fee:$150/+$75/+$37.50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

VIVA PUCCINI!

arranged by Robert Wendel
Description: A medley of some famous melodies from Madamma Butterfly, Girl of the Golden West, Gianni Schicci, La Boheme, and Turandot.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, 2-3 percussion, harp, and strings
Duration:7:00
Rental Fee:$280/+$140/+$70 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes:Commissioned by the Jacksonville Symphony
Notes:This piece was the hit of our "That's Amore" program. At both concerts, it received a standing ovation! - Karen Peters, Orlando Philharmonic Librarian.

Original Broadway Overtures

These are NOT arrangements. These are the ORIGINAL overtures as provided by the composers, prepared and re-edited for pops orchestra from the original Broadway pit parts. All doublings and non-standard instruments (such as saxes) have been eliminated, and alternatives provided for special solos such as guitar, banjo, and accordion while still retaining as closely as possible, the original cast album sound.

All newly printed using "Finale" (not xerox copies of manuscript) with full conductors scores provided for the first time ever!

All selections ASCAP

GOLDILOCKS

by Leroy Anderson
Description: A lost "gem" has now been resurrected at long last! This is the Overture from Leroy Anderson's one-and-only Broadway Show, revised and reorchestrated by the composer, and edited for standard Symphony orchestra by Robert Wendel and approved by the Anderson family.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/2/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2 percussion, harp [opt], and strings
Duration:4:35
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

by Jerry Herman
Description: Motif Fanfares, La Cage Aux Folles, With Anne On My Arm, Song On The Sand, I Am What I Am, The Best Of Times Is Now. This is the album overture version, with a concert finale added by Robert Wendel and personally authorized by Jerry Herman.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, and strings
Duration:4:30
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

MAME

by Jerry Herman
Watch our YouTube Concert Video
Description: Ranked along side "Gypsy" and "Candide" as among the best of the broadway overtures. Fanfare, Open A New Window, My Best Girl, If He Walked Into My Life, That's How Young I feel, and Mame. As heard on the original cast album.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, opt Banjo, and strings
Duration:4:30
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

MACK & MABEL

by Jerry Herman
Description: Selections in this original Broadway Overture include: Movies Were Movies, Look What Happened To Mabel, I Won't Send Roses, Where Ever He Aint!, When Mabel Comes In The Room.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, piano/celeste, opt Banjo, and strings
Duration:5:15
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

HELLO DOLLY! (1996 version)

by Jerry Herman
Description: Put On Your Sunday Clothes, It Only Takes A Moment, Before The Parade Passes By, Hello Dolly (Jerry Herman's favorite version, arranged by Don Pippin and brilliantly orchestrated by Larry Blank).
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, and strings
Duration:4:40
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).
Notes:This is NOT the version recorded on the Varese-Serabande "New Broadway Cast" recording issued prior to the 1994 Broadway revival.

MILK and HONEY

by Jerry Herman
Arranged and orchestrated by Hershey Kay
Description: Here is the original overture to Jerry Herman’s first Broadway hit! Milk & Honey Fanfares, Shalom, Independence Day Hora, Let's Not Waste A Moment, That Was Yesterday, Milk & Honey.
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, harp, and strings
Duration:4:20
Rental Fee:$200/+$100/+$50 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

GOLDILOCKS Suite for Orchestra

by Leroy Anderson
 
Description: This is a terrific "overview" of the Broadway score and its critically acclaimed dance music, from a fox trot to a Viennese Waltz, to a fast paced gallop!
Included Works:
  • Overture  
  • Town House Maxixe  
  • Lady In Waiting Ballet  
  • The Pussy Foot  
Instrumentation:2+picc/2/2/2 - 4/3/2/1 - Timpani, Trap Drums, 2-3 percussion, and strings
Duration:15:00
Rental Fee:$400/+$200/+$100 - ($1st perf/+$2nd perf/+$3rd perf or more each).

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