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Le Carnaval Romain (Roman Carnival Overture), Op. 9 was composed by Hector Berlioz in 1843 and first performed at the Salle Herz in Paris on 3 February 1844. It is nine minutes of dashing music, orchestrated in Berlioz’s brightest colors, originally intended as the prelude to the second act of his opera Benvenuto Cellini. After the more or less debacle of the opera Berlioz reused the music as a stand-alone overture intended for concert performance and was a resounding success.

In this transcription the original color of instrumentation by Berlioz is maintained. 

A great and challenging overture for wind orchestras.

‘Pater Noster’ (our Father) by the Russian composer Nikolai Kedrov is a short but deeply moving chorus of the most famous Christian prayer. The work is an example of the Russian vocal tradition: simple in design, but rich in sound and emotion.

Nikolaj Kedrov, founder of the famous Kedrov Vocal Quartet, emigrated to France after the Russian Revolution. ‘Pater Noster’ was composed around 1922 during his exile in Paris.

It is an intimate. personal and inner prayer rather than a liturgical proclamation.

A beautiful arrangement for the sound and colour of a wind orchestra.