Bizet: A Carmen Suite - wind quintet

A Medley of pieces from Bizet's Carmen Suites 1 and 2, arranged wind quintet.

The Carmen Suites are two suites of orchestral music drawn from the music of Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen and compiled posthumously by his friend Ernest Guiraud. They adhere very closely to Bizet's orchestration.

This medley includes the following pieces:

• Prélude – Act I, prelude (fate motive)
• Aragonaise – Interlude (entr'acte) before act 4
• Habanera: Act 1, aria (Carmen) – "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
• Séguedille – Act 1, Carmen: "Près des remparts de Séville"
• Les Toréadors – Theme from prelude to act 1 and Procession of the Toreadors from act 4: "Les voici! voici la quadrille des Toreros!"

Clarinet parts in A/Bb provided

Alternative bass clarinet for bassoon part.

Preview links to mp3