Greg Anderson. Carmen Fantasy for 2 Pianos

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A concert fantasy in the grand romantic tradition, the Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos weaves together several distinct scenes from Georges Bizet's beloved opera Carmen. Serving as an introduction, the work begins with the "Danse Bohémienne" from Act IV, a ballet that is almost always cut from modern performances of the opera. (Incidentally, Bizet used the same material as incidental music to L'Arlésienne.) The introduction is followed by the "Aragonaise" (originally the entr’acte to Act IV, a scene just before the opera’s climactic bullfight), the famous "Habanera" from Act I (in which Carmen sings “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle,” or, “Love is a rebellious bird"), and the "Card Aria" from Act III (in which Carmen reads in the cards that both she and Don José are doomed to die). Following the terrifying omen of death, the music cuts to the "Flower Song" from Act II, a scene that epitomizes that love Don José and Carmen once shared for one another. Ultimately, the juxtaposition serves to highlight the tragedy of the opera without actually recreating the opera's climactic recitative (in which Don José murders his former lover, Carmen). The fantasy concludes with a party scene from the beginning of Act II, in which Carmen and her friends entertain army officer with a song about gypsy girls (much like themselves). The music accelerates in a whirlwind of fevered rhythm, Basque tambourins, and ecstatic dance.— Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Joy Roe

Transcript of Greg Anderson. Carmen Fantasy for 2 Pianos

GREG ANDERSON

Carmen Fantasy Fantasy for two pianos based on themes by GEORGES BIZET

for Carl Berdahl

© 2011 AWKWARD FERMATA PRESS. All Rights Reserved.

Published by Awkward Fermata Press.

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Public performance licensed by ASCAP.

ISBN-13: 978-0-9830625-1-6

Copyright © 2010 Awkward Fermata Press. All Rights Reserved.

Suspended q = 66

GREG ANDERSON

for Carl Berdahl

Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianosbased on themes by Georges Bizet

Piano 1

Piano 2

p

5

pp

9

clear top notes

pp

2

12

15

dim. and poco rit.

pp

P. 2

cresc.

P. 2

3

Allegro Vivo. With a swagger q. = 72

22

f

mp

3

ppp

30

f

3

3

3

3

p snappy

37

mp

sf

3

3

sf

pp3

4

41

46

p snappy

3

5

5f

rhapsodic

50

3 3

10

5

55

pp

3 3

3

pp secco

63

mp

f

mp

mp

3

3

3

3

f

3 3

mp

f

mp

f

mf

3 3 3 3

3 3

69

mf

sf

mf

sf

3

6

76

sf p

pp

3

sf

with authority

white keys

3

5

gliss.

3

83

f

3

ff

3

3

3

88

p

3

mp

7

96

3 3

3 3

3

103

mf

with bravura

cresc.

3

3

3 3

3 3

p snappy

110

f

f

3

8

116

allagrando

tenuto

5

5 5 5

123

ff

a tempo

sub. p

ff

a tempo

sub. ppp

5 5

130

mp

3

3

p

3

9

139

tiring

take time

5 7 7

3

tiring

145

poco a poco dim.

poco a poco dim.

150

poco rit.

3 3

3 3

poco rit.

10

Sultry, with a snap q = 58158

mp

mp

3

5

mp

ppp

p ppp

5

165

3

3

mf

with a snap mp

3

3

3 3

168

p

mp

a little eerie

7

6

11

172

mf

p

175

secco

9

secco

9

3

178

ppp

10 10 10

mf cantabile, prominent upper voice

from another world

pp

take time

12

181

11 11 10

183

10 10 10 10

185

black keys

gliss.

mp

10

with loads of character

mp

6

13

188

3

191

3

3

194

14

197

f

mp

f

mf

13 3

p

200

f

mp

3

11

7

f

203

With newfound urgency q = 90

mf

mp

legato

6

3

mf

p take time

mp

legato

3 3 6

ppp

15

207

3 6

pp

3 3 3

mp

3

6

3 3 3 3

211

3

mf

3

3

3

3

215

12

16

218

mf

cresc.

mf

12

221

ff

3

3

sf

10

reckless ff

3

3

225

f

fff

with great gusto

3

3

5

3

sf

3

3

17

229

f

3

5 5

f

mf

mp

233

11 13

236

ff

mp

12

ff

p

3

6

3

6

18

240

ff

ff

f

3

6

3

6

3

6 9

244

f

247

Andante molto moderato q = 58

p

3

19

250

mf

cantabile, espressivo, et sentimentale

257

p shimmer

3 3 3

261

more

3

3

66

20

264

3

33

266

pp

articulate and with brewing energy

3

7 7 3 3

cantabile,prominent L.H. melody

mf

268

poco a poco cresc.

10 10 11 1010

11

poco a poco cresc.

21

270

1010

11 1010

11

272

1010

1111 10

11

274

1110

10 11

10

10

3 5

22

276

ff

b

11

9

10

5

ff

3 3

3

impetuous

3 3

278

Soaring q = 70

b

sub. p

molto espressivo

rit.

cantabile, simple

3

33

3

sub. p

3

3 3

3

33

283

cresc. and poco accel.

3

3 3 3

3

3 3 3

3

33

3

cresc. and poco accel.

66

23

286

3

3 33

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

mf cantabile

3

66

289 Poco più mosso q = 80

mp

293

poco a poco dim.

poco a poco dim.

24

297

sempre dim.

cantabile

senza rit.

sempre dim.

senza rit.

Allegretto q = 80, sempre accel. 302

p

articulate

p

articulate

307

25

312

317Intense q = 112, sempre accel.

p

sf

p but very intense

322

26

327

332

mf

336

ff

3

ff

27

340

pp

ff

3

pp

secco

ff

3

344

q = 142, sempre accel.

pp

p with flair

6

pp

p with flair

350

6 6

28

354

6

p

cresc.

mf

5

358

sub. p

poco a poco cresc.

mf

sf

sf

363

f

allargando

ff

ff

allargando

29

Presto q = 160367

mp

a bit hyper

sub. pp

371

1

375

f

mf

sf mf

3

mp

30

379

sfmf

sff

cresc.

382

f

f

385

sub. p

mp

31

Piú Presto q = 172389

L.H. dry and crisp

p

pp

393

396

pp

mp

mf

p secco

pp

L.H. dry and crisp

32

400

p

403

p

406

poco allagrando and cresc.

molto cresc.

poco allagrando and cresc.

1

molto cresc.

1

1

33

409

mf

sf

sf

ff

413

sf

gliss.

gliss.

gliss.

417

ff

mf

34

421

sf

sub. mp

sub. mp

425

accel. and cresc.

accel. and cresc.

429Towering q = 182

fff sf

sf

sf

sf

fff

gliss.

gliss.

sf

35

434

sf

sf

sf

sf sf

sf

sf

sf

439

sub. mp

cresc.

sub. mp

cresc.

1

443

sf

sf

36

446

broad

broad

450

accel.

a tempo

accel.

a tempo

sf

454

tenuto

sf

sf

sf

sf

tenuto

sf

37