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 RoeTRANSCRIPT
GREG ANDERSON
Carmen Fantasy Fantasy for two pianos based on themes by GEORGES BIZET
for Carl Berdahl
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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
