"The Swan (Le Cygne) from "Carnival of Animals" Tuba Solo. Camille Saint-Saëns. Play Along!

Happy Wednesday BrassNation, we have a gorgeous interpretation of "The Swan" from "Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns arr. Drew Fennell, featuring Tuba Solo with Piano by Brian Kelley. This beautiful arrangement comes in six versions: Bb High, Bb Low, C High, C Low, Eb and F Major with transposing parts in all practical keys and clefs (listed below) for flexible Solo Instrument and Range choice. SHEET MUSIC & PIANO BACKING TRACKS are Available for DOWNLOAD at https://www.matonizz.com/product/the-swan/

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Musicians:

Brian Kelley (Tuba at RCB)
Online Lessons: briankelleytuba@gmail.com
Instrument Used:
https://www.dfmusicinc.com/John-Packer-EEb-Tuba-4-valve-comp-p/jp277.htm

Birute Stundziaite (Piano)

Dmitry Babkin (Sound Engineer)
dbrave.bob@gmail.com

Performance Notes:

Saint-Saëns wrote his “Carnival of the Animals” in 1886. The scoring is unusual as it is for two pianos along with a small orchestra. This movement, “The Swan,” is written for just two pianos with cello. While the soloist plays the swan, gliding along elegantly with the slow melody, the first piano imitates the rippling water with running sixteenth-notes. The second piano, optional here, is believed to represent, with slowly rolled chords, the swan’s webbed feet paddling it through the water.
Little has been altered from the original scoring. One small addition is to include, as it is common performance practice, a ritard. and a tempo at measures 17 and 18. The other smaller change is to add slurs which are more idiomatic on a brass instrument. To distinguish the editorial markings from the original, these are shown as dashed phrase marks. As mentioned above, while the second piano part does add a lovely component to the piece, it may be omitted for performance.

Available Versions and Corresponding Parts:

Each of the six versions (C (High Octave), B-flat (High Octave), F, E-flat, C (Low Octave), and B-flat (Low Octave)) includes parts in every practical key and clef for that version. “Low Octave” and “High Octave” parts are optimized for low and high brass respectively, and the singular difference is in the piano voicing for each. Below are the versions and the instrument parts included which for each:

C Major Version (High Octave):
Cornet in Eb (opt. Trumpet)
Cornet in C (opt. Trumpet)
Flugelhorn in Bb (opt. Cornet or Trumpet)

C Major Version (Low Octave):
Horn in F or Eb
Euphonium T.C. (opt. Baritone)
Euphonium B.C. (opt. Trombone or Baritone)

B-flat Major Version (High Octave):
Cornet in C (opt. Trumpet)
Flugelhorn in Bb (opt. Cornet or Trumpet)

B-flat Major Version (Low Octave):
Horn in F or Eb
Euphonium T.C. (opt. Baritone)
Euphonium B.C. (opt. Trbn., Bari., or Tuba)
Tuba in Eb or Bb

F Major Version:
Horn in F or Eb

E-flat Major Version:
Cornet in Eb (opt. Trumpet)
Cornet in C (opt. Trumpet)
Cornet in Bb (opt. Trumpet)
Horn in F or Eb
Euphonium T.C. (opt. Baritone)
Euphonium B.C. (opt. Trombone or Baritone)
Trombone (Tenor Clef)

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