Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy

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Introduction

Introduction (practice)

1. Moderato

1. Moderato (practice)

2. Lento Assai

3. and 4. Allegro moderato

3. and 4. Allegro moderato (practice)

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Sarasate wrote his Carmen Fantasy for violin and orchestra in 1881, before arranging it for violin and piano the following year. It contains five familiar elements from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, including the Habanera and Seguidilla, ingeniously blending them into one of Sarasate's most famous and technically demanding works for violin.

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Bars 109-125: click-beats indicate the start of some of these bars where piano is silent

Bars 160-161 (chromatic glissando): approx 4 seconds of silence in piano to allow for glissando, followed by two click-beats to lead back in.

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Bars 13-17: 12 seconds of silence in piano part for this small cadenza, followed by two click-beats to lead back in

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Movement 3 runs into movement 4 without a break

Bar 67 (chromatic glissando): 6 seconds of silence in piano part to allow for glissando, before 3 quavers click-beats lead back into following bar

This practice version slows down the quicker sections of the 'performance' track above, by around 15-20%. It is included for free with that version if selected.