Instrumentation

3(III=picc).3.3(III=bcl).3 – 4331 – timp – perc(2): BD+cym/tamb/SD/susp.cym/tam-t/t.bells/TD(if no small timp) – 2 harp(II=ad lib) – cel(=pno) – strings

Availability

Score 0-571-50807-3 on sale, parts for hire

Reviews

"The piece comprises a processional of festive figures over a slow walking bass leading to a clipped perky allegro, before returning in grandiose apotheosis; its slyness of harmonic slide-slipping and its skill in working up a structure from the slightest material are absolutely typical of the early manner which set elderly critics tut-tutting over Mr Britten's incorrigible 'cleverness'." Bayan Northcott, The Sunday Telegraph, 26 February 1984

American Overture, An

La Coupole (Saint Louis, Alsace, France)

Philharmonisches Orchester der Stadt Freiburg/Fabrice Bollon

American Overture, An

Konzerthaus (Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Philharmonisches Orchester der Stadt Freiburg/Fabrice Bollon

American Overture, An

Mount Baker Theatre (Bellingham, WA, USA)

Benjamin Hochman/Whatcom Symphony/Yaniv Attar

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American Overture, An

Koningin Elisabethzaal (Antwerp, Belgium)

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra/James MacMillan

American Overture, An

Mount Baker Theatre (Bellingham, WA, USA)

Whatcom Symphony/Yaniv Attar/Benjamin Hochman