The Tale of Tsar Saltan Nicolaj / Nicolai / Nikolay Rimskij-Korsakov / Arr. Egbert van Groningen

Titel / Title: The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Untertitel / Subtitle: Suite from the Opera
Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Instrumentation: concert band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Baton Music orchestral series

The Tale of Tsar Saltan' is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and is based on the 1831 poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin. The story features Prince Gvidon who becomes separated from his father, the Tsar, landing on an island full of magical objects and creatures, one of whom is an enchanted swan that eventually marries the Prince after being transformed into a princess. The orchestral preludes to three of the acts of the Opera were compiled into a suite: The Tsar's Farewell and Departure', Tsarina in a Barrel at Sea' and The three Wonders'. Commissioned by the orchestra of St. Jan Wierden' in the Netherlands, Dutch arranger Egbert van Groningen transcribed the suite of The Tale of Tsar Saltan' for Symphonic Band.