In an orchestration lesson, I take the opening to Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers Overture, analyse and then attempt to use them as the basis for three orchestrations of my own. Using a theme I composed several years ago for a pirate game I aim for at least three solid orchestrations but, hop[efully, some that also sound like classic swashbuckler/romantic/Hollywood-esque.
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00:00 Introduction
00:34 What are we doing today?
01:39 The Wreckers Overture (Extract)
02:07 Instrumentation
03:12 Orchestration 1: the octave unison (The Wreckers Overture)
04:26 Orchestration 2: the "total" orchestra (The Wreckers Overture)
06:18 Orchestration 3: the bass-melody (The Wreckers Overture)
07:58 My Swashbuckling Orchestration
09:07 Orchestration 1: the octave unison (My Swashbuckling Orchestration)
10:26 Orchestration 2: the "total" orchestra (My Swashbuckling Orchestration)
12:09 Orchestration 3: the bass-melody (My Swashbuckling Orchestration)
14:54 Close
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Score Video of the full The Wreckers Overture - https://youtu.be/dj9U3QLTd1c