”The Marriage of Figaro” (Die Hochzeit des Figaro) is an opera buffa from 1786 written by Mozart. It was a great success from day one and is today acknowledged as one of the world’s best comic operas.

The story is based on the play “La folle journeé, ou le Mariage de Figaro” by Pierre Beaumarchais from 1784, which was censored and banned in Austria. Beaumarchais, who (among other jobs) was a music teacher at the French royal court, had already involved himself politically from Europa in the American Revolution and only years later, he would involve himself in the French Revolution.

An opera version of this work was granted permission and Mozart’s music was premiered on May 1^st 1786 in Vienna. The first transcription of the whole opera for winds is from 1791, when Johann Nepomuk Wendt arranges it for the imperial Harmonie Musik (of which he was himself a member). Many other operas from the time were also arranged and Carion have followed up on this tradition with their own arrangement of two pieces from “The Marriage of Figaro”.

Those pieces are ”Will der Herr Graf ein Tänzchen nun wagen” (Se vuol ballare, signor contino) from act one and ”Euch, holde Frauen” (Voi che sapete) fom act two.

Operaen ”Figaros Bryllup” (Die Hochzeit des Figaro) er en opera buffa fra 1786 skrevet af Mozart. Den var fra første færd en stor succes og er i dag anerkendt som en af verdens bedste komiske operaer.

Historien er baseret på skuespillet ”La folle journeé, ou le Mariage de Figaro” af Pierre Beaumarchais fra 1784, som blev censoreret og forbudt i Østrig. Beaumarchais, som bl.a. var musiklærer ved hoffet i Frankrig, havde allerede involveret sig politisk fra Europa i Den Amerikanske Revolution og skulle få år senere involvere sig i den franske.

Der blev dog givet tilladelse til en opera version og Mozarts musik fik premiere 1. maj 1786 i Wien. Den første transkription for blæsere stammer fra 1791, hvor Johann Nepomuk Wendt arrangerer hele musikken for den kejserlige Harmonie Musik (som han selv var medlem af). Mange andre operaer fra tiden blev også arrangeret og Carion har fulgt op på traditionen med deres eget arrangement af 2 stykker fra ”Figaros Bryllup”.

Det drejer sig om ”Will der Herr Graf ein Tänzchen nun wagen” (Se vuol ballare, signor contino) fra første akt og ”Euch, holde Frauen” (Voi che sapete) fra andet akt.

This edition is scored for Wind Quintet:

Flute
Oboe
Clarinet in Bb
Horn in F
Bassoon