Carmen Suite No. 1

I. Prélude | II. Aragonaise | III. Intermezzo | IV. Séguedille | V. Les Dragons d’Alcala | VI. Les Toréadors

by Georges Bizet

For Trombone, Trumpet & Piano

Arranged by Shawn W. Davern

Trio Modern Harmony, 2022

Year: 1875/1882/2021
Duration: 13:00

Difficulty: Medium-Advanced 



Original music composed by Georges Bizet for the four act opera Carmen, first premiered in 1875. 

Ernest Guiraud arranged a suite of music from Carmen for full concert orchestra, published in 1882 and entitled Carmen Suite No. 1.

Carmen Suite No. 1 was arranged for trombone, trumpet and piano in 2021, commissioned and premiered by Trio Modern Harmony in 2022. 

Program Notes

Ernest Guiraud’s famous orchestral settings of Georges Bizet’s operatic music of Carmen has gone on to become a standard in the orchestral repertoire, and as of 2022, the suite now exists in a slightly smaller orchestration arranged for trombone, trumpet and piano. Commissioned by the fantastic Trio Modern Harmony, this six movement piece is a fun addition to the brass chamber repertoire!

aMuz Symphony Orchestra & Sylwia Janiak-Kobylińska (conductor), 2024