Banda (Orchestra di fiati)
Overture
Ouvertüre zur Oper
Info
Emil Nikolaus V. Reznicek was born on May 4,
1860. Though he was originally destined for a
judicial career, his nature (that of a true musician)
soon pointed him in the direction of music. As an
orchestral conductor and a highly regarded music
teacher he made his mark in a number of cities,
including Mannheim and Berlin. As a composer he
sprang to fame with his opera Donna Diana
(1894), a lasting success which placed him in the
forefront of German composers. The overture to
Donna Diana is unique in its freshness and sunny
cheerfulness. Wil van der Beek, who has already
written many arrangements of classical pieces for
wind band, has maintained the spirit of the
original composition.