FM038

The Rose and the Nightingale

Eastern Song

for soprano, flute or alto flute and harp (with words in English and French)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

arr. Carey Blyton

£7.45

Subtitled Eastern Song and also known as the Hindu Slave Girl’s Song, The Rose and the Nightingale comes from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera, Sadko. Carey Blyton arranged it for the trio Sheherazade in 1995, exploiting the alto flute’s ability to play music of an eastern nature very convincingly. The sound sample provided is of the entire piece, performed by its dedicatees.

Sample page

FM038-1

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Composer Title Vocal range Forces Duration
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
arr. Carey Blyton
Words: M.-D. Calvocoressi
Words: Rosa Newmarch		The Rose and the Nightingale
Eastern Song
for soprano, flute or alto flute and harp (with words in English and French) 		F to F'Soprano, Flute, Alto flute, Harp2½ mins
Recorded performance

Sheherazade (Verona Chard, Soprano, Denise Dance, Alto flute, Fiona Clifton-Welker, Harp)

Catalogue code: FM038 • Published: 1996
Entry last updated: 29th May 2011