Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow

Flight of the Bumblebee

Nikolai Andreevič Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) composed his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan in 1899-1900. Ironically, although he composed another 14 operas and countless orchestral works, an extremely brief interlude from that same opera also became his best-known Plant. The Flight of the Bumblebee.


1 Altsaxophone in Es solo, 2 Flöten 1, 2 Flöten 2/Oboe, 3 Klarinetten 1 in B, 3 Klarinetten 2 in B, 3 Klarinetten 3 in B, 1 Bassklarinette in B, 1 Fagott, 2 Altsaxophone 1/2 in Es, 1 Tenorsaxophon in B, 1 Baritonsaxophon in Es, 2 Trompeten 1 in B, 2 Trompeten 2 in B, 2 Trompeten 3 in B,2 Hörner in F, 1 Tenorhorn in B (C), 1 Bariton in B, 3 Posaunen in C, 2 Tuben in C (B), Pauken, Glockenspiel, Xylophon, 1 Perkussion (Crash- und Hängebecken, kl. Trommel), 1 Perkussion 2 (Gong und große Trommel);