Dazzle your audience with this blazing composition! The composer's exciting selection from his opera THE SNOW MAIDEN has been used by orchestras, bands, even drum corps because of its flash and fire. Now advanced orchestras can play an edition that's so close to the original it works even better than the original. With instrumentation adjusted to fit the standard school or community orchestra, this is a great selection to open your concert! Instrumentation: 2+Picc.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: Timp.Perc(3-4): Str (9.8.7.6.5 in set). Edited by Carl Simpson.