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Suite aus der Dreigroschenoper (Suite from The Threepenny Opera)

Arranged for orchestra by Max Schönherr.

Work Details

Duration

16 minutes

First Performance

Unknown

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  • 1) Overture
  • 2) Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
  • 3) Liebeslied
  • 4) Die Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
  • 5) Polly's Lied
  • 6) Kanonen-Song

  • Instrumentation

    • 2 Flutes (picc)
    • 2 Oboes
    • 2 Clarinets
    • 2 Bassoons
    • 4 French horns
    • 2 Trumpets
    • 3 Trombones (or 2 Trombones and 1 Tuba)
    • Harp
    • Piano (celesta)
    • Guitar
    • Percussion
    • Strings

Suite aus Die Dreigroschenoper. Basel Sinfonietta. Mark Fitz-Gerald, cond.

Tonkühn (CD 001)

  • Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) 1928

    Play with music after John Gay's The Beggar's Opera; in three acts. By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann.

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