OVERTURES: Overlooked Repertoire

Anna Amalia von Sachsen-Weimar (earlier Brunswick/Duchess)

Erwin and Elmire, Opera Overture (1776) 5:08 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSCPBH88ZxM&list=PLkL241i99-M7YSMAQPX0lDrfUQ2B2mZXg&index=4
https://www.stretta-music.de/von-sachsen-weimar-eisenach-ouvertuere-zu-erwin-und-elmire-nr-685894.html -Paper copy to purchase from Europe

Elfrida Andre:

Concert Overture in D Major (1873) 11:21 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo24JByn0bY&t=5s
https://dpb-web.instantencore.com/program/45472/opening-night-with-james-/page/141169/elfrida-andre?cid=5103723 : rediscovered 1990’s, Dr Susan Pickett Whitman College, WA
http://iresound-pubs.umbc.edu/AndreeConcertOuverture3D2021/: Online score
https://shop.wophil.org/product/concert-overture/:Paper copy to purchase
Baltimore Symph in 2014 ; WA: Walla Walla & Bainbridge in 2020, Issaquah in 2024; MN Orch, Jan 2025

Marie-Emmannelle Bayon-Louis:

Overture from opera Fleur d’epine (1776) 6 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wSKfH9ABf8
https://www.hildegard.com/product/overture-from-fleur-depine-madame-bayon-louis/: Paper copy to purchase

Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de St. Georges)

L’amant Anomye, Opera Overture (1780) 10:03 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfEOf2Rorfo
https://shop.wophil.org/product/concert-overture/: Paper copy to purchase

Louise Farrenc:

Overture No. 1 in E Minor, Op.23 (1834) 8:28 min North Carolina Symph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcs6EQqjkE4&t=91s

Overture No.2 in E Flat Major, Op.24 (1834) 7:04 min Fort Collins, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X46xwsn2T3s
https://peckhampublications.com/louise-farrenc/: Paper copy to purchase includes both pieces above

Marianna Martines:

Overture in C Major (1770) 11:32 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2fxLTJ1vio
https://shop.wophil.org/product/marianne-martines-chamber-orchestra-score-only/
/: Paper copy to purchase
Bellingham Symph, WA Women of the Baroque, 2023-24

Quinn Mason:

Toast of the Town Overture (2016-2020) 8:10 min 2023-24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz9fl1FUFZY
https://www.notationcentral.com/product/toast-of-the-town-for-orchestra/: Paper copy to purchase
https://www.masonianmusic.com/toast-of-the-town-overture: Rental information for score
Utah; Syracuse NY; Walla Walla -see above article for longer list of performances

Emilie Mayer:

Faust Overture, Op.46 (1880) 11:50 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWGu3tntNoo&t=17s
https://imslp.org/wiki/Faust-Ouverture,_Op.46_(Mayer,_Emilie)
Neubrandenburger Philharmonie/ Stefan Malzew, Jan 2021, BBC Philharmonic, 2022; Santa Fe Symph, May 2023, Olympia, WA Chamber Orch, Oct 2024 Faust & Fate program
https://www.olympiachamberorchestra.org/performances

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:

Overture in C Major (1832) 9:51 min
(Composed in 1832, discovered unpublished in the Mendelssohn archive by San Francisco Women’s Philharmonic, which gave its 1994 premiere)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7eCugnpAk
https://henselpushers.org/h-numbers/h265: Free download, all or parts
https://imslp.org/wiki/Overture_in_C_major_(Hensel%2C_Fanny)
Walla Walla Orch.

Maria Theresia Von Paradis:

Overture to Der Schulkandidat Opera (1792) 5:21 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SckVzifDQM
https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Overture-Der-Schulkandidat-384425.html: Paper copy to purchase

Florence Price:

Concert Overture No.1 (with Score) 11:40 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=locoJaw5xUg
https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/58908/Concert-Overture-No-1--Florence-Price/:
Rental information

Concert Overture No.2 (1943) 15:02 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ7sqQn7ERs
https://www.ficksmusic.com/products/price-concert-overture-no-2-schott?: Paper copy to purchase

Alice Mary Smith:

Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra in D Major (c1870) 7:12 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbVNQi_0Y5c
https://imslp.org/wiki/Andante_for_Clarinet_and_Orchestra_in_D_Major_(Smith,_Alice_Mary)
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra, Nov 12, 2024

The Masque of Pandora Overture (1878) 13:29 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a05hQEjsdf0&t=188s

Paper copies of both pieces above to purchase in this single volume :
https://www.prestomusic.com/sheet-music/products/8782960--alice-mary-smith-short-orchestral-works?srsltid=AfmBOopeN_L-df0P-6nJs2zI0tx15DWZr_Y_gIHDbQOLhZZSUf8o2JXD

Ethel Smyth:

The Wreckers, Opera Overture (1906) 9:52 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwVIUVZs3xM&t=18s
https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Wreckers_(Smyth,_Ethel)

Maria Antonia Walpurgis:

Talestri, Queen of the Amazon, Opera Overture (1760) 7:29 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgzlf9FQLc8&t=2s
https://imslp.org/wiki/Talestri,_Regina_delle_Amazzoni_(Walpurgis,_Maria_Antonia)

Links checked: Jan 19, 2025