User:Sjones23/Vetrate di chiesa

Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows) is a 1925 symphonic poem composed by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. Respighi orchestrated his previous piano composition, Tre Preludi e sopra gregoriane, and added a fourth movement to the end. The first movement, called "La fuga in Egitto", portrays a nighttime chariot journey to Egypt. The second movement, "San Michele Arcangelo", portrays a battle in the sky.

The third movement, "Il Mattutino di Santa Chiara"

The final movement, "San Gregorio Magno",

Sergei Koussevitzky conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in its first performance in 1927.

Instrumentation
Vertrate di chiesa is scored for the following large orchestra:


 * Woodwinds
 * Piccolo (doubling Flute 3)
 * 2 Flutes
 * 2 Oboes
 * English Horn
 * 2 Clarinets in B-flat
 * Bass Clarinet in B-flat
 * 2 Bassoons
 * Contrabassoon


 * Brass
 * 4 Horns in F
 * 3 Trumpets in B-flat
 * 3 Trombones
 * Tuba


 * 1 Offstage Trumpet in D


 * Percussion
 * Timpani
 * Cymbals
 * 3 Gongs (small, medium and large)
 * Bass Drum
 * Glockenspiel


 * Keyboards
 * Celesta
 * Piano
 * Organ


 * Strings
 * Harp


 * Violins I, II
 * Violas
 * Violoncellos
 * Double Basses