Gioacchino Rossini & a cura di Enrico Zullino 
Bb Bass Clarinet (instead Bassoon) part of ‘Il viaggio a Reims’ for Woodwind Quintet 
(The Journey to Reims) overture

Bb Bass Clarinet
(instead Bassoon) part of ‘Il viaggio a Reims'(The Journey to Reims) overture from the opera by Gioacchino Rossini, complete transcription for
Woodwind Quintet (Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn in F and Bassoon – advanced level) by Enrico Zullino . Others parts and score available separately. Duration 7.00 min.

• ‘Il viaggio a Reims’ does not have an overture. Its so-called overture, derived from a set of dances in Le siège de Corinthe (1826), one of which Rossini had reworked from the dances in the finale to Il viaggio a Reims, is a twentieth-century invention or an erroneous attribution. It was published in Milan, in 1938, in a revision by Giuseppe Piccioli, which was first performed in the Teatro alla Scala, on 5 November 1938, conducted by Richard Strauss. It was later also recorded repeatedly as the alleged overture of Il viaggio a Reims, until it was finally possible to reconstruct the original score of the opera. The attributed overture remains one of Rossini’s most recorded works, infusing a grand and elegant style with heavy orchestral power.