With 7 blockbuster concerts planned for the coming artistic season, SPO released its line-up for 2023-24, the orchestra’s 44th Season.
Joseph Nicholas Pancrace Royer (1705-1755)
Suite d’orchestre de l’opera-ballet Almasis (1748) compiled and edited by Ronald Royer (1998-1999) – 13’30”
2fl.2ob.2bsn/strings,harpsichord
(2nd flute, 2nd oboe, and/or 2nd bsn are optional)
- Ouverture, vivement, legerment
- Air, legerment
- Marche, gravement
- Marche, gaiment
- Air, movement de chaconne
- Air pour les Esclaves, pesament
- Passepied
- Tambourin
Mike Ford – Canada Needs You, volume 2 (recording)
Lorena McKennit
(these arrangements are owned by Quinlan Road Limited)
- She Moved Through the Fair, traditional arranged by Loreena McKennitt, Orchestrated by Ronald Royer (2015)
Voice, Harp, Chimes, and String Orchestra
- Penelope’s Song -Loreena McKennitt, Orchestrated by Ronald Royer (2015)
Voice, Flute, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, Bouzouki, Piano and String Orchestra
Dr. Draw – Animals
The Hollywood Flute of Louise DiTullio
2a) Available to rent from Wise Music Classical
3a & 4a) Available to rent from JoAnn Kane Film Music Rentals
http://www.joannkanemusic.com/
5a, 5b.) Published and available to rent by David Rose Publications
1) John Barry – Suite from Dances with Wolves for Solo Flute, Harp and String Orchestra, arr. Ronald Royer – 8:00
Includes the Main Title, the John Dunbar theme, Two Socks-The Wolf theme,
Journey to Fort Sedgewick, the Love theme, and the End Title.
2a) Danny Elfman – Main Title and Introducing Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web for Solo Flute and Piccolo with Chamber Orchestra, arr. Ronald Royer – 7:15
Orchestration: solo flute doubling piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, timpani, 6 percussion, piano, harp, guitar & strings
Note: Guitar, piano, timpani and up to 5 percussion parts are optional
2b) Danny Elfman – Main Title and Introducing Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web for Solo Flute and Piccolo with Chamber Ensemble, arr. Ronald Royer – 7:15
Orchestration: solo flute doubling piccolo, clarinet, timpani, 6 percussion, piano, harp, guitar & strings
Note: Piano, guitar, timpani and up to 5 percussion parts are optional
3a) Jerry Goldsmith – Theme from Rudy for Solo Flute and Chamber Orchestra, arr. Ronald Royer – 4:00
Orchestration: solo flute, clarinet, timpani, 1 percussion, piano, harp & strings
Note: The percussion part is optional.
3b) Jerry Goldsmith – Theme from Rudy for Solo Flute and Chamber Ensemble, arr. Ronald Royer – 4:00
Orchestration: solo flute, clarinet, timpani, 1 percussion, harp & strings
Note: The percussion part is optional.
4a) Jerry Goldsmith – Theme from Sleeping with the Enemy for Solo Flute and Chamber Orchestra, arr. Ronald Royer – 3:30
Orchestration: solo flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, timpani, 2 percussion, piano, harp & strings
Note: timpani and/or 2nd percussion parts are optional
4b) Jerry Goldsmith – Theme from Sleeping with the Enemy for Solo Flute and Chamber Ensemble, arr. Ronald Royer – 3:30
Orchestration: solo flute, clarinet, 2 percussion, harp & strings
Note: timpani and/or 2nd percussion parts are optional
5a) David Rose – Le Papillon for Solo Flute and Chamber Orchestra, arranged by Ronald Royer – 14:30
Orchestration: solo flute with flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 1 percussion, harp & strings
Note: Bass clarinet part can be played by a 2nd bassoon (optional part). Timpani
and/or percussion parts are optional
5b) David Rose – Le Papillon for Solo Flute and Chamber Ensemble, arranged by Ronald Royer – 14:30
Orchestration: solo flute, clarinet, timpani, 1 percussion, harp & strings
Note: Timpani and/or percussion parts are optional
I Saw Three Ships (and The Frost is All Over), English and Irish Traditional, arranged by Ronald Royer, for Orchestra
Anthology of German and Austrian Music (Medieval to 20th Century Music), for String Orchestra, Edited and/or Arranged by Ronald Royer and Charles Liu
(2007)
(The Full Anthology and Individual Pieces are Available)
Medieval Music: Walther von der Vogelweide (Minnesinger) –Palästinalied, arr. R. Royer
Renaissance: Michael Praetorius –Three Pieces from Terpsichore, arr. by C. Liu and R. Royer
Baroque: George Frideric Handel –Air from Water Music, ed. C. Liu
Georg Phillip Telemann –Two Pieces from Ouverture de Nations anciens et modernes, ed. by R. Royer
Johann Sebastian Bach – Ten Pieces from The Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach,
arr. C. Liu and R. Royer
Johann Sebastian Bach – Air on the G String. ed. by C. Liu and R. Royer
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (1st mvmt.), ed. by C. Liu and R. Royer
Classical: Joseph Haydn –Symphony No. 94, “Surprise” (2nd mvmt. Excerpt), arr. C. Liu
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart –Serenade in G Major, KV 525, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Complete), ed. C. Liu and R. Royer
Romantic: Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, (1st mvmt.), arr. Chris Meyer
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, “Ode To Joy” (4th mvmt. excerpt),
arr. R. Royer
Franz Schubert –Quartet in A minor, Op. 29 (1st mvmt. abridged, 2nd mvmt. opening),
arr. R. Royer
Felix Mendelssohn –Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, arr. C. Liu
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1, (4th mvmt. theme), arr. R. Royer
Late Romantic: Gustav Mahler –Symphony No. 1, (3rd mvmt. theme), arr. R. Royer
Arnold Schoenberg –Verklaerte Nacht (opening excerpt), arr. C. Liu and R. Royer
Chopin Arrangements
Largo from Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, op. 65, arranged for cello and string orchestra (1999) – 4:13
Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 9, no. 2 arranged for cello and string orchestra (1999) – 5:07
Nocturne in B Major, op. 32, no. 1 arranged for flute and string orchestra (1999) – 4:40
Variations on a theme by Rossini for flute and piano, arranged for flute and string orchestra by Ronald Royer and Alex Eddington (1999) – 6:04