Poor Wandering One (from "Pirates of Penzance") Arthur Sullivan / Arr. Geoffrey Brand

It's waltz time. A first-rate piece that features the most elegant of all musical styles. Poor Wandering One features a solo clarinet with the whole band getting involved in the rapture of the waltz.

Genre: Solo Clarinet with Band | # of Players: Standard + 1
Level: 4 | Duration: 5:30

Instrumentation
Flute 1/Piccolo
Flute 2
Oboe 1/2
Bb Clarinet 1
Bb Clarinet 2
Bb Clarinet 3
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bassoon 1/2
Alto Saxophone 1/2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone

Bb Cornet 1
Bb Cornet 2/3
Solo Bb Clarinet
F Horn 1/2
F Horn 3/4
Trombone 1/2
Euphonium
Tuba

String Bass

Timpani
Percussion 1 (triangle, snare drum)
Percussion 2 (glockenspiel, xylophone)

Program Notes
'The Pirates of Penzance' was the 5th collaboration by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan and was launched at Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York, after first securing the British copyright with one performance in Paignton, Devon, England. The story hinges on the fact that when Frederic was a little lad his parents instructed Ruth, his nursery-maid, to apprentice him as a seafaring pilot. Being slightly hard of hearing, Ruth unfortunately mis-heard the instruction. When Frederic became 21 he was eligible to become a fully-fledged pirate, but to general consternation declares he will devote his live to piracy's extermination. Soon, on meeting a group of sisters on their way to the beach Frederic implores them to join him in his attempt to rescue himself from his dilemma and is over-joyed when Mabel, in spite of her sisters' misgivings, responds sympathetically - influenced perhaps by Frederic's attractive good Looks - singing beguiling waltz, Poor Wandering One and going even further by encouraging him to 'Take heart fair days will shine, hake any heart, take mine'