And even though the new orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin used in the 99NT sound closer to musical theatre than Bernstein and Kay's original, it is nevertheless quite enjoyable. The version recorded for the 74BR is a travesty. I have created a graph showing the pattern used by Bernstein in assembling the Overture.
What makes Bernstein's different from most musical theatre overtures is the inclusion of a theme that is never heard again in the remainder of the score. The last half-minute of the piece brings back all four major themes.
The Battle Music and music from Oh, Happy We are alternately heard twice, followed by music from Glitter and Be Gay. It begins with a Fanfare which is repeated three more times in the piece (and recurs several times in the score.) Each occurrence of the Fanfare is followed by the triplets from The Best of All Possible Worlds. Where noted, John Baxindine kindly supplied information that was gathered during research for his thesis on the creation of the original production.Ī glorious opening to one of the best of all possible musical scores. Nevertheless, they can form a basis for your own investigation into the intricacies of Candide and all its permutations. In other words, these comments are far from definitive. As so often happens, it is quite possible that musical numbers that were performed in the production might not have been included in the released recording, or may have been included in an abridged version. It should be noted that most of this information is based on recordings, playbills, published scores (both the Broadway version and the Scottish version), as well as the Bernstein Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. The credited lyricist for each piece is given below the title. I have chosen to keep my system because it takes into account the variations. This system was devised before my acquisition of the conductor's score of the Scottish Opera version which also designates each selection. Variation of a song is given a sub-number. The sequence used by Bernstein in his "final revised version" of 1989. Each piece has been assigned a number, which is quiteĬleverly called the Bernstein Number. This is a personal, thus somewhat eccentric, guide to the songs fromĬandide. Introduction | Song List | Song Notes | Miscellanea
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