Vive La France (Wind Quintet)

Vive la France had been arranged for wind quintet (Flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon). It is a tribute to the music of the French Revolution, and includes:

Chant du Départ - Étienne Nicolas Méhul (Official national anthem of the First Empire, and is still the French anthem of French Guiana)

La Carmagnole - Anon.(popular song of the era)

La Marseillaise - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle( The French National Anthem, which was written during the revolution and sung as they marched to the Tuileries on August 10th.

Instrumentation: Wind quintet – Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon

Composer: Claude Joseph Rouget De Lisle, Anon., Étienne Nicolas Méhul

Arranger: Fiona Hickie