Bell Chorus

with Piano

The opera Pagliacci is set in Calabria (Italy) in the 1860’s and involves the interplay between the dramatic activity of a group of Commedia dell’arte players and their real emotions, played out before a village audience. The Bell Chorus is an interlude sung by villagers as the church bells announce Vespers.

This version has been arranged for trumpet and piano by Fabrizio Fontanot