Arrangements of Grieg Concerto Op. 16?

[pianoisthebest23]

Hello everyone!

I am currently a senior in high school and am giving a senior recital in my school's auditorium sometime in late May. Right now I'm working on getting a bunch of students from my school to attend and my goal is to get them interested, or at least mildly intrigued by classical music (not an easy task, I know). Because most of my program will be repertoire likely unknown to them, I was thinking of ending with the first movement of the Grieg A minor Piano Concerto. However, I'm struggling to find an arrangement to use.

My school does not have an orchestra, only a band/wind ensemble who are quite skilled. I have been searching for possible accompaniment parts, and so far I have found one arrangement of the first movement for wind ensemble and piano (on the website jw pepper) but it is $150 which is pretty expensive for my budget.

I was wondering if anyone on here knew of any different arrangements, either less expensive ones for wind ensemble, or perhaps an arrangement that incorporates fewer instruments? I could just go with piano accompaniment, but I think that having an experience similar to that of an orchestra would be more effective.

Thanks!

[visitor]

if 150 is for piano score, conductor parts, a rehearsal score and all wind parts, that's a deal.  wind music and std lit rearrangements will be within copyright are there's more than a fair amount of work involved in rescoring those things. it's worth it at 300, espeically if that's all 3 movements, but i'd pay 300 for everything even for a single movement.
You can likely borrow it for free. If you conductor can get with some librarian(s) and make some calls, i'm almost certain a music school, even a  junior college/community college (lots of them have some respectable libraries, and a lot should have really good wind libraries). It could likely be loaned for free ot just the cost of shipping,.
if that doesn't work you can also look at a couple of good other pieces like this, i did the warsaw concerto w/  a wind band and it was awesome. There's a good one of the gershwin rhapsody in blue for piano and wind ensemble as well.

[pianoisthebest23]

Thank you visitor! That was kind of what I expected price wise, I'm just spoiled because of websites like IMSLP  I'll definitely talk to my conductor about that and see what he can do. That's good to know about the Warsaw and Rhapsody in Blue as well - I'll look into that!

[visitor]

it works really well for some works, I actually liked the way my recording of the Warsaw w wind band came out better than a lot of the orchestra std ones. it gives it a refreshing sound, you also work w smaller groups, given the volume wind ensemble puts out, balance can be a challenge, good piano/hall and parred down group and a good conductor to keep it in check.

ie

[visitor]

fyi this is a pretty groovy recording of Addinsell w winds

also given you'll do a single movement, a rhapsody (which the Warsaw is pretty much, as an extended form single movement only work) would be appropriate.  The Warsaw is not without it's challenges but it's easier to work through than the Gershwin.  On stage w a conductor is not the time to 'stretch' yourself so generally i recc you aim below the difficulty you think you are....