Benjamin Britten
Irish Reel
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Benjamin Britten
Irish Reel
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Benjamin Britten
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- Edition Score
- Publisher Faber Music
- Order no. 0571565050
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Description:
Britten wrote Irish Reel in 1936 as the title music for a documentary film entitled 'Around the Village Green'. It is a bravura piece, exhibiting all the energy and strong orchestral colours typical of the composer at that time, and makes good use of a traditional reel tune with the evocative title'The Bottom of the Punch Bowl'. Guy Woolfenden's transcription for symphonic wind band skilfully captures all the fun and sparkle of this ebullient score.