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From its lyrical opening measures to the excitement of the beloved 'Allegro' section, this grade 4 arrangement of the time-honored Gioacchino Rossini classic is a perfect fit for woodwind quintets. In...

The launch disc of the Edition Peters Sounds label features pianist Daniel Grimwood's interpretation of Gabriel Fauré's Nocturnes. Daniel Grimwood is one of the most original musicians of his generati...

'The world famous tale Hansel and Gretel by The Brothers Grimm was set to music in the 1890s by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck. The children's opera is performed regularly at many opera houses....

This duet of unusual instrumentation was written for the composer's sister-in-law and husband. Based upon the popular hymn tune (also known as "Dix") of the same name, the work presents four subtle va...

Lotta Wennäkoski's Mien (2014) for wind quintet is based on rippling, wavering, timbre changing effect of bisbigliando. The good-humoured piece has a swinging jingle, and with duration of approximatel...

One of Dvorak's most famous works, this beautiful arrangement allows the oboist to play the familiar excerpt on the English Horn, and then switch over to the oboe for the middle section of the movemen...

1st voice in C (flute) 1st voice in Bb (clarinet) 1st voice in Eb (alto saxophone/Eb clarinet) 1st voice in Bb (trumpet/flugelhorn/clarinet/soprano sax. 2nd voice in Eb (alto saxophone) 2nd voice in B...

For 2 instruments in Bb or C (can be combined with each other) Violin clef in Bb (clarinet/trumpet/tenor horn/saxophone) Violin clef in C (oboe, trumpet in Kuhlogroff manner) Bass clef in C (trombone,...

1st voice in C (flute) 1st voice in Bb (clarinet/soprano sax.) 2nd voice in Bb (clarinet/trumpet) 2nd voice in Eb (alto sax.) 3rd voice in Bb (bass clarinet) 3rd voice in Bb (tuba) 3rd voice in Eb (ba...

Composed in 1943. Duration 7 minutes. Full score. Parts available: PAT60070SP.

This is a straightforward; yet beautiful arrangement of the famous tune. It will require sensitive musicianship and good technique; but is such a fine piece; it practically plays itself.

Reverie celebrates the wonderfully lyrical voices of the 'traditional' wind quintet - blending together as five singers; yet remaining distinct as individual voices. The work opens and closes as the v...

Since first composing It Takes Four to Tango in 1990 for a clarinet quartet, Dorff has been asked to transcribe/arrange the piece for various instrumental ensembles, with many of the arrangements avai...

The depth and charming inventiveness of Harberg's Suite can only be described as remarkable. Each movement has a degree of archaic inspiration (seen in the movement titles), newly stirred up into dram...

The vernacular charm and wit of Don Gillis's music provides a giddy, cartoon-like set of moods for an instrumental setting of the tortoise, the hare, and their fabled escapades. SUITE NO. 1 is a perfe...

Perfect for pops concerts, SUITE NO. 3 provides a quaint time capsule of jazz-inspired classical music from 1939, soon after Gershwin's death, and just before the hard-edged modern jazz of the 1940s....

There is a refreshing spontaneity to Samuel Adler's WIND CONVERSATIONS for woodwind quintet. The slow introduction explores the timbres of the ensemble in glowing and harmonious polyphony, while the m...

This 5 minute concert opener is sure to start any program with an energetic bang. With a steady rhythmic groove, section solos and a soaring melodic lines, Leshnoff's style in writing accessible, dyna...

Siegfried Idyll was first performed in 1870 on Christmas Day in Wagner's home with a small 13 piece orchestra. It was written as a birthday present for his second wife, Cosine, a year after the birth...