Falls House Press

Part of a rare programmatic work by Beethoven, the Scherzo from his sixth symphony is meant to evoke a festive gathering of peasants. In the original symphony, this movement does not have a clear endi...

The aboriginal name given to the island of Puerto Rico is Borikén. This concerto, which bears the same name, presents to us in its first two movements, 'I. Yocahú and Juracán' and 'II. Ta no Prayer, '...

Music for the Christmas season seems to fall into two categories -- the very popular carols and secular Christmas music, and music which is not widely known. These two chorale preludes offer a wonderf...

Salon Quartet by Mendelssohn. This one is The Wedding March.

Not merely a recitation of the familiar children's song; Potter's creation includes hints and themes from surprising and delightful sources. She asks that flutists mimic the sound of mice scurrying ab...

This fun, new arrangement from Fall's House Press was adapted from Leopold Mozart's Cassation in G for Toys and dedicated to the 2013 New England Conservatory Summer Metropolitan Flute Festival Orches...

Using the fugue theme, this piece demonstrates each flute as it is added one by one, allowing the audience to become familiar with the sound of each new voice.

A happy, up-tempo swing tune that will provide a delicious change of pace. Chord changes are provided in the individual parts to allow any or all members of the ensemble to improvise--a challenge for...

In older churches there were often two or more organs in different locations around the church. Antiphonal choral music often made use of the different locations, as did the antiphonal brass music of...

A Canzona is a contrapuntal work exemplary of the complex instrumental music of the late Renaissance and Early Baroque, epitomized by the Gabrielis in Venice and by Scheidt and others in northern Euro...

Much Irish music was written to be danced to and if performed in concert settings, the repetitions necessary to flesh out a single work for a good length make it sometimes boring. This medley incorpor...

John Field was an Irish composer, contemporary with Beethoven, whose music embraces the Romantic aesthetic which was emerging in all the arts of the time. Field wrote a large number of compositions, a...

Falls House Press offers an arrangement of Boehm's well-known Grand Polonaise in D Major, op. 16 for flute, with flute ensemble accompaniment replacing the traditional piano accompaniment. For advance...

Views from Falls House was commissioned by and dedicated to The Nashua Flute Choir, Inc. is a 5 movement work. The piece is only moderately difficult requiring no extended techniques. Audiences are su...

Flutum Mysterium has a certain essence of ancient music in it, hence its title which is a riff on o magnum mysterium. The first half sounds like church music but the second half is purely pagan.

An ikebana is meant to be a poem told by flowers, and takes form in the shape of lovely, meticulously placed flower arrangements. Gary Schocker has written a dreamy, beautiful piece about the ikebana,...

Meaning 'gentle zephyr' in Italian, this piece depicting a gentle wind was written for Salvatore Lombardi and the Falaut Flute Orchestra in Italy. For advanced ensembles.

The Adagio is built around a plaintive melody in the saxophone with a sparse piano accompaniment. This is expanded in the flute with a more fluid accompaniment in the piano. The Scherzo features tripl...

Sextet, for woodwind quintet and piano features one of Doran's favorite devices--familiar instruments in a somewhat unfamiliar setting. Experienced in quintets, Doran feels it natural to combine these...

They exploit the three instruments in many ways, sometimes flute & oboe against piano or the opposite, other times flute or oboe solo with piano, piano alone, or all three together. A challenge for ea...

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Suite' is a four movement program piece full of zest and frolicking energy. It tells the story of Aesop's fable with a short narration beginning each movement. The...

Jugend (youth) is a dense chamber work of intense and expressive character. This piece will provide new repertoire for wind quintets looking for variety in programming works with piano. Note: Since so...