Wonderful Winds

A fabulous showpiece for an advanced Double Reed Ensemble, this Overture would work equally well for a solo Octet or larger forces, (with optional Contrabassoon). Absolutely thrilling!

This piece was originally written as a piano duet, and is subtitled 'Flamenco (gypsy dance)'. This arrangement passes bits of melody around all of the instruments, including a short rearranged section...

Anna Cooper's arrangements of The Hebrides Overture (abridged) for oboe trio and flute ensemble have long been best sellers in the Wonderful Winds catalogue. Here she has skillfully arranged it for do...

Edward MacDowell wrote the piano suite Sea Pieces in 1898, shortly after his Woodland Sketches (which feature perhaps one of his most well-loved works, To a Wild Rose). In the first piece, Song, a jau...

This lively chorus from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas makes an ideal short concert piece for beginner double reeds.

Three jolly extracts from Purcell's wonderful opera: "Fear No Danger", The Sailors' Dance and "To The Hills And The Vales". This would be perfect for massed double reeds or single players, with 2 grad...

In this arrangement of Saint-Saens' charming piece for solo horn, the cor anglais is featured, with lilting accompaniment from the other players.

The arranger was inspired to create this arrangement of the American national anthem during the recent presidential inauguration, having heard the new version sung at the ceremony. A trawl through You...

Albéniz's Sevilla comes from his Suite Espagnole for piano, and is often heard in an arrangement for guitar solo. Here it is in a satisfying arrangement for clarinet quartet, that is just as fun to li...

This is without a doubt Boccherini's most famous piece, and one of the most popular pieces of chamber music. It is often heard in films being played by string quartets at posh parties - with this arra...

The Grand Trio is a substantial work originally written for two Oboes and Cor Anglais. The four contrasting movements are well suited to a clarinet trio, and comprise a charming Allegro, a beautiful A...

Butterworth based The Banks of Green Willow on two folk song melodies that he noted in 1907 - "The Banks of Green Willow" and "Green Bushes". This lush textured Idyll features some beautiful melodic m...

This is a suite of 4 of the most popular and well-known sections from Carmen, arranged for clarinet quartet. All of the instruments get a fair go at playing the tunes, even the toreador bass clarinet....

An exciting and challenging arrangement of Bach's mighty Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Although well suited to high grade clarinetists, the optional Bass Clarinet 7 part could be managed by grade 5/6...

Originally written for piano four hands, the two sets of Dvořák's Slavonic Dances were orchestrated by the composer shortly after their first publication. This dance in E minor is from the first set,...

The Flower Duet from Delibes' Opera Lakmé is equally well known for its use in the British Airways advert and, more recently, in the film "50 Shades of Grey". In this arrangement the top two clarinet...

This is one of Faure's most popular pieces, and is regularly performed in many different arrangements, perhaps most often as a solo for flute and piano. Here it is for clarinet quartet, with the tune...

This piece is one of Grieg's most famous works, and comes from the first Peer Gynt suite. It is a song to the morning in 6/8, using notes from the pentatonic scale. This arrangement features broad, wa...

This piece is one of Grieg's most famous works, and comes from the first Peer Gynt suite. It is a song to the morning in 6/8, using notes from the pentatonic scale. This arrangement features broad, wa...

This chirpy dance is one of Grieg's most famous pieces and comes from the first Peer Gynt suite. It features chromatic harmony, and is mostly staccato - a great workout for all the clarinets.

This chirpy dance is one of Grieg's most famous pieces and comes from the first Peer Gynt suite. It features chromatic harmony, and is mostly staccato - a great workout for all the clarinets.

This is perhaps Grieg's most famous composition, and comes from the first Peer Gynt suite. It was originally a piece of incidental music to accompany the scene in Ibsen's play where Peer ventures into...

This is perhaps Grieg's most famous composition, and comes from the first Peer Gynt suite. It was originally a piece of incidental music to accompany the scene in Ibsen's play where Peer ventures into...

This is perhaps Grieg's most famous composition, and comes from the first Peer Gynt suite. It was originally a piece of incidental music to accompany the scene in Ibsen's play where Peer ventures into...

This piece comes from Grieg's second Peer Gynt suite. Because of its haunting nature, it was used recently on Joanna Lumley's film about the northern lights, and the piece brings on visions of the aur...