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Commande du Concours international de quintettes de cuivres de Narbonne, France (1990)

The work consists of five movements of which the first, Intrada, makes use of rhythmic play interspersed with a short expressive Andante. The second, Fantasia, consists of cadenzas for each instrument...

Fabrics for brass quintet was composed in the summer of 1989. Like 'Seasons', it was written for the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, premiered by that group, and supported by funding from the University of W...

Seasons', 'A Symphony for Brass Quintet', was composed during the summer of 1986. It was written specifically for the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, of which John Stevens is a member. The composition of thi...

Four Sketches for brass quintet (version 1989) was commissioned by Mel Jernigan and the St. Louis Brass Quintet (USA) and has undergone almost a complete metamorphosis since its premiere in St. Louis...

Aria from 'La Donna del Lago' Composed specifically to show off the voice by means of lightning runs, colorful ornamentation and flashy cadenzas, the coloratura aria has traditionally provided the ope...

Queen of the Night The Queen of the Night in Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' is wicked and evil. In choosing a very high soprano for this role Mozart makes effective dramatic use of the voice's extreme upp...

Prescribed work at the 2nd International Brass Quintet Competition, Narbonne 1988. Tiento The Tiento is one of the oldest forms of the 'cante flamenco'. Its very condensed form originates in variation...

Juraj Filas, an important figure in contemporary Czech music, likes to say that his passion for composition emerged in his youth with the admiring discovery of the works of Beethoven and Verdi, whose...

Hrachia Melikyan passed away a few weeks before the premiere of this quintet for woodwinds was performed in Yerevan, Armenia in 2006 by the Quintette a vent de Bretagne (France). We thank flutist Alai...