Parituras para conjuntos

La Chanson à Morphée de Jean-François Michel, escrita para quinteto de viento, se inspira en la frase "en brazos de Morfeo", símbolo del sueño. La obra explora este estado flotante en el que la concie...

La Chanson à Morphée de Jean-François Michel, escrita para quinteto de viento, se inspira en la frase "en brazos de Morfeo", símbolo del sueño. La obra explora este estado flotante en el que la concie...

His present pieces must convince both connoisseurs and others alike of the unbiased opinion that Beethoven will in time become one of the greatest composers in Europe', thus wrote Joseph Haydn, when i...

When he was a mere 18 years old, Richard Strauss composed the highly Romantic, one-movement Serenade for Wind Instruments, op. 7. Extremely popular among wind players to this day, this work recalls in...

Late in the evening on his name day in 1781 Mozart was on his way to bed when he suddenly heard familiar sounds coming from outside: the six musicians who had given the première of his Serenade in E-f...

What might have occasioned Mozart to rework his original Serenade for sextet into a version for octet (with two oboes) only a few months after he had completed it? Was there an 'external” cause? Once...

Reicha published a total of 24 wind quintets for the 'classical' scoring of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon; op. 88 no. 2 is one of the best-loved and most played. 'If it were possible to surp...

Beethoven's Opus 71 is one of a series of works for mixed wind instruments, which he composed in the 1790s. In 1805 at a performance of the dance-like, lively work in Vienna, the audience praised its...

The title of this medley describes it perfectly since it features short snipits of several famous classics. At the same time it showcases the wide range of colorful timbres that are possible in woodwi...

The Rondo movement from Ludwig van Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata (No. 8, Op. 13) is one of the most beautiful and exciting pieces of all time. This grade 4+ edition, expertly arranged by Gregory Yasin...

From Felix Mendelssohn's Song Without Words (Op. 67, No. 4), this piece has also been refered to as Bee's Wedding since the busy accompaniment to the melody resembles the buzzing of bees.

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 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....

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...

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...

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...