David Marlatt: Partituras medio

Elgar's haunting melody flows through the ensemble finally reaching the climax at the very end.

This makes a terrific opener for a concert or recital. Purcell's music always works well for winds and this prelude is no exception. There is interesting melodic material throughout this arrangement a...

The elegant Intermezzo is the most famous part of this opera. It opens quietly, builds, then ends as it began. This beautiful melody is a great slow work for a concert or ceremony.

This beautiful and flowing Christmas carol was written by Pietro Yon. The melody is found mainly between the top 2 parts with the rest of the ensemble supporting with rhythmic figures. Slight variatio...

This work tells the story of the famous sailor and explorer - Christopher Columbus. His voyage to discover a trade route with China while traveling West led to the discovering of The New World - the A...

This Andaluza (or Playera) is part of a set of 12 Spanish Dances written in 1890. The color and harmonies lend themselves so well to the sonorities of a mixed woodwind ensemble. Ole!

Girl With The Flaxen Hair and Golliwog s Cakewalk are two of Claude Debussy s most popular piano works. It has been said that Girl With The Flaxen Hair, with its impressionistic and progressive harmon...

This work (originally for lute or mandolin and strings) is a great piece to feature a mixed woodwind ensemble. Melody is found in all voices and can be successfully performed by any combination of woo...

Blaze Away is a great march which was first published in 1901. It was written for concert band/brass band on march cards as well as versions for piano, organ, guitar and even banjo band!

Bring Baroque brilliance and infectious musical joy to the stage! The famous "Allegro" from Georg Philipp Telemann's Flute Sonata (TWV 41:F2) shines in this exquisite arrangement for woodwind quintet,...

This arrangement is a movement from the Cello Sonata in G. Flashy sounding scales (in an easy key) make this sound harder than it is. This is a perfect feature for one member in the group while essent...

The Dragon King, China s first emperor was crowned in 221 BC. He unified the various states throughout the country and led with an iron hand. Some of the massive projects he ordered were the construct...

This arrangement is a movement from the Cello Sonata in G. Flashy sounding scales (in an easy key) make this sound harder than it is. This is a perfect feature for a clarinet player in the group while...

There have been many recordings of the famous Gabrieli canzoni for various combinations of instruments. This arrangement for mixed woodwinds is a welcome addition to this repertoire. Antiphonal spacin...

Mozart would have approved! This is one of the most famous classical pieces of all time and it works great for a mixed woodwind ensemble. All the Mozartian lyrical lines are included in this version....

Mozart would have approved! This is one of the most famous classical pieces of all time and it works great for a mixed woodwind ensemble. All the Mozartian technical fun is included in this version. A...

There have been many recordings of the famous Gabrieli canzoni for various combinations of instruments. This arrangement for mixed woodwinds is a welcome addition to the repertoire. Antiphonal spacing...

Enigma Variations is a set of variations on an original theme, about which Elgar said represented 'the loneliness of the creative artist'. Each variation has a title which contained initials or nickn...

Burgmuller was a German composer and pianist best known for writing 'teaching pieces' for piano. Ballade is a fast movement from one of these collections for students. Melody is found in all voices in...

The Allegro con Spirito movement of the Divertimento No. 1 is from the Six Feldpartiten (open air suites), composed by Haydn in the early 1780's. Originally scored for two oboes, two French horns, thr...

The Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi is truly a magnificent work. The Laudamus Te is a vocal duet arranged here for mixed woodwinds. This duet is typical of the music of the Vivaldi with imitative scale pass...

Habanera is one of the most famous and popular opera arias in the repertoire. The majority of technical requirements have been reduced to make this arrangement suitable for mid high school level perfo...

The principal theme from the second movement of this symphony is equal in fame and popularity to Pachelbel's Canon and Albinoni's Adagio. This incredibly simple and beautiful theme has been arranged h...

The Prelude to Te Deum is the short opening section which is the most famous part of this work because of its heroic nature, often performed as an organ solo at a wedding. The flexibility of the mixed...

The Allegro con Brio movement of the Sonata No. 50 by Haydn was originally for pianoforte. It has been scored here for a large woodwind ensemble consisting of flute, double reeds, clarinet choir and s...