5. MUSIC FOR WOODWIND
Clifford Bevan SUITE FOR WOODWINDPiccolo, 2 Flutes, Oboe, 3 Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon. Duration: c. 4’30”.
[Easy] Composed for a group of young musicians from a Liverpool primary school, it sounds complete with only Flute, Oboe, 2 Clarinets and Bassoon. ‘Junior woodwind groups will love this well presented publication’.— Winds.
PP0008. Score & 9 parts £10.50; US $20.00; €15.00 (extra parts £1.10; $2.00; €1.60 each).
Clifford Bevan VARIATIONS ON ‘THE PESKY SERPENT’Bassoon & Piano [original Serpent & Piano]. Duration: c. 5’00”.
[Moderately difficult] Possibly the first piece ever composed for serpent with piano accompaniment, it presents the traditional American song ‘The Pesky Sarpent’ in various guises.
PP0036. Serpent & Piano parts complete £5.50; US $10.50; €8.00.
Recorded by Douglas Yeo with Deborah Dewolf Emery on LE MONDE DU SERPENT (BHB 101 CD). This also includes a reading of the words in an authentic New England accent.
Leonard Duck CONCERTISSIMO!Flexible wind ensemble [Part A: Flute, Bb Clarinet or Soprano Saxophone; Part B: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet or Alto Saxophone; Part C: Bb Clarinet or Alto Saxophone; Part D: Bassoon, Bass Clarinet or Tenor Saxophone]. Duration: c. 3’45”.
[Moderately difficult] A lively work, providing opportunities for players of most orchestral woodwind and saxophones to participate. Every part is of significance.
PP0052. Score & 8 parts £12.50; US $24.00; €18.00.
Leonard DuckKNIGHT ERRANTWoodwind Quartet [Part 1: Flute or Bb Clarinet; Part 2: Bb Clarinet; Part 3: Bb Clarinet; Part 4: Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone or Bb Clarinet]. Duration: c. 2’15”.
[Moderately difficult] A wonderfully quirky piece, inspired by the eccentric nature of the knight’s move in chess. It is eminently playable, but the performers need to keep their eyes open for unexpected rhythms.
PP0040. Score & 6 parts £7.50; US $14.50; €11.00.
Julius Fučik arr KronkTHE OLD GRUMBLERBassoon & Piano. Duration: c. 4’40”.
[Moderately difficult] By the composer of The Entry of the Gladiators, who described this Der Alte Brumbär (Bear with a Sore Head) as a ‘comic polka’. The solo instrument’s genial nature is well exploited by a musician who began his career as an Austrian army bassoonist.
PP0001. Bassoon & Piano parts complete £4.80; US $9.50; €7.00.
Julius Fučik THE OLD GRUMBLERBassoon & Small Orchestra. Duration: c. 4’40”.
[Moderately difficult] Orchestration: 2121; 2000; Tp; [Pc.]; Stgs. Played by professional and youth orchestras from the USA to South Africa to Liverpool.
PP0017. Score, Solo Bassoon & 40 parts £44.00; US $84.00; €63.50. Also available on hire.
George Hall HIGGLEDY PIGGLEDYOboe & Piano. Duration: c. 2’00”.
[Moderately difficult] A gentle introduction to serial music for the adventurous oboist. The audience can enjoy this attractive music without being aware of the compositional techniques used.
PP0050. Oboe & Piano parts complete £4.80; US $9.50; €7.00.
Raymond Parfrey CLOUD BALLET4 Flutes. Duration: c. 2’00”.
[Moderately difficult] Modern music distinguished by a wealth of melody, as the four parts soar and dip their ways through an evocative tempo di valse.
PP0021. Score & 4 parts £8.50; US $16.50; €12.50.
Raymond Parfrey COASTER3 Bb Clarinets & Bass Clarinet. Duration: c. 1’40”.
[Moderately difficult] A busy, bustling, sea-going work with vigorous rhythms and some very nautical syncopation.
PP0022. Score & 4 parts £8.50; US $16.50; €12.50.
Raymond Parfrey FOUR MOVEMENTS FOR THREE FAGOTTI3 Bassoons. Duration: c. 6’40”.
[Moderately difficult] An Overture, Invention, Waltz and Scherzo provide four contrasting movements in this very idiomatic work for bassoons.
PP0020. Score & 3 parts £9.80; US $19.00; €14.00.
Raymond Parfrey PICCOLO SUITE3 Clarinets. Duration: c. 5’00”.
[Easy] Four contrasting movements: ‘Marcia piccola’, ‘Shadows Ahead’, ‘Distant Chimes’ and ‘Everybody Busy’. ‘A useful addition to the school music library and useful sightreading practice’.—Clarinet & Saxophone.
PP0034 Score & 3 parts £7.50; US $14.50; €11.00.
Raymond Parfrey TUNES FOR FOUR4 Clarinets. Duration: c. 5’00”.
[Easy] Four pieces for the improver clarinet quartet: ‘Open Air Tune’, ‘On a Distant Shore’, ‘Quick Waltz’ and ‘Hymn of Celebration’. Plenty of opportunities here to play in a range of styles. ‘The material is distributed throughout the texture to develop ensemble skills’.— Music Teacher.
PP0037. Score & 4 parts £7.50; US $14.50; €11.00.
Michael Regan JAZZ DUETS 2 Flutes. Duration: c. 5’00”.
[Moderately difficult] Five pieces in jazz and Latin-American styles: ‘Out of the Blue’, ‘Siesta’, ‘Fughetta’, ‘Bossa Nova’, ‘On Edge’, for two players of equal ability who are looking for a chance to explore some refreshingly different idioms.
PP0023. Playing score £4.50; US $8.50; €6.50.
Jacqueline Sansum NEW YEAR WALTZClarinet & Piano. Duration: c. 1’00”.
[Beginner] A beginner clarinettist’s first real piece! This short and attractive tune in waltz time encourages the player to bring warmth and feeling to the melodic line ‘. . . straightforward and pleasant, with a simple but effective piano part’. —Music Teacher.
PP0035. Clarinet & piano parts complete £2.80; US $5.50; €4.00.
Jacqueline Sansum SCHERZETTOFlute & Piano. Duration: c. 2’00”.
[Intermediate] A wonderful windswept piece of music for flute with piano, picturing perhaps the Quantock Hills in spring with daffodills dotting the grass and white clouds overhead.
PP0042. Flute & Piano parts complete £2.80; US $5.50; €4.00.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky arr Bevan OVERTURE SOLENNELLE ‘1812’8 Flutes (2 doubling Piccolo optional) with bells and cannon. Duration: c. 7’00”.
[Difficult] The piccolos are not essential, but toy glockenspiels and pop-guns, or involvement of the audience as artillery using paper bags, has gone down well in performance. ‘A fun, shortened version . . . that works surprisingly well . . . The scoring has lots of antiphonal effects . . .’—Pan.
PP0014. Score & 8 parts £11.50; US $22.00; €16.50.
and for eight bassoons . . . The arrangement of 1812 for eight bass clef instruments (PP0029) has been played successfully by bassoon ensembles from USA (International Double Reed Society 2003 Conference) to Australia (Sydney High School).
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