Dark Night of the soul
(aka, "My Wind Quintet arrangements")
After playing for any meaningful amount of time in a wind quintet, one naturally begins to feel oneself pressed up against the walls of the phone booth that is our standard repertoire. Fear not; I have prepared the finest wind quintet arrangements within six city blocks of my home for your enjoyment! They are available Sheetmusicplus.com.
Fair warning: these arrangements pull no punches. I wrote them for my professional colleagues in the Dakota Wind Quintet, who are so amazing I can write whatever I want and they will--as if by magic--execute it flawlessly. This section will expand like clockwork every time I complete an arrangement, which is to say no less than every thirty-six months. You can set stonehenge by it.
Fair warning: these arrangements pull no punches. I wrote them for my professional colleagues in the Dakota Wind Quintet, who are so amazing I can write whatever I want and they will--as if by magic--execute it flawlessly. This section will expand like clockwork every time I complete an arrangement, which is to say no less than every thirty-six months. You can set stonehenge by it.
What a Wonderful World. Louis Armstrong's classic, featuring the clarinet. There are opportunities for improvisation if desired! One of my personal all-time favorites.
Praeludium from Op. 4 Suite by Richard Strauss. Written in 1884 when he was only twenty years old, Richard Strauss' formidible skills are already on full display in his Op. 4 Suite. The first movement (Praeludium), arranged here for Woodwind Quintet, makes a great energetic opener or closer! Strauss' Op. 4 Suite is in the public domain in the US, Canada, and countries where the copyright length is composer's life+50 years. This arrangement may only be used in these locations.
Twenty. He was TWENTY when he wrote this. Not quite as bad as Mozart composing almost as a toddler, but it's close...
Twenty. He was TWENTY when he wrote this. Not quite as bad as Mozart composing almost as a toddler, but it's close...
Passicaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582. J.S. Bach's titanic Prelude and Fugue. Optional (and in fact highly desired!) English horn passages. Every last bit of range and color is wrung from the instruments of the wind quintet. This one'll work ya!
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1. If you are not aware of Respighi's series of masterful Neoclassical arrangements of early lute music, you have missed out on one of the great jewels of the classical repertoire. Buy my arrangement, make me rich, and expand your horizons in the process!
Mariettas Lied (Glück, das mir verblieb). This aria is simply heartbreaking. Erich Wolfgang Korngold's opera Die Tote Stadt swept the world in 1920, and though it subsequently fell out of fashion (the role of Paul is insanely difficult and taxing to sing, or so I'm told), it's making a comeback. If you can believe it, Korngold wrote this beautiful music at the precocious age of twenty three. Big horn feature. Optional English horn part, which is not really optional, but I have to say so because most oboe players demand a king's ransom to drag out the cow. But in dark moments, it really can fit better in a wind quintet than an oboe. They'll kill me for saying it, but this statement has the benefit of being true.
Like the Strauss above, if Die Tote Stadt is in the public domain in your country, you can perform this arrangement. It is here in the US, and is in Canada and other Life+50 years countries. Life+70? See you in 2027...
Like the Strauss above, if Die Tote Stadt is in the public domain in your country, you can perform this arrangement. It is here in the US, and is in Canada and other Life+50 years countries. Life+70? See you in 2027...
Wind Octet in Eb Major, Op. 103 by Ludwig van Beethoven. The master beckons. You dare not refuse. If you're a college-trained Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, or Horn player and made it through a standard undergraduate degree program without encountering this masterwork, I believe you have a solid case for demanding a full refund on your tuition.
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