Heighleygate Garden centre Dec 2013

Vivaldi:Four Seasons

I have arranged many of the movements from the Four Seasons for wind quintet.

I have also done some of them for flute,clarinet and sax quintet. 

The string parts have been simplified to make this music more available to the average player. 

Individual movements can be found on my Score Exchange pages. 

I have also done a Suite of  4 of the More Popular Movements which is easier and shortened (omitting the difficult bits.It is available for wind quintet, flute, clarinet and sax quintets.

These are more accessible to school pupils and less advanced players.

The following are complete arrangements:(for the more advanced player)

Spring (3 mvts) arranged wind quintet

Spring (3 mvts) arranged flute quintet

Spring (3 mvts) arranged clarinet quintet

Autumn (3 mvts) arranged wind quintet

Winter (2 mvts) mvts I & II: arranged wind quintet.

Summer:These three movements appear to be the most difficult to arrange for wind instruments, so I haven't done any of them as yet!!

Other arrangements,combinations of instruments will be added idc.

Peer Gynt Suite no 1

New arrangement of all 4 movements of the Peer Gynt Suite no 1.
1.Morning
2.Death of Ase
3.Anitra's Dance
4.In the Hall of the Mountain King

A selection of medieval and unusual carols: Coventry Carol, Good King Wenceslas, Gaudete, Il est né, Lullay my liking, Masters in this Hall, Patapan, Personent Hodie, Puer Nobis (unto us a boy is born), The Birds Carol.

A selection of medieval and unusual carols: Coventry Carol, Good King Wenceslas, Gaudete, Il est né, Lullay my liking, Masters in this Hall, Patapan, Personent Hodie, Puer Nobis (unto us a boy is born), The Birds Carol.

10 Popular Christmas Carols for wind quintet

10 Popular Christmas Carols for wind quintet

Just in time for Christmas.

I have tried to move the lead line between instruments rather than always giving it to the flute.

Tweet from Alnwick Garden

Wassail!

A new  Christmas arrangement for flute quintet:

Wassail! (includes :Gloucester Wassail, Somerset Wassail and The Wassail Song.)

Alnwick garden treehouse

Wassail! (An original medley of 3 wassail carols:Gloucester Wassail, Somerset Wassail and The Wassail Song.)

For wind quintet Wassail! (An original medley of 3 wassail carols:Gloucester Wassail, Somerset Wassail and The Wassail Song.)

Air(Air on a G String) Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068

Air(Air on a G String) Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068

New arrangement

4.Gigue (from Four Dances) :one of Elgar’s early compositions:his wind quintets)

A new arrangement

4.Gigue (from Four Dances) :one of Elgar’s early compositions:his wind quintets)

Last night in Alnwick garden tree house

Piano Sonata in C Minor op.13 (Sonata Pathetique) Movt 2 Adagio

Piano Sonata in C Minor op.13 (Sonata Pathetique) Movt 2 Adagio

One of Beethoven's better known piano pieces: this works well as a wind quintet.

Für Elise

Für Elise a new arrangement (includes mp3)

Arabesque no. 1

Arabesque no. 1

A new arrangement (and mp3 file)

12 Variations on "Ah,vous dirais-je,Maman"

12 Variations on "Ah,vous dirais-je,Maman"
New arrangement of Mozart's original piece for piano-more commonly known as "twinkle,twinkle,little star"

Mp3 available on score exchange web site

Alnwick garden tree house

We played for the dinner guests

IX.Nimrod (Enigma Variations)

IX.Nimrod (Enigma Variations)

Arrangement of Elgar's popular tune.
Other variations are available on my score exchange pages.

Howick Garden Party

1.Berceuse (Dolly Suite)

Mp3 file now uploaded1.Berceuse (Dolly Suite) G Faure

Movements 2 3 & 4 now added to my score exchange pages. 

New wind quintet music

New wind quintet music

New arrangement of the 1st piece: Berceuse, from the Dolly Suite by G Faure.

This was the theme music for Listen with Mother on the BBC Light Programme from 1952 to 1980s, and was originally written for piano duet.

IX.Nimrod (Enigma Variations)

IX.Nimrod (Enigma Variations)

New arrangement

Rehearsal

Tried out my arrangement of Gounod's petit symphonie, originally for a nonet.

It went very well.

New page

I have added a new page Ray's Quintet Music.