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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-09-09 07:21
Given the fantastic response I got on the "Favorite New Concerto" thread (found some really cool stuff through it!) and the fact that I've just joined a wind quintet... The repertoire can get a bit repetitive for such an ensemble, so I'd like to spruce things up a bit.
What are some new and/or obscure quintet pieces you enjoy? Something other than the usual Ibert, Milhaud, Reicha, Arnold, Taffanel, etc.
Thanks!
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-09-09 10:01
Nielsen's wind quintet is good from what I remember - it was on the radio when I was driving to work late one morning!
Oh yeah, and the oboist doubles on cor anglais in one movement.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
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Post Edited (2005-09-09 16:11)
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Author: BelgianClarinet
Date: 2005-09-09 12:25
Nielsen is nice but seems not simple.
The same for '6 Bagatels' from Ligeti, great music but some parts are tricky.
Playable and an absolute classic : Early Hongarian dances from Ferenc Farkas
Very nice and relative easy : 5 Easy dances from Agay
Reicha's opus 88 n° 2 is Great.
Milhaud (La Cheminé du roi René) is playable but rather special to listen to.
The above all are originally written for WQt. We also found a very nice adaptation of Schubert's "Trouth Quintet Variations"
and then there is plenty adaptations of about every famous melody ever written.
Peter
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2005-09-09 13:46
The Harbison and Schuller Quintets are very challenging.
Christopher Nichols
1st Infantry Division Band
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2005-09-09 15:39
I really like Paquito diRivera's Aires Tropicale. I also happen to like the wind quintets I've written :^)
Oh, and Samuel Barber's Summer Music is a great quintet too. This one is considered a "standard" but I hardly ever hear it played.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-09-09 17:12
William Grant Still, Folk Suite No. 4
Donald Draganski, Klezmer Music (available from Walter Grabner)
August Klughardt, Quintett, Op. 79
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: BelgianClarinet
Date: 2005-09-09 17:47
Just remembered, have a 'listen' at :
http://www.dorianwindquintet.org/soundclips.html
you can hear the Milhaud and Reicha, also the Szervanszky is great stuff
Peter
Post Edited (2005-09-09 23:19)
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Author: deebee
Date: 2005-09-11 13:17
Have a look at the George Dreyfus "Quintet after the Notebook of J. G. Noverre" (but only if your horn player is an absolute monster). Approx difficulty = Harbison. Fantastic piece, though.
db
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Author: thechosenone
Date: 2005-09-11 16:00
barber's "summer music" quintet is a definite standard, but the reason it's not played is because of the tremendous difficulty of getting the piece together. 7/16 bars? Those trill-run tradeoffs between flute and clarinet? yikes
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-09-11 18:57
Thanks for the input... I'll look into those. We're meeting for the first time this week and will read through a bunch of the repertoire we do have. I'll find clips (thanks for those, Peter) of the stuff listed here and try to get scores of the ones I like that we don't have.
That is, until I write my own over winter break
Keep the suggestions coming!
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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