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Here We Come A-Wassailing – Clarinet Quartet
This lively traditional English Christmas carol and New Year song features the verses in 6/8 and the choruses in 2/4.
Composer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: 3 Clarinets & 1 Bass Clarinet
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 1:35 / 10 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: Eb – Ab (Concert) -
Il est né, le devin Enfant – Woodwind Quintet
Il est né, le devin Enfant, a French Christmas carol, occupies an unusual position between the secular and the sacred. Suitably, this instrumental version can find a place on different types of programs. A joyous carol, the text of the chorus tells us to celebrate by playing oboes and sounding bagpipes.
Composer: Mark Questad
Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, F Horn & Bassoon
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:30 / 14 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: C-Db -
Illusions – Mixed Quintet
Illusions make us think we are seeing something we’re not, a deception, which is quite magical; and this piece is based on magic.
The first movement, Wild Card, depicts the journey to find one’s own way in life. The individual parts go this way and that, sometimes at peace with decisions made and sometimes filled with the unease that comes with fear of the unknown.
A wizard can be someone clever and skilled, as a computer wizard, and can also be synonymous for obsessions, including bewitchment and enchantment. Wizardz, the second movement, gives every instrument its own voice within the ensemble, sometimes clever and skilled, sometimes filled with enchantment and motivation with a little sorcery for good measure. Juggling, the third movement, sonically juggles the sound back and forth, up and down among the players, trying to keep all the balls in the air at the same time.
The sample score shows the first page of each of the three movements. At this time there is no recording available.
Composer: Anne McGinty
Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet & Tuba
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 10:15 / 62 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: N/A -
Jesu, Jesu, Baby Dear – Clarinet Quartet
This traditional Czech carol, also known as the rocking carol, is sung as a lullaby to baby Jesus while rocking in the manger as if it were a more modern cradle. Cradle rocking, a custom which began in German churches in medieval times, eventually spread from there all across Europe. The carol was popularized by a recording by Julie Andrews.
Composer: Bill Reichenbach
Instrumentation: 3 Bb Clarinets & 1 Bb Bass Clarinet
Duration/# of Pages: ca. 2:20 / 8 pages, 8.5″ x 11″
Key: F – Db (no key sig)