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MAURICE HODGES Irish tunes (Set 1) woodwind quartet (fl, ob, cl (B flat & A), bn) This set of pieces (along with Set 2 for recorders) was published in 1992 by WOODWINDplus, to whom I am very grateful for bringing them to a wide audience; they have had many performances and have been in the repertoire of several professional ensembles, including the London Wind Quartet and the Scottish group Illuminati. The first three tunes are relatively short and easy, and may be performed as a set on their own in the order 2, 3, 1; the last movement is more extended and difficult. The tunes are: 1 The red-haired boy (hornpipe), 2 I know my love, 3 Lovely Mollie, 4 The mountain lark (reel) (incorporating The Four Courts). Durations 1’20”, 1’10”, 1’35”, 3’35” (total about 8’) GP05 Score and parts £ 14.70 SCOTT JOPLIN (1868-1917) Solace - A Mexican Serenade (originally for piano solo) arranged for wind quintet (fl, ob, cl (B flat), hn, bn) As a bassoonist, I chose to arrange this, rather than a more conventional piece of Joplin’s ragtime, because of its beautifully melodic bass line. It also has some surprising paused chords at the ends of phrases in the Trio, where you can imagine dancers momentarily frozen in mid-movement. I believe there is another available quintet version, but I don’t know it, so I can’t tell you whether or not it’s better than this one! Mine’s cheaper, though. Duration about 5’ GP06 Score and parts £ 10.50 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Suite in A major (‘American’) Op.98 (originally for piano solo) arranged for wind quintet (fl, ob, cl (A), hn, bn) Written around the same time as the ‘American’ string quartet and the ‘New World’ symphony, this is similarly direct in expression, with much pentatonic and modal writing, but it is not easy to play! Dvořák made an orchestral version of this work (with lots of percussion!) but my arrangement is based entirely on the piano original. There are five movements: Moderato, Molto vivace, Allegretto, Andante, Allegro. The opening of the first reappears at the end of the last as a grand climax to the whole suite. Durations 3’50”, 4’10”, 3’15”, 2’50”, 2’50” (total about 17’30”) GP07 Score and parts £ 23.00 CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN (1813-1888) ‘Le Legatissimo’ and ‘Le Staccatissimo’ Op.63 Nos. 3 & 2 (originally for piano solo) arranged for 4 equal clarinets Alkan was a brilliant but reclusive pianist, reputed to be the only person in front of whom Liszt was nervous of playing. He wrote almost exclusively for his own instrument and there are many large- scale and difficult works. However, he also wrote several sets of charming, unpretentious and easier pieces, including the ‘Esquisses’ Op.63 from which these two pieces have been selected. Durations 1’25”, 1’10” (total about 2’40”) GP08 Playing score and 4 parts £ 10.00 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 15 Three-part Sinfonias (originally for keyboard) arranged for oboe, clarinet and bassoon Project MAURICE HODGES Irish tunes (Set 3) wind quintet (fl, ob, cl, hn, bn) Project WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Sonata in F major K.497 (originally for piano duet) arranged for the same ensemble as Mozart’s Gran Partita K.361 plus flute (fl, 2ob, 2 cl (B flat), 2 bhn, 2bn, 4hn, db) This arrangement is in the repertoire of the Haffner Wind Ensemble, and was performed by them at a BBC Lunchtime Concert in Bristol on the 3rd of March 2005 (broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 21st March 2005). It was originally arranged for Whiteacre Winds, an amateur group based in Fulbourn, near Cambridge. The version to be published will incorporate some slight revisions. In preparation ROBERT SCHUMANN Waldscenen Op.82 (originally for piano solo) arranged for wind decet 2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2hn, 2bn (ob2=ca, cl2=bcl) In preparation MAURICE HODGES Battaglia A Duel or Trial for Solo bass clarinet Written for my sister Valerie to perform at her final recital for her degree in music, this piece was given its first London performance by John Harle at a concert in the Wigmore Hall promoted by the Society for the Promotion of New Music. The battle of the title is between the chalumeau and clarino registers of the instrument, with the ‘throat’ notes functioning as a kind of no-mans-land but involved in the eventual reconcilatory integration of the warring factions! Duration about 7’30” In preparation projects.htmlprojects.htmlWorks_in_preparation.htmlWorks_in_preparation.htmlWorks_in_preparation.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4

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