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wind ensemble MAURICE HODGES Irish tunes (Set 1) woodwind quartet (fl, ob, cl in 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 MAURICE HODGES Irish tunes (Set 2) version for saxophone quartet (SATBar) from the original for recorders In preparation MAURICE HODGES Irish tunes (Set 3) wind quintet (fl, ob, cl, hn, bn) Project recorders MAURICE HODGES Irish tunes (Set 2) SATB Originally published in 1992 by WOODWINDplus (along with Set 1 for woodwind quartet), these pieces were written for the Cambridge branch of the Society of Recorder Players. Although there are short passages with extra parts for larger groups, the music was intended to be self-sufficient with four players, and versions for string quartet and saxophone quartet are in the pipeline. The tunes are: 1 A morning in summer (jig), 2 By the church at Creggan, 3 Hymn to the heart of Jesus, 4 The king of Laois (6/8 march). A version of the last movement for recorder orchestra has already been performed by the Peregrine Recorder Orchestra. Durations 2’20”, 1’30”, 1’40”, 2’05” (total about 8’30”) GP02 Score and parts £ 10.80 MAURICE HODGES The Little Black Rose (fantasia on the Irish folk tune) SATB Conceived as a ‘musical history’ of the tune, using four progressively more elaborate versions, the piece begins with a wild soprano cadenza. The simple Dorian version introduced underneath by the tenor gradually grows to a climactic much-ornamented C major version in two-part free canon. A bass cadenza leads to the piece’s disappearance in a wisp of Irish mist. Duration about 5’30” GP04 Score and parts £ 10.00 MAURICE HODGES She moved through the fair for recorder and accordion Written for Evelyn Nallen for inclusion on her album ‘Whistlestar’, which you can download from her website at www.evelyn-nallen.com. The recorder player is required to play garklein, sopranino, renaissance, baroque pitch and modern sopranos, alto, tenor and bass. The piece ‘narrates’ the poem by using many different tunes in addition to ‘She moved’. Duration about 10’ In preparation keyboard TURLOUGH CAROLAN Three Carolan Tunes arranged for piano solo Project TURLOUGH CAROLAN Carolan’s Farewell to Music arranged for harpsichord Extracted from ‘The Humours of Carolan’, a piece for recorder, lute and harpsichord relating the life of Carolan using his own music, written for the recorder player Evelyn Nallen. In preparation string quartet MAURICE HODGES Irish tunes (Set 2) from the original for recorders In preparation wind_instruments.htmlWorks_in_preparation.htmlprojects.htmlrecorders.htmlhttp://www.evelyn-nallen.comWorks_in_preparation.htmlkeyboard.htmlprojects.htmlWorks_in_preparation.htmlstring_quartet.htmlWorks_in_preparation.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10

Arrangements of Irish music