Product Description
High Summer Wood by Paul Burnell. Composed 2023 for Flexible Ensemble (Instruments in four parts, Percussion,Voices, Piano, Guitars).
Duration: 4:15 approx.
Score in C
The piece may be performed by an ensemble smaller than indicated by the score. For example the piece may be performed just by Parts 1-4, or just by Percussion, Piano and Guitars, etc.
Parts 1-4 are suitable for multiple quartet combinations with parts available (and potential instrumentations suggested) as follows:
Part 1: C, Bb (Flute, Oboe, Alto Recorder, Bb Clarinet,Violin 1)
Part 2: C, Bb, G (Alto Flute, Oboe,Tenor Recorder, Bb Clarinet,Violin 2)
Part 3: C, Bb, Eb, F (Bb Clarinet,Tenor Recorder, Alto Saxophone,Violin 3,Viola)
Part 4: C, Bb, Eb, F (Bb Clarinet, Bass Recorder, Alto Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone, Horn in F, Violin 4, Viola)
Part 4 may be played or doubled an octave or two octaves lower (with Cello and Double Bass using the Bass Guitar part if convenient). String instruments may play Part 4 pizzicato.
Suggestions for the Untuned Percussion part are: high hat, ride cymbal, cabasa.
Suggestions for the Tuned Percussion part are: handbells, vibraphone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, toy piano - played in any suitable octave.
Voices may sing at any convenient octave.
The acoustic guitar part may be played by harpsichord, or harp, or an electronic keyboard using a plucked instrument sound, played an octave higher than the guitar sounds (i.e. the apparent written pitch.)
Dynamics are not given, but may be devised by the ensemble or musical director according to the capabilities of the available instruments.
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