Gustav Holst - Folksongs of Hampshire England . In the early 1900's there was great interest in collecting and preserving the folk songs of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Equipped with their newly invented recording devices, people such as Cecil Sharp, Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Gustav Holst would travel into the country-side to record, or notate songs being sung. They would frequently use these songs in their own compositions. Holst's music in particular is filled with those songs and his two suites for band are especially valued by wind bands around the world. This group of four songs was arranged for voice and piano by Holst and set for clarinet choir by John Gibson. The songs are 1. Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low 2. Bedlam City 3. The Irish Girl 4. Young Reilly. The instrumentation is: Eb Soprano Clarinet, Bb Soprano Clarinet 1 - 3, Alto Clarinet (with an alternate 4th Bb part), Bass Clarinet, Contra Bass or Contralto. Although an alternate for alto is provided, the alto is preferred.

This is a more modern arrangement of ?In the Bleak Midwinter? for Clarinet Quartet based on a poem by Christina Rossetti and the musical setting by GustavHolst. For hundreds of other arrangements by Kenneth Abeling pleasevisit: www.lincolnmusicpublications.comPlaying time 3:35

The fourth movement of Mahler's 5th symphony is arguably hismost famous single piece of music. "If a composer could say what he had to say in words hewould not bother trying to say it in music." "Gustav Mahler" The arrangement is for CLARINET quartet to be used like part of its repertoire. I hope you enjoy it. Substitute part: 1 Bb

Cheerful music by the British composer, Gustav Holst. It was written for a string orchestra, but works well for woodwinds. Holst liked to throw the melody around to all the parts, so everyone gets to shine. The music is not difficult, however I would suggest advanced intermediate due to some challenging key changes. There are 3 movements (Prelude, Air, and Dance) and the sound sample has a short section of each. The entire piece runs about 7 minutes.