SKU: HL.14019938

Postcards was written in 1991 for the Vega Wind Quintet, who first performed it at the Huddersfield Festival in the same year. It is a reworking of a set of eight Bagatelles written in 1965: each movement has been rewritten and enlarged to a greater or lesser extent. The title was chosen to emphasise the nature of the pieces, which are in a sense brief postcards from different genres (fugato, dance, etc).

John McCabe (1939-2015) was a British composer, pianist and music administrator. He studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music and built a career as a virtuoso pianist. However, he also wrote several hundred musical compositions,ranging from large-scale orchestral works to chamber music and solo instrumental pieces - it is said the only classical genre he did not write for was opera. 

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English-German-Hungarian.

Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) most popular piece appears here in a new format: the publication folder contains both the individual parts and the score of the work. First published in the 1950s, this three-movement composition (Allegro - Andante espressivo - Allegro vivace) has - as the title suggests - a light, serenade-like tone. In particular, the dance-like final movement (subheaded with the word Saltarello ) is sure to find success with an audience.This publication is printed on high-quality, age-resistant paper that is produced in an environmentally-friendly, climate-neutral manner using renewable raw materials.