Composed by G. Butterworth. Arranged by Orriss. For flute ensemble (5 C flutes, alto flute, bass flute). Flutets Series. Grade 6 to 9. Score and parts. Duration 6'00. Published by Wonderful Winds

Arranged by Marshall Meador. For flute choir. Classical, Chamber Music. Published by Little Piper

Composed by Albert Franz Doppler (1821-1883). Arranged by Gudrun Hinze. Published by Alry Publications (AY.FC351).

(from The Sound of Music). Composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Arranged by Mel Orriss. For flute quintet: flute 1/piccolo, flute 2, flute 3, alto flute, bass flute. Flutets series. Grade 6 to 9. Score and parts. Duration 3'20. Published by Wonderful Winds

By Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). Arranged by Mel Orriss. For flute sextet including piccolo, alto flute , bass flute (optional). Flutets series. Grade 7 to 9. Score and parts. Duration 4'20. Published by Wonderful Winds

(from Solomon). By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Arranged by Mel Orriss. For flute sextet: including 2 piccolos, alto flute, bass flute. Flutets series. Grade 7 to 9. Score and parts. Duration 3'15. Published by Wonderful Winds

Composed by Rick Hirsch. For flute choir. Grade 4. Duration 9 minutes, 15 seconds. Published by BRS Music

(from Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46). Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Arranged by Pugh. For flute choir (piccolo, 3 flutes, alto flute, bass flute). Flutets. Grade 5 to 9. Score and parts. Duration 2'14. Published by Wonderful Winds

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Arranged by Mel Orriss. For flute quartet: flute piccolo, flute piccolo, flute, alto flute. Flutets series. Grade 7 to 9. Score and parts. Duration 2'50. Published by Wonderful Winds

Flute Choir (Picc, 6 Fls, 2 Afls, 2 Bfls. Cbsfl (opt.)) - Grade 6 to 9

SKU: WN.OR004B

Composed by M. Orriss. Flutets series. Score and parts. Wonderful Winds #OR004B. Published by Wonderful Winds (WN.OR004B).

ISBN ISMN 9790570743766.

1.7. 16 was commissioned by The Hamilton Flute Band to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, and was premiered in St Columb’s Cathedral, Londonderry on 1st July 2016. This new version for flute choir was written for The Woodbridge Flute Choir, Virginia, USA, in 2024. The piece takes some of its ideas from musical elements already connected to the story, from the signalling bugle calls that might have been used in battle, to hints of one of the March tunes that the band still use today.
794,628 lives were lost in the Battle of the Somme, a chilling statistic. These numbers are also woven into the music, colouring the choices of intervals, harmonies and chords, and building the central themes, including the slow march to the trenches, where the uncomfortable juxtaposition of 7ths and 9ths is used as a motif over the solo flute theme before the screeching whistle signal to go over the top.
One of the musical elements central to the piece is the bugle call for Assemble which is used as an enthusiastic call in the opening, then to give unity to the chilling fear of the trenches on the eve of the battle, and finally to lead into the Commemoration of the final section, as those in the Cathedral 100 years later became part of the story as they assembled to commemorate the huge sacrifice made.