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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Slipping Through My Fingers
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Slipping Through My Fingers
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1215033 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Arranged by Karen Gueiros....
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1215033 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Arranged by Karen Gueiros. 20th Century,Broadway,Disco,Film/TV,Musical/Show,Pop. 23 pages. Editora Gueiros #811907. Published by Editora Gueiros (A0.1215033). An arrangement of Slipping Through My Fingers for Woodwind Quintet.
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Slipping Through My Fingers
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Slipping Through My Fingers
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1215038 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Arranged by Karen Gueiros....
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1215038 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Arranged by Karen Gueiros. 20th Century,Broadway,Disco,Film/TV,Musical/Show,Pop. 24 pages. Editora Gueiros #811912. Published by Editora Gueiros (A0.1215038). An arrangement of Slipping Through My Fingers -ABBA for Woodwind Quintet.
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Slipping Through My Fingers
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Slipping Through My Fingers
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767405 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Arranged by Mike Lyons. Con...
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767405 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Arranged by Mike Lyons. Contemporary. 12 pages. Lyons Music Services #3638815. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767405). A brand new arrangement for wind quintet of this well-known ABBA song, as currently featured in the hit fiilm Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
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Course of Empire
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Kyle Vanderburg
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Course of Empire
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1448781 Composed by Kyle Vanderburg. 21st Centur...
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1448781 Composed by Kyle Vanderburg. 21st Century,Classical. 58 pages. NoteForge #1028595. Published by NoteForge (A0.1448781). Course of Empire takes its title and theme from a series of paintings by Thomas Cole. Over the course of these five paintings, an imaginary city rises and falls. A large boulder atop a cliff watches the scenes unfold: a wild and untamed landscape in the first painting; an agrarian, peaceful, arcadian state in the second; a decadent celebration in the third; the sack and destruction of the city in the fourth; and the ruins in the last.I tried to work unifying musical motives throughout the quintet. The first movement, The State of Nature, begins with a twelve-tone texture. There is no sense of tonal hierarchy or pitch center. The music is in a state of balance, adhering to a natural system not discernable to the listener. The bassoon introduces the main motive representing the cliff, a pastoral sort of hiccup.The second movement, Daydreams of Arcadia, begins with and develops the cliff motive, and has a more defined tonality. There is more action throughout the movement, as we’re led to the peaceful beginnings of civilization. The Empire motive, a series of syncopated chords, shows up toward the end of the movement: This is the beginning of the end, where our imaginary city makes the change from existing in harmony with nature to conquering it.The third movement, Fulfillment of Empire, begins with a cliff motive that has been added to, almost to the point of unrecognizability. Scenes of empire are shown musically, from a grand parade, to a show of naval forces, to the temple that occupies most of the painting. The Empire theme returns, expanded upon, but somehow sounding a little overextended.The fourth movement, The Fall, alternates between unfriendly chords (and noises) and the Empire motive. Every iteration of the Empire motive gets a little weaker, as the foundations of the civilization are destroyed. The movement ends with a lone flute.Movement five, Redemption, features some scenes that are familiar, but are now in ruins. The movement slips slowly back into the twelve-tone texture from the beginning. The Empire motive, or something like it, makes a brief appearance and passes through the ensemble, starting in the upper voices and sinking into the lower.
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Wind Quintet - Ding Dong Merrily on High
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767384 Composed by Anon. Arranged by Mike Lyons....
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767384 Composed by Anon. Arranged by Mike Lyons. Christmas. 27 pages. Lyons Music Services #3602017. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767384). This is a wind quintet arrangement of my brand new and somewhat quirky arrangement of the well-known Christmas Carol. I've given the Clarinet and Bassoon some of the spotlight in this setting.At letter D the music slips into a Jazz Waltz style and it is important to swing the quavers to gt the full effect, which produces some interesting results. and at letter F, we find ourselves creating a little Hocket, with fragments of the tune passed around the enemble - but without it losing any of its cohesion.At letter G the music returns (almost) to normal. and this reprise leads to the end.Please pay attention to all the articulations and slurs, which are very specific to create the effects.If you are bored with the traditional settings, then this is for you.
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Wind Quintet - One Rule
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Mike Lyons
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Wind Quintet - One Rule
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SheetMusicPlus
Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767553 Composed by Mike Lyons. Contemporary,Standards. 56 pages. Lyons Music Serv...
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767553 Composed by Mike Lyons. Contemporary,Standards. 56 pages. Lyons Music Services #5827839. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767553). This brand-new piece for wind quintet came about through the coronavirus lockdown and my observations of our UK politicians and how they behaved (One rule for them...) In terms of the music, each line is related to other lines through patterns of 5, 7 or 9 beats (or half beats). Each repetition of the pattern starts with all the instruments in that particular group playing on the first beat. As the music progresses and develops, motifs appear out of the combinations of these beats with each other. Gradually, these patterns and motifs develop melodies which then form the backbone of the piece. The first section (I hesitate to use the term movement) labelled Plotting develops a character of wiliness. It represents, in its twisting strands, the plotting of politicians to aggrandise themselves. The bottom 3 parts form an 'undercurrent' to the music as the 5,7 and 9 beat counts overlap and process. The flute and oboe, meanwhile, generate the first melodic strand - which becomes important in the later movements. The opening quaver patterns are passed around the whole ensemble, keeping the rhythmic pulse going. It slips between the anchoring notes of the lower 3 parts, as well as being essential to the development of the flute and oboe melodic material and stopping the bassoon part being too boring! The long winding, rising and falling line on the oboe and flute is deliberately ambiguous in its tonality, leading one to feel it strives upwards, but then loses its way. The frequent dissonances as this line crosses itself in the other parts represents the effect of all the plotting on ordinary people. Before letter B, there are a couple of brief hints of Dies Irae, but I didn’t want that idea to dominate too much. After B and into C, we get the day-to-day chitchat in Westminster, with interjections from many voices proclaiming their message, trying to persuade their colleagues and just leading to confusion and tonal extremism. From letter C to the end of the section is an extended accel/stretto as the discussion gets more heated. Section 2 is titled Scheming. The tempo is faster than the previous section, but the pace is slower. More motives have formed and developed organically out of the rhythm and pitch patterns. The 5/7/9 cross rhythms are now at double speed, giving a fiercer drive to the music. The bassoon and horn, for now, adhere to the longer pulse of the first section, providing something of a harmonic underpinning. At bar 101, the long but now slightly broken narrative line of the first movement returns in modified form. This now provides a backdrop for the rhythmic bartering and ‘back and forth’ of the political day. The section reaches a climax as the political bickering becomes rowdier. Section 3 begins in a relatively happy mood. The bassoon has a jolly capering little motif, later taken up by other members of the ensemble. There are hints of English folk tune-ness in the resulting conversation, perhaps emphasised by the overlays of this pleasant melody from letter D. Letter E is a ‘turning point’ as all the rhythmic pulses finally align again. This is the first time all five parts have played on the same beat since the opening. At Letter G, a pulsing drone is added to the mix, using the quaver version of the pulse. Perhaps representing the soring of politicians. There is a parallel drone added at letter H, these drones use the 5 (bassoon) and 7 (horn) beat pulses. The result is a solid underpinning of the rhythmic and melodic ideas in the upper 3 parts. After letter I comes a reprise of the spritely bassoon motif with dissonant harmonies as the discussion becomes more heated. The little semiquaver figures have the rhythm Mr. Speaker as members of the house shout for attention. In the repeat bars, we hear the Speaker shout Order! Letter J provides an altered reprise of the begi.
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