Flute quintet (3 Fl. Afl.
BFl.) (3 flutes, alto
flute, bass flute) -
Intermediate
SKU:
FT.FM586
Composed by
Geoff Warren. A lively
flute quintet. Score and
parts. Forton Music
#FM586. Published by
Forton Music (FT.FM586).
ISBN
9790570484850.
This
piece was written for
Elisabeth Hobbs for use
on her Flutes Inspired
courses for adult
players. I worked with
her on a jazz flute day
with one of her groups
and this had taken place
in Marsh Baldon in rural
Oxfordshire. This
peculiar name kept
buzzing around in my head
and eventually collided
with the memory of a
classic BBC Radio comedy
show, Much Binding in the
Marsh. So, as the piece
progressed I was happy
that it took on a bit of
a vintage, jaunty, radio
comedy lilt, with a
fairly episodic structure
- themes coming in and
out, perhaps like
characters in a comedy -
although I wouldn't go so
far as to say the piece
is 'humorous'. The
harmonic and rhythmic
language is somewhere
between jazz and 'fusion'
whilst, I feel,
maintaining a sort of BBC
archive decorum.
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