Woodwind quintet
SKU:
P2.10040
Composed by
Jukka Viitasaari.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.10040).
Bothnian
Rhapsody was commissioned
by the Finnish Pohjanmaa
(Bothnian) Military Band
for their 50th
anniversary in 2003.
Being myself of ethnic
Ostrobothnian descent, I
was so thrilled that the
Rhapsody was finished a
year in advance.
Listeners may recognise
some of the Finnish folk-
song allusions such as
The Fighting Song. The
International Trumpet
Guild published the brass
quintet version as a
supplement to the March
2007 ITG Journal. In the
summer of 2007 The U.S.
wind quintet Calico Winds
asked me via email l if
there was a wind quintet
version. There is one by
tomorrow, I replied.