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Three Nature Walks was commissioned by the Patagonia Winds Woodwind Quintet and received its premiere at the 2015 National Flute Association convention in Washington DC. The three movements (Autumn Wo...

Jan Swafford composed The Garden of Forking Paths No. 2 Lines for Flute and Piccolo Trumpet in 1970. The idea for the work came from a fantasy story by Jorge Luis Borges. In it, a write creates an app...

The four movements of Monuments of the West, played without pause, are intended as a series of images evoking the scenery, distinct character, and frontier beginnings of four of America's greatest Nat...

A favorite masterpiece, arranged for wind quintet by bassoonist Mark Popkin.

for Wind Quintet. An arrangement of a familiar work, appropriate for a variety of programs, and suitable for student groups. Cleverly adapted from the 'Flute Suite,' this arrangement contains the Minu...

A Parting Glass for Wind Quintet was inspired by a trip to Ireland in the Fall of 2016. The title of the work is taken from the popular Irish folk song, The Parting Glass, from which several motives a...

Leroy Osmon presents Fields of Wonder for winds and percussion. Ostinato percussion figures accompany various solos from the wind instruments through a variety of polymeters and graphically notated al...

A major original work for wind quintet. Consists of three movements, and offers lots of variety, challenge, and excitement.

for Wind Quintet. A wonderful arrangement of this popular piece. Ample opportunity for each member of the quintet to demonstrate their instrument.

The 'Rigaudon' is a French baroque dance. In this piece the two players make different dance music. Folk dances, Jazz dances and waltzes. At the end of the piece they are dancing faster and faster and...

Composed for a quintet which included the composer's bassoonist son, Mark Popkin. A tremendous original composition for the wind quintet repertoire.

This quintet is like a sonorous excursion. In fact, it is inspired in the memories of a school visit to Añavingo's gully in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). The orography and the singing of the birds...

La Mother Goose Suite a été composée à l'origine pour piano à quatre mains, avant d'être transformée en ballet. Cette version pour quintette à vent reprend tous les passages solos préférés des vents....

for Wind Quintet. A charming arrangement of this popular work. Would be terrific for any performance setting, or as an encore. Also excellent for student use.

for Wind Quintet. A story about children who live on the prairie, the movements depict the dawning of a new day, winter games, the peacefulness after a winter storm, and the crows return bringing the...

Lodewijk Mortelmans was born in Antwerp on February 5, 1868, as second son of printer Karel Mortelmans. He died on June 24, 1952. He was an outstanding, universal Belgian musician and composer. His un...

Originally scored for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons, these two movements are attractively arranged for a standard wind quintet. A grand addition to many programs.

Hans Aerts (°1958) studied at the conservatory of Antwerp (clarinet), the conservatory of Brussels (counterpoint and fugue) and the Lemmens Institute in Leuven (composition). His oeuvre consists of ov...

for Wind Quintet. Composed while Grieg was visiting Norway's scenic fjords, these dances are built on a well-known collection of folk music by fellow Norwegian Ludvig Lindeman, with material added by...

Originally for piano, this characteristic Two-Step was composed by an amazing woman in the Ragtime era. Creatively arranged for flute and trombone, and a great crowd pleaser!

for Wind Quintet. This suite was inspired by the composer's two-year stay in the region of the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee some fifty years ago. It is based on his composition for Flute Ch...