Woodwind quintet - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CMF193

Composed by Lee Heritage. Score and Parts. 55 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CMF193. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CMF193).

9 x 12 in inches.

To the West Wind is a three-movement work, written in a lyrical, post-tonal style. The title alludes to Ode to the West Wind by nineteenth century British poet Percy Shelley.

A breezy classicism in the first movement, Breath of Autumn, gives way to an elegiac second movement marked Grave. This movement, Tangles of Heaven, is dedicated to Toledo's great musical leader Bernard Sanchez who died in October, 2013. Heritage writes, While I was composing the quintet, the news came suddenly - and with a great sense of shock and tragedy - that Bernie had died. Deeply saddened, I realized that the second movement was taking shape as an elegy to a great friend. The flute plays an angular, emotional melody, accompanied by somber chords in the rest of the ensemble. An optimistic energy pervades the third movement, Crystalline Streams, interrupted by moments of lyricism and humor. Throughout the 10-minute work, Heritage explores the unique timbres of each instrument and the rich textures of the woodwind quintet.

The Toledo Symphony Woodwind Quintet premiered To the West Wind at the 2015 Festival of New Music at The University of Toledo. Performers were Joel Tse, flute; Michele Tosser-Smith, oboe; Georg Klaas, clarinet; Sandra Clark, horn, and Gareth Thomas, bassoon.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1324334

Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Christmas. 10 pages. RayThompsonMusic #912533. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1324334).

Arranged wind quintet.

A medieval hymn to the blessed Virgin Mary.

Of one that is so fair and bright,
Velut maris stella
Brighter than the day is light;
Parens et puella.
I cry to thee to turn to me,
Lady, pray thy Son for me
Tam pia
That I may come to thee
Maria.

In sorrow, counsel thou art best,
Felix fecundata.
For all the weary thou art rest,
Mater honorata.
Beseech him in thy mildest mood,
Who for us did shed His blood
In Cruce
That we may come to Him
In luce.

Lady, flow’r of ev’rything,
Rosa sine spina,
Thou bore Jesus Heaven’s King,
Gratia Divina,
Of all I say thou bore the prize
Lady, Queen of Paradise
Electa,
Maiden mild, Mother
Es effecta.