Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1314642 Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Chamber,Christmas. 9 pages. RayThompsonMusic #903396. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1314642). Arranged wind quintet.A very straighforward arrangement of 5 verses from the the piano original.BUT I have varied the instrumentation throughout.(UNLIKE many arrangements you may find)V1 Oboe melody (with  full quintet)V2 Clarinet (trio with horn and bassoon)V3 FluteV4 OboeV5 Melody flute and oboe in octaves, and bassoon in lower octave.Harmony parts shared around as well.Additional notes are included where necessary for all verses In the Bleak Midwinter is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, commonly performed as a Christmas carol. The poem was published, under the title A Christmas Carol, in the January 1872 issue of Scribner's Monthly, and was first collected in book form in Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan, 1875).In 1906, the composer Gustav Holst composed a setting of Rossetti's words (titled Cranham) in The English Hymnal which is sung throughout the world.Sometimes written as In the Bleak Mid WinterCheck out my other wind ensemble arrangements of Holst's worksPieces arranged are:1st and 2nd Suite for Concert BandSt Pauls’ SuiteBrook Green SuiteTwo Songs without WordsIn the Bleak MidwinterI vow to thee my country (Thaxted)Chrissemas Day in the MorningChristmas Day ( A choral fantasy)Personent HodieSomerset Rhapsody.
