Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Digital Download SKU: A0.1195439 Composed by David Gow (1924 - 1993). 20th Century,Chamber,Contest,Festival,Folk,Instructional. 44 pages. Piper Publications #794605. Published by Piper Publications (A0.1195439). 6 Diversions on a well-known tune for woodwind quintetThese variations on the folk song, Early One Morning, were originally written in 1950 in response to a commission from Kent Education Committee for a piece to demonstrate the instruments of a chamber orchestra in a series of schools concerts. In 1984 David recast the variations for a quintet of young players in the Wiltshire Youth Orchestra, the new version retaining the feature of highlighting each player in turn with a free for all in the final Rumba.This is a fun piece for quintets of intermediate standard and above and makes a good concert piece of approximately 7 minutes.
