Shakespeare's verse in this famous comedy, If music be the food of love, play on... sets the tone for this major work by master composer Alfred Reed. Approached as a masque (a form of play-with-music commonly used in Shakespeare's time), this suite for wind orchestra takes the form of five separate movements, each related to a place or persons from the story. * I. Prelude: Illyria * II. Viola and Orsino * III. The Merry Conspirators * IV. Malvolio's Lament in Prison * V. A Double Wedding, and All's Well! - (duration - c. 15:00)
Size 9x12 inches.
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