Woodwind Ensemble Contrabassoon,English Horn,Flute,Oboe,Piccolo - Digital Download SKU: A0.830661 Composed by Maurice Ravel. Arranged by Richard Byrnes. Contemporary. 39 pages. Richard Byrnes #3412083. Published by Richard Byrnes (A0.830661). Le Gibet is the second movement from Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit. This version adds 2 piccolo, a flute and a contrabassoon to a double reed choir (2Picc,Fl,3Ob,2EH,4Bn,Cbn). The gibet was a hook (gibbet), usually found near the entrance of a medieval town upon which some law offender would be suspended so as to warn visitors and the inhabitants not to offend. The ostinato throughout serves as a reoccurring focal point, much like the constant swing of the hook in the wind. It's dark, foreboding, and absolutely beautiful. This will challenge your ensemble to determining how loud pianissimo is.Please peruse the pages and listen to the recording of the score that is offered in determine whether this arrangement can work for your ensemble.In addition to Le Gibet by Ravel, we offer works by J.S. Bach, Debussy, Fauré, Glinka, Gottschalk, Granados, Lotti, Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Turina.
