New Pieces for Brass Quintet
Two Courtly Dances
A Pavana and a Galliard in arrangements for Brass Quintet, marking the 400th anniversary of English composer Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625). The arrangement is suitable for intermediate standard players, and for more formal concerts in schools, colleges, halls and churches. The set is available from Forton Music Publishers.
Five All At Sea
This arrangement is a medley of sea songs for brass quintet, suitable for intermediate players with a duration of just over five minutes. It’s perfect as an encore or light piece for recitals or school concerts. The medley includes Blow the Man Down, Blow the Wind Southerly, Sailor’s Hornpipe, Rule Britannia, What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor, and I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside. It comes from Forton Music Publishers.
YouTube Demo
Listen to audio demos of the Wassail Carol arranged for Brass Quintet.
The video from Forton Music Publishers includes an automatic score view.
Wassail Christmas Carol for Brass Quintet
Note that the published sheet music from Forton Music UK is of the highest quality!
Description
The Wassail Carol is an arrangement of a traditional Christmas Carol for Brass Quintet: 2 Trumpets in Bb, French Horn in F, Trombone, and Tuba. Each instrument takes a verse as a solo, and the arrangements reflect the lyrics of each verse, including a barking dog! This special arrangement, commissioned by Denis Curlett and the Bournemouth Symphonic Brass, the brass ensemble of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, features solos for each of the five players. The Wassail winter festival, originally an ancient, pagan celebration in the UK, is where peasants would take drinks and food at their feudal masters’ dwellings, drinking from a Wassail bowl, which is similar to a punch bowl.
Standard
The arrangement is suitable for intermediate-level players.
Forton Music Publishers
See other works by the composer from Forton Music.
Publications
See the complete list of publications by the composer.
Original Works for Brass Instruments
Constellations Set II for Trumpet and Piano is an album split into separate publications of ten pieces. Seven pieces of intermediate to advanced standard are published in a single album by Forton Music as ‘Seven Pieces from Constellations Set II for Trumpet and Piano‘.
Trinity College London Press publishes three pieces in various grade albums for Trumpet examinations. The most popular piece, Taurus – The Bull, is listed as grade 7 in the album,
‘Astronotes‘ is a series of unaccompanied Trumpet pieces set at various standards. Visit the composer’s publications page for more details and where to find the pieces.
Now in Print!
Five All at Sea – a Brass Quintet arrangement of Sea Shanties for lighter encores.
Scrolling score and audio on YouTube now!
Compositions
Visit the composer’s dedicated page listing all compositions, which includes links to publications and posts.
Now Available!
O Come All Ye Faithful, introductions, fanfare, and verses to the Christmas carol for orchestra.