Gunther Schuller :: Contrasts for Wind Quintet & Orchestra


 

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Schuller, Gunther
1925-2015
(b New York, 22 Nov 1925; d Boston, 21 June 2015). American
Contrasts for Wind Quintet & Orchestra <1961>
wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
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The woodwinds and horns of the orchestra are deployed in two quintets, analogous to the solo quintet:
I (solo): fl, ob, cl, bn, hn
II (high): pic, ob, Ebcl, bn hn
III (low): afl, Eh, bcl, cbn, hn
Special seating is required.
I. Adagio
II. quarter-note = 108