Five Variants for Recorder Quintet
Marshall, Hawkes, Melville, Powell, Robinson
5 SATTB. These five pieces are the result of Steve's suggestion to four other composers to take a very short original theme, and write a piece based on that theme, completely independently of one another. All of the pieces would last between two and three minutes and would be for a DTrTTB quintet. They used an 8 bar tune written by Ann Marshall, which ISteve sent to everyone unharmonised so that they could treat the melody exactly as they saw fit. The pieces are fascinatingly different from one another, and they could be performed as a set, without any feeling of repetition. Of moderate difficulty only.
5 SATTB. These five pieces are the result of Steve's suggestion to four other composers to take a very short original theme, and write a piece based on that theme, completely independently of one another. All of the pieces would last between two and three minutes and would be for a DTrTTB quintet. They used an 8 bar tune written by Ann Marshall, which ISteve sent to everyone unharmonised so that they could treat the melody exactly as they saw fit. The pieces are fascinatingly different from one another, and they could be performed as a set, without any feeling of repetition. Of moderate difficulty only.