Other Combinations

4 SATB. Un Jour Vis Un Foulon  - Matona Mia Cara  - Mon Coeur se Recommande à Vous . Volume 2 comprises two madrigals in French, and the vigorous Matona Mia Cara in Italian.

4 SAA/TB

4 AATT

4 ATB(T)Gb

4 various

4 A,T, B in turn

4 SATB. Upland Meadows  - Butterflies  - Cloudscape  - The Hills. Ann says: 'These four short pieces suggest scenes in the countryside. I wrote the piece 'Butterflies' in 2009, and it had to wait for five years for a companion piece to suggest itself, and then three came along at once! The pieces are of no more than easy moderate difficulty and the total playing time is about eight minutes. '

4 SoABCb. This short (3 minute) piece consists of echoes of short musical phrases. It involves some improvisation, and a lot of listening to one another. It may sound unpromising, but it's fun to play and interesting for the audience. The first performance was given in the course concert at the Recorder Summer School in August 2007, by Andrew Melville, Fiona Sneyd, Berenice Styles and Steve Marshall The title comes from the instruction 'send reinforcements, we're going to advance', which was allegedly misheard as 'send three-and-fourpence, we're going to a dance'.

4 S/A/T T/GB GB CB. A very unusual item - originally conceived as music to accompany a shadow theatre piece by Franzeska G Ewart. The quartet also works as a standalone tone poem which moves through several contrasting moods and instrumentations. This is a rather difficult piece, but quartets with the required instruments will find it an interesting addition to a programme.

4 STTGb. Pieces with 'pastoral' in the title are very often slow, gentle and pretty. But this three movement quartet paints some little pictures of a more bustling countryside, including a working farm and a fast-flowing stream. So it's not slow, it's not gentle, and you'll have to decide for yourselves whether it's pretty! This quartet is moderately difficult. Also available (MHE 10503a £7.00) for SnoTrTrB, which seems rather squeaky, but I have heard good reports from groups who have played it in this form!

4 SoAAB. Pieces with 'pastoral' in the title are very often slow, gentle and pretty. But this three movement quartet paints some little pictures of a more bustling countryside, including a working farm and a fast-flowing stream. So it's not slow, it's not gentle, and you'll have to decide for yourselves whether it's pretty! This quartet is moderately difficult. AMight seem rather squeaky, but Steve has heard good reports from groups who have played it in this form! Also available as MHE 10503 (£7.00) for SAAGb.

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