Woodwinds
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Repertoire examples for Woodwinds and Wind Quintet, based on recommendations from orchestration treatises and college syllabi.
Wind Quintet
Wind Symphony
KENNAN AND GRANTHAM (2002, P. 160), THE TECHNIQUE OF ORCHESTRATION.
Suggested listening for Woodwinds. Playlist available here on Spotify.
“Mozart, Divertimentos and Serenades for woodwinds.
Beethoven, Violin Concerto, 1st 9 meas.
Mendelssohn, Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream music, beginning and other portions.
Tchaikovsky, Fourth Symphony, 3rd movt., Meno mosso section (middle). Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture, beginning (rare unison doubling of all woodwinds).
Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger, meas. 122-134 (Eb major, Im massigen Hauptzeit mass) .
Strauss, Don Quixote, Variation I (imitation of rural band).
Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition. Promenade preceding Part II (“The Old Castle”); Part III (“Tuileries”); Promenade preceding Part V; Part V (“Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells”).
Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms, Fugue, beginning; The Rite of Spring, beginning; Petrouchka, number 13 (page 22 in Kalmus edition) and following; Variations. Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, PartV (Finale), meas. 148-175 (fughetta beginning with bassoon solo).
Copland, Third Symphony, 3rd movt., end; 4th movt., beginning. Lutoslawski, Mi-parti, figures 16 and 40.
Messiaen, Chronochromie, figure 30, many other passages. ”
