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The first movement is an arrangement for these instruments of "Fantasy on a March" for concert band. The second movement is slow and romantic. The third movement is light-hearted and contains a contrapuntal section with substantial dissonance.  The score uploaded here has all of the parts, and I recommend that you purchase only the pdf version.Duration: 15 minutes     Year: 2001The audio here is of the second movement.  The others may be heard on my music website, www.garyfriedmanmusic.net.  Musicians: Stephanie McNab -flute, Janet Popesco Archibald - oboe, Carey Bell - clarinet, Alicia Telford - horn, Jenny Gunter - bassoon, John McCarthy - piano

Sextet for Winds and Piano

Flute Sextet

This is my seventh octet. It is a fugue which appears a second time with the melody inverted, followed by a big-sound rendition by the full octet. Year: 2010.  Duration: 5 minutes.

Octofugue

Woodwind Octet

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The Andante is a relatively slow contemplative movement in concert F minor. The Rondo has a variety of passages between the repeats of the main theme. All are lively and one is in ragtime style. Hear a performance on YouTube; http://youtu.be/i9tJf9VGwu0Duration: About 11 minutes.

Andante and Rondo for Two Clarinets and Orchestra

String Orchestra Score & Parts

This is my sixth octet.  It is a passacaglia. An English horn substitutes for second oboe. Year: 2009.  Duration: 5 minutes.

Octocaglia

The melodies are romantic. This piece won First Prize in the Composers Today Competition Adult Division Music Teachers Association of California 1999.Duration: 3 minutes.

Autumn

Oboe Solo with Piano

A musical setting of the poem, "The Art of Disappearing," by Naomi Shihab Nye. The music attempts to express the poet's shunning of company for more pleasant solitary pursuits and is humorous in parts. I provide some lower alternative notes so that the tenor part can also be sung by a baritone. Also provided is an option for the singers to be an octave apart if singing a major 7th apart is too challenging in a short passage depicting greasy sausage balls on a paper plate. In addition to the piano/score used by the singers and piano, there is also a separate part for each wind instrument, which provides essential information about what some others are doing to help with coordinated playing. The audio clip is of a performance by Sandra Kruse, Barry Kruse, Frank Lahorgue, Gary Friedman, Mimi Braverman, and Brian Thompson, listed in order of the instruments and vocal parts to the right.Duration: 6 minutes    Year: 2014

The Art of Disappearing

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This is a musical setting of a winter poem by Linda Pastan. The falling cold, crisp snow and the blowing winds are depicted in the piano accompaniment.  For mezzo-soprano or contralto.Duration: 4 minutes    Year: 2001  The audio is computer playback, without words, obviously.

Blizzard

Mezzo-Soprano Vocal Score

These six quartets were written for flute, oboe, clarinet and horn because there are so few pieces for this combination.  #3 is a minuet.  If a woodwind quintet group assembles and the bassoonist is late or cannot attend, there is little that can be played by all the others. The horn part can also be played on a bassoon; a bassoon part in concert pitch is provided. Thus, these pieces can be played by a standard woodwind quartet. Also provided is the clarinet part transposed for English horn. Since the flute part can be played on oboe, these pieces can be played by a double reed quartet consisting of two oboes, English horn and bassoon.  Professionally played audio is available only for #1 and #2.  Duration 5 minutes. Year 2005-6.

Horn (or Bassoon) Wind Quartet #4

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The characters, settings, and events of this classic legend are depicted in the music. The narrative is the poem by Robert Browning, somewhat shortened and edited by Lawrence James, former Headmaster of Black Pine Circle School in Berkeley CA. This has been performed at several schools and is recommended for both elementary and middle schools.  Duration: 20 minutes.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Woodwind Quintet

This duet for oboe and bassoon, named after my friend, bassoonist Kathie Hammond, varies greatly in mood from serious to humorous. Both instrument staves are shown to each player but one part has a more convenient page turn for oboe, and the other, for bassoon. The audio clip is computer generated.Duration: 5 1/2 minutes     Year: 2009.  If you order the score as pdf, you will be able to separate the oboe page turn version from the bassoon page turn version.  The score on paper has both bound together.

Kathie's Assortment

Oboe Duet

These six quartets were written for flute, oboe, clarinet and horn because there are so few pieces for this combination. If a woodwind quintet group assembles and the bassoonist is late or cannot attend, there is little that can be played by all the others. The horn part can also be played on a bassoon; a bassoon part in concert pitch is provided. Thus, these pieces can be played by a standard woodwind quartet. Also provided is the clarinet part transposed for English horn. Since the flute part can be played on oboe, these pieces can be played by a double reed quartet consisting of two oboes, English horn and bassoon. The sound clip is a performance by Esther Landau-flute, Laura Reynolds-oboe, Bruce Foster-clarinet, Zachary Limacher-horn.

Horn (or Bassoon) Wind Quartet #1

A romantic English horn solo with interesting piano accompaniment. The main melody has the feeling of harmonica music played to old West cowboys sitting around the campfire, which suggested the title, "Open Spaces." The sound clip is computer generated. Duration: 4.5 minutes.

Open Spaces

English Horn Solo with Piano

The two main melodies are inverted in the last part of the piece.Duration: 5 minutes   Year: 2011The audio is computer simulation, admittedly not of good quality.

Trio #2 for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano

Clarinet Trio

This was my 2nd wind octet and I think it works well as a lively piano duet.  Duration is 5 1/2 minutes.  The audio is computer playback.

On The Go Wind Octet Arranged for Piano, Four Hands

Piano Duet-1 Piano, 4 Hands

The sketches are in a variety of forms, including sarabande, march, fanfare, chaconne, barcarolle, fugue and others. Can also be played by flute/oboe/clarinet trio, made possible by a transposition of the English Horn part for Bb Clarinet, which is provided.  It is recommended that you buy the pdf version of the score, in which all individual parts are included.The Audio is a recording of Open Fifths, Nocturne, Fanfare, Baroque/Barcarolle, and Rhythmic, played by Thea Davison, oboe; Gary Friedman, oboe d'amore; and Moira Little, English horn. October 22, 2011.Duration:range from about 1 to 3 minutes Year: 2010 - 2011

Three Happy Oboists

Oboe Trio

These six quartets were written for flute, oboe, clarinet and horn because there are so few pieces for this combination. If a woodwind quintet group assembles and the bassoonist is late or cannot attend, there is little that can be played by all the others. The horn part can also be played on a bassoon; a bassoon part in concert pitch is provided. Thus, these pieces can be played by a standard woodwind quartet. Also provided is the clarinet part transposed for English horn. Since the flute part can be played on oboe, these pieces can be played by a double reed quartet consisting of two oboes, English horn and bassoon.  Audio played by Citywinds: Esther Landau-flute, Laura Reynolds-oboe, Bruce Foster-clarinet, Zachary Limacher-horn. Duration 3 minutes. Year 2004.

Horn (or Bassoon) Wind Quartet #2

Musical setting of the poem, "Music" by Amy Lowell, which can be read on second page of the score.  In brief, woman lying in bed hears beautiful flute playing at night imagines a handsome, well-dressed man, but is disillusioned the next morning to see through her window the fat bald player eating onions. The music features beautiful flute passages, humorous depiction of the player, and a romantic waltz depicting preferred image. Duration: 6 minutes. Audio clip is computer generated and has gaps where narration should take place. Parts for each instrument include text cues of the narration showing when to play.

Flute and Onions (Wind Quintet and Narrator)

Serious/playful piece for two of my favorite instruments.  Duration about 6 minutes.  Two versions are provided one with xylophone in concert pitch and one with xylophone transposition.  Audio clip is computer playback and not a live performance.

Sticks and Tones

Duet

Inspired by the sudden switch from F# minor to F major in movement #4 of Beethovens Eighth Symphony similar half-step transitions forward and backward appear in Trios #2 and #3. Trio #2 is quite rhythmic. Trio #1 asks for a little play-acting by the musicians.Duration: 5 4 and 4 minutes     Years: 2013 and 2014

Trio Nos. 1, 2, and 3 for Oboe, English Horn, and Piano

Trio

The quartet for English horn, bassoon, violin, and cello begins and ends with a very simple plaintive melody, which each instrument gets to play and to accompany.  The middle section is relatively light-hearted.  Duration: approx. 5 minutes.  The audio is computer-generated.

Elegy

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