On the Downloads page you'll find all kinds of arrangements I've made since the end of 2021 for the recorder ensemble I play with. We started out as a trio but now have between four and seven players a session, so there are pieces for each of those ensembles here. I wanted mainly to arrange pieces that weren't available commercially and started out with music from the renaissance and early baroque, but later became interested in works composed in the classical period for wind ensemble, of which you'll find several examples in the catalogue. Most of the pieces have been played by our ensemble, and where this hasn't happened yet I've played through all of the parts to make sure they're not impossible.

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The only significant compromise I've had to make when arranging some pieces is due to our group not possessing a great bass, resulting in some passages lacking a bit of depth and occasionally chords being inverted, but these instances are few and I don't think spoil the enjoyment of those pieces.

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Inevitably some of the pieces are harder to play than others and in the notes for each composer I've tried to indicate the difficulties to expect. Generally the later pieces tend to modulate into more extreme keys than the earlier ones, which are probably more difficult rhythmically. The pieces originally composed for wind ensemble do contain some challenging passages, so are not easy sight-reads and definitely benefit from a bit of practice before a session. The Mark Hedien quartets are fiendish in parts!

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The downloads are zip files containing a score and parts for each work, or playing score only for very short works. I'm in the process of adding 30-second, computer-generated extracts to at least some of the listings, beginning with composers and pieces that are perhaps less familiar.

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All of the original pieces that the arrangements are based on are in the public domain and the only copyright restriction on the arrangements (and the pieces composed by Mark Hedien) is that attribution of the composer/arranger is preserved.

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