Holst: First Suite in Eb (arr. wind quintet)

Errata: At 0:26 (m14b3), the clarinet part should be F instead of G. This is corrected from all our online listings.
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Gustav Holst: First Suite in Eb, Op 28, No 1
arranged for wind quintet by Natheniel Siu
NS-KW0005
0:00 - I. Chaconne
4:04 - II. Intermezzo
6:42 - III. March
Instruments:
- Flute, Piccolo
- Oboe
- Clarinet in Bb
- Horn
- Bassoon
Performance time: ~10’
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[@MrGumby385]

Another wonderful arrangement!

[@CatfishSpoonbender]

Hi, this is a lovely arrangement but just to let you know I’m not sure the melody is quite right in the second movement. You’ve got G, F, Eb, F and it should be F, Eb, Db, F.

[@notesetter]

as in the 4th bar after rehearsal C?

[@michele.chiusi]

Hi! He's right. He is referring to errors in the melody in bar 147 (as well as 187 and 245)

[@pukalo]

Very good, however in bar 14 beat 3, the clarinet should be playing an F, not a G.

[@notesetter]

Thank you for the correction! We will make sure the score purchasable are corrected!

[@mglittleb1385]

since its a wind quintet (woodwind instruments) instead of horn in F try using English horn (basically the tenor oboe) which is in the key of F that way there is no transposing to be done if you were to do an alto saxaphone.

[@timmygolightly8973]

Traditionally, woodwind quintets use a horn. If you don't believe me, look up any woodwind or wind quintet ever.

[@xaitat]

Woodwinds quintet should probably use a saxophone nowadays. That being said, Horn is the standard instrument of the wind quintet

[@elijahvaldivia3729]

Just use alto sax instead of french horn

[@worldof2ndfluteclarinet353]

French horn blends better. It’s a traditional set up of a wind quintet

[@Altoclarinets]

that's... not woodwind quintet instrumentation

[@Altoclarinets]

it's like telling someone to write a string quartet with a harp part instead of the viola. is the harp a string instrument, sure. is that the instrumentation ANYONE shopping for "string quartet" pieces is trying to buy for? not just no but hell no, because **that's not what those words mean in this context**

[@liamosburn9824]

Well it’s not a Woodwind quintet… it’s a Wind Quintet. Horn is the standard. - A Horn Player. 📯

[@xaitat]

​​@@worldof2ndfluteclarinet353honestly I doubt french horn blends better than saxophone. I'm pretty sure if wind quintets were born in the 20th century they would have used a saxophone, but It didn't exist yet so it had to be a horn for the alto part.