Bits and bobs
Category
Chamber group (3 or more)
Opus
88
Catalogue no
GS 
007
Instrumentation
wind quintet
DATE
2002
Duration
11 
mins
Score preview
Publisher
GS
  1.   Flea Bites  (1 min.)
  2.   The Band  (1 min.)
  3.   Mysterious lake  (1 min. 40secs.)
  4.   Nasty little dog  (40 secs.)
  5.   Posh lady walking  (1 min.)
  6.   Posh lady swimming  (1 min.)
  7.   Frosty morning  (1 min. 20 secs.)
  8.   Dodo's lullaby  (2 mins. 30 secs.)
programme note

These pieces were written in 1975 as piano-pieces for children, and originally appeared in a set of fifteen pieces called Scrap Book. In 2002 I took these eight pieces from the set and reworked them for wind quintet, changing and expanding them considerably. When played complete, this set lasts about eleven minutes; but individual pieces may of course be played separately.

Giles Swayne

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