Wow, this really has been a labour of love. The Planets is one of my favourite pieces of all time. My biggest arrangement yet: 50 minutes of pure planetary heaven! An arrangement for wind quintet and piano of truly epic proportions!
Author: Lisa Portus
The Elephant by Saint-Saens – for bassoon quartet … it had to be done!
NEW: Saint-Saens’ The Elephant from The Carnival of the Animals for bassoon quartet. This music depicting the cumbersome, yet graceful pachyderm was an obvious contender for this grouping!
Handel’s beautiful Sarabande, three ways …
NEW: The beautiful and supremely stately Sarabande from Handel’s Suite in D Minor HWV437 in arrangements for wind quintet, wind quartet and bassoon quartet.
Four arrangements of Paul Lincke’s music – Berlin’s “Johann Strauss”
Yes, four new arrangements by the wonderful Paul Lincke! Two wind quintets, one bassoon quartet and one arrangement for wind quintet and piano. Continue reading Four arrangements of Paul Lincke’s music – Berlin’s “Johann Strauss”
Offenbach’s gorgeous ‘Barcarolle’ – brand new for wind quintet & piano
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h’s much-loved Barcarolle from ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’. Surely one of the best known melodies ever written?! Here presented in a lovely arrangement for wind quintet and piano … Continue reading Offenbach’s gorgeous ‘Barcarolle’ – brand new for wind quintet & piano
Dixieland for wind quintet?
The very first piece of published jazz – the self-named Jelly Roll Blues. Great Dixieland fun for wind quintet and a fitting sister piece to the likes of my other very popular arrangements of Gershwin, Joplin and Abreu. Continue reading Dixieland for wind quintet?
A new Christmas piece for wind quintet by Saint-Saens
Not your average Christmas repertoire here with the diving opening Prelude from Saint-Saens’ Christmas Oratorio arranged for wind quintet which really sets the scene for the Christmas story. Continue reading A new Christmas piece for wind quintet by Saint-Saens
Fancy a bit of old-fashioned glamour?
If you are, then Sydney Baynes’s Destiny Waltz will be just your thing.
Sumptuous and glamorous it represents the best of light English music. This sweeps along splendidly for wind quintet. Be entranced!
- Instruments : Fl. Ob. Cl.(in A) Hn. Bsn.
- Difficulty : C – approx. ABRSM Grade 5
- Duration : 6’30
- ISMN : 979-0-708141-35-8
- Portus Press reference : PPQ75
Nautical fun with Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore Overture!
Fancy a bit of nautical quintet fun? …
with a brand new arrangement of Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore Overture for wind quintet?
- Instruments : Fl. Ob. Cl.(in Bb) Hn. Bsn.
- Difficulty : C – approx. ABRSM Grade 5
- Duration : 4’30
- ISMN : 979-0-708141-34-1
- Portus Press reference : PPQ74
Chopin’s Heroic Polonaise (a.k.a. Monty Python’s ‘Oliver Cromwell’ song) – for bassoon quartet
Chopin’s fabulous tour-de-force, the ‘Heroic Polonaise‘ arranged for four bassoons 
Continue reading Chopin’s Heroic Polonaise (a.k.a. Monty Python’s ‘Oliver Cromwell’ song) – for bassoon quartet