Bassoon quartet
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Sousa: The Washington Post
£12.00 – £14.00 Select optionsSousa: The Washington Post
Sousa’s catchy ‘Washington Post’ march was an immediate hit and it remains one of his best-known works. Very well suited to four bassoons!
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : C – approx. ABRSM Grade 5
- Duration : 4’30
- ISMN : 979-0-708088-46-2
- Portus Press reference : PPB19
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Strauss: Pizzicato Polka (arr. Frances Jones)
£12.00 – £14.00 Select optionsStrauss: Pizzicato Polka (arr. Frances Jones)
The ‘Pizzicato Polka’, by brothers Johann and Josef Strauss. No plucking here in this fun arrangement for four bassoons by Frances Jones.
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : C/D – approx. ABRSM Grade 5-6
- Duration : 2’30”
- ISMN : 979-0-708203-24-7
- Portus Press reference : PPB84
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Sullivan: Pirate King (from ‘The Pirates of Penzance’)(arr. Frances Jones)
£12.00 – £14.00 Select optionsSullivan: Pirate King (from ‘The Pirates of Penzance’)(arr. Frances Jones)
In Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ the Pirate King muses they make a relatively honest living! Arr. 4 bsns by Frances Jones.
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : C/D – approx. ABRSM Grade 5-6
- Duration : 2’15”
- ISMN : 979-0-708203-18-6
- Portus Press reference : PPB78
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Sullivan: Policeman’s Song (from ‘The Pirates of Penzance’)(arr. Frances Jones)
£12.00 – £14.00 Select optionsSullivan: Policeman’s Song (from ‘The Pirates of Penzance’)(arr. Frances Jones)
In the ‘Policeman’s Song’ (from Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Pirates of Penzance’) he ponders if pirates are just like normal men. Arr. 4 bsns by Frances Jones.
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : C/D – approx. ABRSM Grade 5-6
- Duration : 1’30”
- ISMN : 979-0-708203-22-3
- Portus Press reference : PPB82
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Susato: Three Dances from ‘Danserye’ (1551)
£17.00 – £20.00 Select optionsSusato: Three Dances from ‘Danserye’ (1551)
Susato’s dance collection ‘Danserye’ (1551) has certainly stood the test of time. Originally for crumhorns or shawms and equally wonderful on four bassoons!
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : C – approx. ABRSM Grade 5
- Duration : 5’15
- ISMN : 979-0-708141-06-8
- Portus Press reference : PPB33
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Toye: The Drunken Sailor (bassoon quartet)
£12.00 – £14.00 Select optionsToye: The Drunken Sailor (bassoon quartet)
Geoffrey Toye’s playful take on the well known sea shanty ‘What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?’ Here arranged for bassoon quartet.
- Instruments : 4 Bsn.
- Difficulty : C – approx. ABRSM Grade 5
- Duration : 2’15”
- ISMN : 979-0-708177-46-3
- Portus Press reference : PPB57
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Traditional: Country Gardens (arr. Frances Jones)
£11.00 – £13.00 Select optionsTraditional: Country Gardens (arr. Frances Jones)
The simple and lively old morris dancing tune ‘Country Gardens’ was popularised by Percy Grainger. Arranged here for 4 bsns by Frances Jones.
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : C/D – approx. ABRSM Grade 5-6
- Duration : 1’15”
- ISMN : 979-0-708203-21-6
- Portus Press reference : PPB81
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Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) (arr. Frances Jones)
£11.00 – £13.00 Select optionsTraditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) (arr. Frances Jones)
This wistful Irish song originates from County Londonderry and is also known as ‘Oh Danny Boy’. Arranged here for 4 bsns by Frances Jones.
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : C/D – approx. ABRSM Grade 5-6/7 (Bsn. 1 goes up to high B)
- Duration : 2’30”
- ISMN : 979-0-708203-16-2
- Portus Press reference : PPB76
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Traditional: Mexican Hat Dance (arr. F. & M. Jones)
£12.00 – £14.00 Select optionsTraditional: Mexican Hat Dance (arr. F. & M. Jones)
The Jarabe tapatío (known as the ‘Mexican Hat Dance’ in English) is the national dance of Mexico. Arr. for 4 bsns by Frances & Martin Jones.
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : C – approx. ABRSM Grade 5
- Duration : 1’45”
- ISMN : 979-0-708203-17-9
- Portus Press reference : PPB77
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Traditional: The Wellerman (bassoon quartet)
£11.00 – £13.00 Select optionsTraditional: The Wellerman (bassoon quartet)
After Nathan Evan’s 2020 TikTok rendition of the kiwi folk song ‘The Wellerman’ went viral it sparked a social media craze for sea shanties. Arr. for bassoon quartet.
- Instruments : 4 Bsn.
- Difficulty : B-C (approx. ABRSM Grade 4-5)
- Duration : 1’45”
- ISMN : 979-0-708203-74-2
- Portus Press reference : PPB87
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Warlock: Capriol Suite (bassoon quartet)
£28.00 – £35.00 Select optionsWarlock: Capriol Suite (bassoon quartet)
Warlock’s Capriol Suite is easily his best known work. Based on both serene and bawdy 16th Century dance tunes it works incredibly well for bassoon quartet!
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : D – Approx. ABRSM Grade 6-7
- Duration : 9’30
- ISMN : 979-0-708177-01-2
- Portus Press reference : PPB51
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Warlock: Two Cod Pieces
£13.00 – £15.00 Select optionsWarlock: Two Cod Pieces
Warlock’s Two Cod Pieces (Beethoven’s Binge and The Old Codger) are hilarious send-ups of Beethoven’s 5th and Franck’s D minor symphony – humour ideally suited to bassoon quartet!
- Instruments : 4 Bsns
- Difficulty : C/D – approx. ABRSM Grade 5-6
- Duration : 1’50
- ISMN : 979-0-708088-63-9
- Portus Press reference : PPB25
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Wood, Arthur: Barwick Green (BBC Radio’s theme from ‘The Archers’) (bassoon quartet)
£12.00 – £14.00 Select optionsWood, Arthur: Barwick Green (BBC Radio’s theme from ‘The Archers’) (bassoon quartet)
Arthur Wood’s theme tune ‘The Archers’ (BBC’s radio soap about ‘country folk’) is also known as ‘Barwick Green’. Arranged here for bassoon quartet.
- Instruments : 4 Bsn.
- Difficulty : C-D – approx. ABRSM Grade 5-6
- Duration : 2’15”
- ISMN : 979-0-708218-16-6
- Portus Press reference : PPB90
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