Bullard Dances for Wind Quintet (Sonderpreis nur solange Vorrat)

1. Prelude
2. Pavane
3. Musette
4. Interlude
5. Ree

Alan Bullard's Dances for Wind Quintet were commissioned by the
Marlborough Wind Quintet, and first performed by them in the Purcell
Room in June 1983. It was subsequently taken up by the Vega Wind
Quintet, who broadcast it on BBC Radio 3, and since then it has
received numerous performances worldwide.
There are five movements:
1. Prelude - a study in changing rhythms
2. Pavane - a slow and gentle dance
3. Musette - a lively movement with a hint of the characteristic
Musette drone, and with a dramatic and challenging oboe cadenza at the
centre
4. Interlude - an expressive movement based on a motif which is shared
by all the instruments in turn
5. Reel - an energetic dance, interrupted by two short fugato sections
This in 2016 revised edition replaces the 1985 edition, originally
published by Nova Music (NM 308).