I was recently contacted by flute teacher, Anita Hall, who lives and works in the Southampton region, and who has been in touch with me before, as she is particularly interested in ’quintet’ arrangements - piccolo, flute 1, 2 and 3, and bass flute. Anita plays both bass flute and alto flute but, unfortunately not simultaneously, hence the need to reduce the ’sextet’ choir version.

To make things as flexible as possible, I have also included an alternative flute part (where no piccolo is available), and an alto flute part (where no bass flute is present). These should work fairly well though are, of course, subject to some slight octave transpositions at times, to accommodate the different ranges.

I have now included an optional Piano part. Normally this kind of instrumental ensemble is self-sufficient, but the piano part may be of use, either when one or more instruments are unavailable, or perhaps in performance, should a more ’concertante’ effect be desired, and an instrument is readily available.

Please note that each Piano part is suitable ONLY for the particular instrumental version it is included with. Each arrangement varies subtly, in key, modulation, and occasional harmony or figuration and, as such, is neither interchangeable, nor self-sufficient on its own.

It is assumed that, whichever instrument(s) might be missing, the lead is always present.

N.B. In the present economic climate, a good number of smaller ensembles understandably buy just the set of parts as, in reality, these alone are all that is needed in performance. Equally, a similar number buy both the parts and the full score. To compensate for this, I intend to reduce the cost of the full score by $4, and increase the price of the lead part by $3, a differential that wasn’t available to sellers at the former SibeliusMusic.com.