Speak Your Mind, Compromise - Barter, Trust, by Paul Burnell, composed 2000 for wind quintet and other instruments as required. 

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Horn in F 

Individual parts can be used for rehearsal. In performance the combined score/part can be used - each wind quintet instrument plays as written, with the bassoon playing as if with a bass clef, the others as if with a treble clef. 

Eb and alto clef parts (based on the horn in F) are also available to enable inclusion, in a larger ensemble, of alto saxophone, tenor horn, viola. 

Programme Note 

I wanted to write a piece that took inspiration from one aspect of the political process. The starting point was a quote from William Burke (1729-97): "All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."  [Speech on Conciliation with America, 1775] 

This quote did not in itself suggest to me all that was required, and so I tried to suggest the ideas of 'SpeakYour Mind' and 'Trust' in the other two sections. 

The music is presented as a combined score/part and I felt that in this context the idea of musicians playing within a single 'forum' would have an extra resonance. The music is presented on two sides of a single page, and I deliberately preceded the third section 'Trust' with the instruction 'turn over…'. In this way I hope to evoke the idea of 'turning over a new leaf'.