SUITE FOR WIND QUINTET
COMPOSER: AMANDA HARBERG

INSTRUMENTS:
FLUTE, OBOE, CLARINET, HORN, BASSOON
DURATION: 18:00
DEDICATION: FOR ROBERT LIVINGSTON ALDRIDGE
COMMISSION NOTICE: COMMISSIONED BY THE DORIAN QUINTET
PUBLISHER: THEODORE PRESSER COMPANY
ITEM STATUS: PRINT
PRODUCT TYPE: SCORE AND PARTS
PAGE COUNT: 112
WEIGHT: 0.85 LBS.

DESCRIPTION:
-THE DEPTH AND CHARMING INVENTIVENESS OF HARBERG’S SUITE CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS REMARKABLE. EACH MOVEMENT HAS A DEGREE OF ARCHAIC INSPIRATION (SEEN IN THE MOVEMENT TITLES), NEWLY STIRRED UP INTO DRAMATIC, EXCITING SOUNDS AND STORIES. CANTUS BEGINS WITH THE IMITATIVE ENTRIES OF RENAISSANCE MOTETS AND MAINTAINS A MODAL FLAVOR. FURLANA PLAYS ON THE ITALIAN FOLK DANCE RHYTHM IN 6, PUNCTUATED BY LOTS OF UNEXPECTED 5’S. FANTASIA HINTS AT BEING A LULLABY WITH AN ANIMATED MIDDLE SECTION, AND THE CLOSING CABALETTA IS TRUE TO ITS 19TH-CENTURY MEANING OF AN ORNATE CLOSING SECTION FOLLOWING BEAUTIFUL LYRICISM.

CONTENTS:
I. CANTUS
2. FURLANA
3. FANTASIA
4. CABALETTA